Century Cruises, the leader in Yangtze River cruises has announced today that they have been honored to receive a Silver Magellan Award, “Cruise – Overall – River Cruise Ship” for their beautiful new Platinum Series Ship, mv Century Legend.
(TRAVPR.COM) UNITED STATES - October 8th, 2013 - BELLEVUE, WA – September 30, 2013 – Century Cruises, the leader in Yangtze River cruises has announced today that they have been honored to receive a Silver Magellan Award, “Cruise – Overall – River Cruise Ship” for their beautiful new Platinum Series Ship, mv Century Legend.
Each year the Travel Weekly Magellan Awards honors the best in travel and salutes the outstanding travel professionals behind it all. Winners are featured in an issue of Travel Weekly in October that will include a section dedicated to this year's winners.
“Century Cruises is so pleased and proud to be honored with this prestigious award,” said Richard Xie, director of sales and marketing, Century Cruises. “This is the first time that one of our beautiful ships has received this award and we believe that in addition to recognizing the top quality and features of the mv Century Legend, it also reflects the dedication of all of our employees to provide the very best Yangtze River cruise experience for our guests”.
About the mv Century Legend
The Century Legend is the newest member of the Century Cruises fleet, entering service in May this year. Along with her identical twin sister ship, mv Century Paragon, also launched in 2013, Century Legend is the most innovative and luxurious ship cruising the Yangtze River. Both ships carry 398 guests and include features such as extended exterior scenic sightseeing elevators; a seven-story grand atrium lobby; an innovative 2,000 sq. ft. indoor swimming pool and leisure area. Both ships also features a large, pillar-less multifunction room with 12-foot ceilings that hosts evening performances and guest lectures. It is also ideal for meetings, conferences and special events. For entertainment, guests can also enjoy 150-seat HD cinema with multi-lingual capabilities. WiFi is available throughout the ship.
Century Legend operates a series of 4 day/3 night itineraries downstream (departing every Saturday) and 5 day/4 night upstream (departing every Tuesday) between Chongqing and Yichang.
About Century Cruises
Century Cruises will celebrated its 10th Anniversary in 2013. Its seven state-of-the-art river cruise ships are the most modern fleet on the Yangtze River. The third longest river in the world, the Yangtze is renowned for its scenic beauty and historic significance. With sailings all year, Century ships carry 186 to 398 guests. The eight key distinctions that characterize its cruise experience are Five-Star fleet, Stylish Public Spaces, Culinary Wonders, World-Class Accommodations, Personalized Service, In-Depth Discoveries, Cultural Integrity & Authenticity and Environmental Stewardship.
The company’s innovations include introducing the world’s leading engine, safety, security and environmental technologies and practices to the Yangtze; scenic, exterior elevators on ships.
Century Cruises can be reserved through Uniworld Boutique River Cruises, Avalon Waterways, Gate1 Travel, AHI Travel, China Focus, China Discovery, Global Voyages Group, plus other Tour Operators and Professional Travel Agents who specialize in travel to China.
Members of the Century Cruises Sales and Marketing management will be participating in this year’s World Travel Market which will be held November 4-7, at Excel London. Please visit the Century Cruises Booth AS 825 and feel free to request a private meeting in advance.
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