Added attractions: Zip lines and bears (The Philadelphia Inquirer)
Dogsledding on the Mendenhall Glacier, offered by Royal Caribbean, is a new adventure in Alaska....more...Cruises serve up lucrative jobs at sea (Seattle Times)
Employees work long days, but meals are provided and there's no rent to pay so there's the potential to earn a tidy sum....more... Princess to Deploy Five Ships Across Gulf of Alaska in 2008 (CNW Group via Yahoo! Finance)
Long the leader in cruising both Alaska's Inside Passage and its dramatic glacier rimmed Gulf Coast, Princess Cruises announces that its 2008 Gulf of Alaska program will feature five vessels, including one which will offer the most destination-intensive itinerary in Alaska....more... Friendly Face (The Post & Mail)
Name: Larry Creech Job title: Master patrolman Years at job: 20 years as a police officer and 33 years for the city in general. Years in Whitley County: entire life Immediate family: Wife, five children and a few step-children Interesting place you?ve lived or visited: Going to Alaska on a cruise and seeing grizzly bears at Denali National Park....more... Alaska parks facilities woo early birds (Anchorage Daily News)
Two-for-one deals and other discounts are being offered at two of Alaska's most popular national parks in a pitch to get visitors to consider the land of the midnight sun in springtime....more... �He� signs out with some last minute tips (Old Gold and Black)
�Never start an article with a quote. It�s unoriginal and clich�d. It�s lazy.� -Professor Mary Niepold, from my first journalism class at the university �What a long, strange trip it�s been.� -Robert Hunter Well, more of a long, strange, sexual trip � writing this year�s column....more... Alaska in springtime? Some discounts to lure visitors (Seattle Times)
Two-for-one deals and other discounts are being offered at two of Alaska's most popular national parks in a pitch to get visitors to consider......more... Tourism numbers flattened last year (Anchorage Daily News)
The state estimates 1,631,500 out-of-state visitors traveled to Alaska from May through September last year, spending more than $1.5 billion on their trips, in a report released Thursday. That's 500 people fewer than the 2005 visitor tally....more... Royal Caribbean Announces 2008-09 Alaska and Year-Round Caribbean, Mexican Riviera Itineraries (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance)
For some travelers, a cruise is a vacation to get away from it all; For Royal Caribbean cruisers, it also is an exciting adventure to get to it all. For 2008-09, the cruise line this week opens bookings for 35 itineraries offering more than 750 voyages ranging from three to 15 nights and calling at more than 55 ports in some of the most spectacular destinations in the Western Hemisphere....more... |