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 […]
World’s Best Small Ship Cruise Line unveils 13 new voyages including cruises in Puerto Rico and Iceland We have opened our 2016 voyages for sale today. The collection features 11 new voyages and 30 new ports of call. Highlights for the Caribbean voyages include Windstar Cruises first time sailing from San Juan, Puerto Rico. The
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Joanne Imeson from Cruise Portfolio recently enjoyed her first Windstar cruise on Wind Surf’s Glitter and Glam of the Rivera. She shares her experience below. Incredible Service, Amazing Food & Surprisingly Intimate It Can Only Be Windstar! After having returned from a week’s cruise with Windstar onboard the Wind Surf I’ve found myself desperate
Windstar Cruises has partnered with SAVEUR, a leading epicurean brand for culinary travel content, to develop a collection of local dining tips to uncover the world’s most delicious destinations for culinary travelers. The tips for more than 20 destinations around the globe include insider advice on where to find the tastiest restaurants, most unique local
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Dreaming of the Caribbean? Patricia Stone, world traveler for Global Adventuress, shares her top 10 reasons to cruise with Windstar. Patricia sailed from St. Maarten with stops in Pigeon Island, Roseau, Les Saintes, and St. Kitts earlier this year on Wind Surf, and she shared her experience on her blog. Enjoy her adventures below: Breezing Through the Caribbean on
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Guest Service Manager Kristy provides an inside look at the transformation of Windstar’s newest yacht, Star Pride. Windstar took delivery of Star Pride on April 17th. The power yacht is undergoing a three-week transformation in Barcelona, Spain, leading up to her maiden voyage on May 5th. Working together as a team is essential at Windstar Cruises,
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New yachts and new destinations aren’t the only things changing at Windstar. Yes, we’ve changed our logo! So why did we do that? In short, as Windstar continues to expand and redefine itself, we wanted a fresh new look that put greater emphasis on the Windstar name in a classy, yet contemporary style. Inspired by
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The world’s tallest sailing yacht, Windstar’s Wind Surf, will take part in the world’s largest sailing parade, SAIL Amsterdam, in 2015, and our guests will be in the center of it all. Sailing on our Windmills & Tall Sails voyage in August 2015, Wind Surf will spend two days in Amsterdam where we will join hundreds of historical
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Today Windstar unveiled plans for the new Star Class – a collection of three all-suite power yachts that will join the fleet over the next two years beginning with the Star Pride in May of 2014. Star Legend & Star Breeze Introduction Introducing Star Breeze and Star Legend, sister ships to Star Pride. The Star Breeze and Star Legend will join Windstar in May 2015, and will spend
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Joyce Landry, the CEO and Co-Founder of Landry & Kling, Events at Sea, specializing in groups and charters, recently sailed on Wind Spirit’s Passage Through Panama Canal voyage. She shared her Windstar experience on her blog, and was gracious enough to let us also share her journey here. It is probably no surprise that what I chose
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Star Pride will highlight Windstar’s small ship advantage of sailing with fewer than 300 privileged guests. Life on board the new power yacht will showcase many of the experiences found on our sailing fleet. Sail Away: Windstar’s signature departure will be choreographed to the enchanting music of 1492: Conquest of Paradise as we take you
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We are excited to unveil the first look at our the transformation of our all suite, power yacht, Star Pride. Windstar will take delivery of the yacht on April 17, 2014 in Barcelona. Many enhancements are planned before the yacht sails its inaugural voyage on May 5, 2014. Below is a glimpse of how the
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From our yachts to our team members, all of us at Windstar Cruises wish you Happy Holidays. It has been a great year here at Windstar Cruises, and to top it off, we’ve just been listed as one of the Top Cruise Lines in the World by Condé Nast Traveler’s 2014 Gold List. It’s a
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Captain Sander Groothuis, Windstar’s Director of Marine Operations, recently attended the MedCruise General Assembly in Alanya, Turkey. The event brings representatives of ports, cruise lines, and associate members together to discuss the cruise industry in the region. Sander gave a presentation on Windstar Cruises in the Mediterranean. Below are some of his key highlights including
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Michael Sabourin, Windstar’s Executive Corporate Chef shares some culinary experience just in time for the Thanksgiving holiday. I’ve just returned from an eight week visit to our yachts in Europe, getting the chance to experience some really fascinating ports in Israel, Spain, Italy, Turkey and Greece. I had the chance to meet many of our
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As we prepare to return to Tahiti, we take a moment to look back to the beautiful French Polynesian islands as Windstar alumni Ernst A. Kemper shares his memories of Windstar’s previous Tahitian voyages. Our first Windstar cruise was in Tahiti on the new MSY Wind Song. From September 1 – 9, 1989, we had
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