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By night, an Orient Lines European Cruises cruise ships comes alive with a glamorous array of entertainment. Enjoy a cabaret, Spanish Flamenco show, or Broadway production in the Ambassador Lounge theatre. Watch a first-run movie in the cinema, or enjoy headline stage entertainment in the bars and lounges onboard. Live music permeates from the numerous entertainment venues aboard Orient Lines cruise packages. Enjoy a nightcap in one of the classy bars, or dance the night away in the nightclubs on Orient Lines European Cruises.
North American cruise operators would like to see the same model applied to the European market. Europeans generate only single-digit percentages of the total annual cruisers for North American cruise lines. A spokesperson for Carnival Cruise Lines reports that only 5 percent of its passengers come from Europe. Norwegian Cruise Line and Royal Caribbean International cite similar percentages.
Handmade baskets for sale in Austria's Christmas market. Euro River Cruises offers eight different cruise packages for experiencing European Christmas markets. Cruises range between four and ten nights, and itineraries may include geographical excursions, guided tours, cultural and historic events, concerts, sightseeing, and onboard parties and dances in addition to exploring the charming and unique Christmas markets of cities like Vienna, Prague, and Nuremburg (where the largest Christmas market in the world exists).
Booking one million guests in an 8-month span is a highly significant statistic for the cruise industry as a whole, which in 2006 welcomed 12 million cruisers worldwide (source: CLIA), including 3.4 million Europeans (source: ECC). In the last 10 years, Costa has more than tripled its number of customers, from 350,000 in 1997 to one million reservations recorded in just 8 months this year.
When you visit any of the Canary Islands on your European cruise travel vacation, you'll find out why Lanzarote is ... known as Islas Afortunados, or the Fortunate Island. This island chain is blessed with beautiful weather year-round. It is an ideal location for surfing. A deep ocean current swells as it meets a shallow volcanic reef, creating enormous waves and drawing surfers and spectators to the beach during the winter months.
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