Windstar Cruises

USA TODAY | November 23, 2018

Get ready for a new era at Windstar Cruises. The small-ship cruise specialist is about to invest $250 million in major overhauls of the three motor ships that make up half its fleet. Windstar president John Delaney tells USA TODAY the Star Plus Initiative, as it's being called, will bring new suites, restaurants, pool decks, retail spaces and expansive spa areas to the line's 212-passenger Star Breeze and sister ships Star Legend and Star Pride. All three of the vessels will be len...

USA TODAY | July 09, 2018

Windstar Cruises will offer voyages out of New York later this year — a first for the line. Windstar's 212-passenger Star Pride will arrive at the city on Sept. 8 after a 16-day sailing from Iceland and use it as a base for trips through late October. On Sept. 8, the ship will sail from New York to Montreal on a 12-day voyage that features stops in Newport, Rhode Island; Provincetown, Massachusetts; Bar Harbor, Maine; Halifax, Nova Scotia; Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island; an...

Travel Trends Today | January 16, 2020

EbixCash, a fully owned subsidiary of Ebix, announced a strategic travel technology partnership with Amadeus to grow its footprint across the Asia Pacific region and UAE and become a one-stop shop for travel. The partnership will provide EbixCash’s online websites, travel agents and corporations in Asia Pacific and UAE with greater access to the unrivalled breadth of content offered by the Amadeus Travel Platform, enabling EbixCash to better serve its customers. Built on fully open systems...

Travel Weekly | January 14, 2020

Direct Travel , a roll-up of travel management companies based in the Denver area, has acquired Professional Travel of Cleveland (No. 31 on the Power List). Terms of the acquisition, Direct Travel’s largest in the U.S. to date, were not disclosed. According to Direct Travel, Professional Travel has more than 175 employees with sales of $448 million. Professional Travel’s leadership team will remain in place following the acquisition. “We’re enthusiastic to begin this new ...