WASTE TIME LIKE A VIKING.
Viking River Cruises has delved into the
Facebook revolution with gusto, offering
visitors to its site Friday Fun Facts which
allow viewers to feel a little less guilty
about wasting time on the internet, and a
little smarter for what they have learned.
A sample to tickle your funny bone, is
last week’s Fun Fact: “The French take
their food & wine very seriously — both
are officially recognized as national
cultural treasures!
“And for 1 week each year,
schoolchildren, under the auspices of the
Ministry of Culture, go on field trips to
three-star restaurants in order to taste
foie gras, Bresse chickens, Roquefort
cheese & other famous French products”.
NCL PLACES ITS BABIES IN THE HANDS OF STRANGERS.
Norwegian Cruise Lines has partnered
with the media giant USA Today in a bid
to find the names for its two Project
Breakaway ships, due for delivery in April
2013 and April 2014 respectively.
Under the partnership USA Today is
now running a naming contest dubbed
‘Norwegian’s Cruising for Names’,
which calls for readers to submit names
for the Breakaway ships which reflect
NCL’s brand and the feeling of a “break
at sea”.
“We know how passionate cruisers are
about new ship launches, so it seems
only fitting that we look to them to help
name our two Project Breakaway ships,”
said Kevin Sheehan, Norwegian’s Chief
Executive Officer.
EUROPA’S OPERATIC TURN.
It was a battle of the operatics at this
year’s Stalla Maris Vocal Competition,
held for the seventh consecutive year
onboard Ms Europa.
Seven up-and-coming classical music
talents (each nominated by the world’s
most renowned opera houses) took to
the stage to politely battle it out for the
top prize of €15,000,
provided by Hapag-Lloyd Cruises.
Through the competition guests were
treated to four evenings of top-notch
opera, with Nadine Sierra from the San
Francisco Opera taking out the top prize.
