Norwegian Ship to Become Floating Hotel for Rio Olympics

800px-Norwegian_Breakaway_41The Norwegian Getaway will serve as a floating hotel for 2016 Olympics in Rio.

Norwegian Cruise Line‘s Getaway will take an extended break from its regular Caribbean schedule to serve as a floating hotel in Rio de Janeiro during the 2016 Summer Olympic Games, according to a news release.

The Getaway will take 40 days off to head to Brazil. The cruise ship will spend more than two weeks, from August 4 – 22, berthed at the Pier Maua in Rio.

The company Landry & Kling, a decades-old travel agency, chartered the 4,000-passenger vessel on behalf of the Rio 2016 Organizing Committee.

The ship will provide supplemental housing primarily for corporate sponsors, as well as members of the International Olympic Federation and the National Organizing Committees, the Rio Host Committee and other guests.

For Landry & Kling, the deal is the largest charter in the company’s history. They have been planning the deal since 2007.

Although this is the ship’s first Olympic appearance, this isn’t the first time the Norwegian Getaway has been hired for a high-profile sports event. Before the cruise ship officially entered service for Norwegian in 2014, it was temporarily renamed the “Bud Light Hotel” and docked at the New York Passenger Ship Terminal, during the week of Super Bowl XLVIII.

 

Princess Charlene of Monaco Christens ‘Most Luxurious Cruise Ship Ever’

Seven_Seas_Mariner_IMO_9210139_07_@chesiPrincess Charlene of Monaco christened Regent Seven Seas’ newest cruise ship, Seven Seas Explorer  yesterday evening.

Accompanied by her husband and Monaco’s reigning monarch, Prince Albert II, the tiny Princess of Monaco and former Olympic swimmer, Charlene, 38, was wearing a full-length silver dress. The princess cut a red velvet ribbon and blew a kiss before smashing a bottle of Veuve Clicquot champagne against the hull of Seven Seas Explorer. Continue reading

Royal Caribbean to Sell Legend of the Seas

MS_Legend_of_the_Seas_(14840102074)Royal Caribbean International has recently announced that one of its oldest ships, Legend of the Seas, will leave its fleet in the spring of 2017.

Early next year, Miami-based cruise line will say goodbye to Legend of the Seas as it has entered into an agreement with Thomson Cruises, Continue reading