Celestyal Cruises Adds Three New Countries and Six New Ports to 2024/2025 Itineraries

Celestyal, a cruise line known for its immersive Greek Islands experiences, is expanding its horizons with the addition of three new countries and six new ports to its 2024 and 2025 itineraries. The company is also offering a complimentary cruise to all existing customers affected by itinerary updates.

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Seajets Are New Owners of Holland America’s Veendam & Maasdam

Greek’s ropax operator Seajets are the new owners of Holland America Line’s Veendam and Maasdam, as reported by Seatrade Cruise News. Seajets is the operator of 21 high speed ferries based in Greece. The ships have since been renamed Aegean Majesty and Aegean Myth respectively.

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Holland America’s Maasdam is now the Aegean Myth, Joins Twin, Aegean Majesty

Holland America Line ship ms Maasdam has been renamed Aegean Myth. Photographs posted online show the new name being painted on the ship. Recently, the Maasdam’s twin, the ms Veendam, was renamed Aegean Majesty.

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Celestyal Welcomes its Newest Ship the Celestyal Experience

Celestyal Cruises, a leader in Greek & Eastern Mediterranean cruises, named their newly acquired ship the Celestyal Experience upon delivery. The ship was renamed on August 21, in the port of Pirareus.

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Celestyal Appoints Mary Woody New BDM for Central US Region

Woody is a 20+ Year Cruise Industry Veteran Having Worked With Royal Caribbean and NCL Piraeus, Greece: Celestyal Cruises today announced the appointment of Mary Woody as Business Development Manager for the Central U.S. Region. Ms. Woody is a business development manager with more than 20 years’ experience in the cruise industry. Ms. Woody is based in Kansas City, KS, and will report to Gordon Dirker, Vice President, Business Development, Celestyal Cruises, Inc., beginning May 28, 2018. Prior to joining Celestyal Cruises, Ms. Woody served as Business Development Manager for Royal Caribbean International (RCL), where she also represented Azamara Club Cruises. Before her tenure as Business

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Celestyal Appoints COO Theophilides to Succeed CEO Anastassiadis

Theophilides Promotion to CEO Becomes Effective on July 1st Athens, Greece:  Celestyal Cruises is promoting COO Chris Theophilides to succeed Kyriakos Anastassiadis July 1. Theophilides has served as COO since January 2017, supporting Anastassiadis in a wide range of cross-functional activities. Before that, he was VP strategy and business development since October 2014, and he has worked in the cruise industry since 2006. From 1998 to 2006, Theophilides served as senior manager, corporate finance at PricewaterhouseCoopers, where he qualified as a certified public accountant. He is a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants and holds an MBA

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Celestyal Launches 20% Commission Special for Travel Agents

Celsetyal Enticing North American Agents to Book Their Clients on Celestyal Cruises In-Depth – All-Inclusive Cruises MIAMI, FL – April 2018 – Celestyal Cruises is celebrating the launch of its newest itineraries with a 20% commission special on 7-day all-inclusive cruise bookings.  The company is pleased to demonstrate its ongoing commitment to its North American travel agent partners rewarding them with commission across the majority of components, including the cruise fare (which includes, standard unrestricted drinks package and select shore excursions), additional pre-sold shore excursions, and pre-sold premium drinks upgrade package.  This special 20 percent commission offer is applicable on new bookings made

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5th Grade Teacher Wins 7-Day Celestyal Cruise to Greece on Price is Right

Price is Right Celebrates Teachers on Special Teacher Appreciation Episode Los Angeles, CA, April 7, 2018: A Utah teacher won the vacation of a lifetime on a recent episode of the long-running T.V. Daytime Game Show, The Price is Right. The show, hosted a special Teacher Appreciation Day episode broadcast on April 7, 2018 (Though the actual taping date was March 4, 2018) Uriah Hernalsteen, a 5th Grade Teacher at Coral Canyon Elementary School in Washington, Utah made it to the final showcase and came closest to guessing the actual retail price of his showcase, and won. In addition to

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Celestyal Cruises Announces Extended 2019 and New 2020 Itineraries

New Itineraries Include 7 New Ports of Call. New 7-day Eclectic Cruises Call at Isanbul, Canakkale & Volos New 7-day 3 Continents Cruise Sails to Egypt, Israel & Turkey February 28, 2018 — Piraeus, Greece: Celestyal Cruises today announced its extended 2019 and new 2020 itineraries. In 2019 Celestyal Cruises will extend its season into December and return to Istanbul for the first time since 2016 with its new 7-Day Eclectic Aegean itinerary, which sails 6 departures from October 21st 2019 through November 25th 2019. This “eclectic’ cruise includes an overnight stay in Istanbuland calls at Volos, Greece, for excursions to the stunning mountains of Meteora, and to Canakkale, Turkey,

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Celestyal Appoints Leslie Peden as President Celestyal Cruises North America

Pireaus, Greece — November 21, 2017 — Celestyal Cruises is delighted to announce the appointment of Leslie Peden as President, Celestyal Cruises, North America.  Mr. Peden will be responsible for promoting Celestyal Cruises in North America to drive business growth and market share. Peden will build on the foundations laid by Nicholas Filippidis who has led the business development efforts on behalf of Celestyal Cruises throughout North America.  Filippidis will continue to be a valuable resource for our company as he takes on a consultancy role ensuring a smooth transition for our travel partners. Mr. Peden is a highly-experienced, time-honored travel

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