We are thrilled to have recently received three Gold Magellan Awards in the 2016 Travel Weekly Magellan Awards. Voted on by travel professionals in the know, the awards recognized Windstar Cruises as a leader in small ship cruising with the top level gold award. Gold accolades were also bestowed upon the Windstar team for having …
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Written by Collette and Scott Stohler, Roamaroo “Cruising is for old people,” they said. “The food on cruise ships is terrible,” they thought. “I don’t want just a few hours in a port…I want to see it like a local,” they remarked. Well ladies and gentlemen, step right up because there’s a cruise company making …
Wendy Perrin is a travel addict (90 countries) and mom of two boys (28 countries). One of the most influential women in travel, in May of 2015, Wendy accepted the honor of being named Godmother to Windstar’s new-to-fleet, all-suite yacht Star Breeze, catering to just 212 guests, most often couples. In true maritime tradition, Wendy …
Travel Guru Wendy Perrin Vacations Yacht Style on a Windstar Caribbean Cruise Read More »
We are very excited to announce that Windstar Cruises recently landed on two “World’s Best” lists, named both #3 World’s Best Small Ship Cruise Line and #3 World’s Best Medium Cruise Line in Travel + Leisure’s annual readers’ awards. Voters specifically recognized our ship staff for their high level of service standards. “Windstar Cruises — …
Award-winning Fusion: Small Cruise Ships & Outstanding Service Read More »
Guest Review is written by Jeff B. Rarely does a second experience live up to a perfect first one but in the case of recent Windstar cruise, this is the case. Three years ago, we had the cruise of a lifetime on Wind Star, highlighted by our marriage on board with Santorini as the backdrop. …
Windstar Cruises ranking as a top selection for “Favorite Cruise Lines.” The ranking focused on the fleet’s expansion of three additional power yachts, exclusive complimentary Private Event offerings, and diverse cruise itineraries in destinations including the Caribbean, Tahiti, Europe, Costa Rica and the Panama Canal. Windstar’s three recently renovated sailing yachts carry fewer than 300 …
Windstar Cruises recognized on Condé Nast Traveler’s 2016 Gold List Read More »
On August 17, guests on Windstar’s Dreams of Tahiti voyage were able to mix and mingle with royalty: Mareva Georges, the former Miss Tahiti and Miss France. A native of French Polynesia, and Windstar’s newest Private Event host, Mareva is a Tahitian ambassador promoting Tahiti within the United States, and is on the council for …
Windstar Cruises celebrated the winners of its Rising Stars Travel Agent Challenge this weekend at the 67th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards in Los Angeles, California. The winners partook in Windstar’s recent incentive program created for the top selling travel agents of Windstar’s new all suite power yachts, Star Pride, Star Breeze and Star Legend. We …
Wind Surf recently sailed one of Windstar’s newest itineraries in Northern Europe: the “Windmills and Tall Ships” voyage, which featured an incredible front-row view of the twice a decade event SAIL Amsterdam: Parade of Tall Ships. And as one of the largest sailing yachts in the world, Wind Surf knows a thing or two about …
Every time we say we have a favorite Private Event, we find a new one that we love the most. Our new favorite is the Private Reception at Catherine’s Palace in St. Petersburg on the Baltic Delights itinerary. The palace is opened just for Windstar, with guides available to take guests (champagne in hand of …
Private Event – St. Petersburg: Reception at the Catherine Palace Read More »
We’re really enjoying our Destination Discovery Event program, are you? There are so many unique ones happening around the world each week, and recently we experienced one of our favorites: The Fields of the Bonnie Prince in Culloden aboard our Gaelic Explorers itinerary (also happening in August of 2016). The evening took place on an …
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On January 17, guests on board Windstar’s Yachtsman’s Caribbean itinerary, were able to mix and mingle with Olympic swimming legend Mark Spitz. Spitz is best known for his astonishing win of seven gold medals in swimming at the 1972 Olympic Games in Munich. As part of Windstar’s new Private Event series, Spitz served as host …
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Windstar’s new Destination Discovery Events are a spectacular onshore event created exclusively for Windstar’s guests. These complimentary events are crafted to give guests an in depth local experience on each cruise. Windstar’s Destination Discovery Events kicked off on Star Pride with a success! The power yacht is wrapping up its first Palaces & Pagodas voyage, …
It is with great excitement that we announce Windstar Cruises was just named World’s Best Small Ship Cruise Line by Condé Nast Traveler 2014 Readers’ Choice Awards. Not only did Windstar’s winning score place us #1 in small ship cruise lines, it also ranked us #2 overall among small, midsize, and large ocean going cruise …
On May 5th, we launched Star Pride, the first addition to the Windstar fleet in 16 years. We took possession of Star Pride April 17th, and immediately began an intensive three-week transformation process in which our teams worked around the clock to transform the power yacht from stem to stern to meet Windstar’s casually elegant …
Our Favorite Moments: Star Pride Christening Ceremony Read More »
Joe Duckett, Windstar’s Vice President of Marketing and Sales, is currently on board the inaugural voyage of Star Pride. Today he enjoyed one of Windstar’s shore excursions in Portofino, Italy: the Walking Tour & Wine Tasting in Castle Brown. Joe shares his experience below. We are over halfway through Star Pride’s maiden voyage. Today, …