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Updated 20-08-2008 13:03

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Our website is designed to provide you with the most current information on the products we offer including photographs, detailed descriptions, overviews, and unbiased reviews from our Associates as well as hard to find information related to cruising and cruise products. The Resort section features unique properties which lend themselves to groups or a property take-over for corporate programs. We have a "fast search" capability built into our menu's so you can search for a product that precisely fits your requirements.

Worldwide Resorts & Cruise Associates are a highly specialized group of industry professionals who are dedicated to providing their clients with the best possible options for corporate incentives and other travel related programs. Worldwide is the company incentive buyers, meeting planners and other travel companies call when they want to buy cruises and all-inclusive resorts for their clients programs.

Worldwide has been working with travel purchasing departments and corporate clients since 1992 during which time we have delivered hundreds of successful cruise and resort programs to our clients for many of the worlds major corporate household names. Our goal is to provide our clients with the best available rates and information on cruise and all-inclusive resort products for their clients travel programs as well as the most professional follow through to delivery.

Worldwide is a client driven service which offers totally unbiased recommendations based on the experience of our highly qualified, professional staff. Almost all of the products we offer have been and continue to be inspected and reported on, on a regular basis and these reports can be found on our site for your reference.

Worldwide acts as an "out source" purchasing departments for a number of large and not so large travel companies and through our continual contact with our products suppliers we are able to offer our clients the best choices at the best rates. We do all the research and make recommendations which are best for our clients, then follow the program through to delivery.

Many of our clients have realized that working with Worldwide frees up their staff to do more profitable and productive things which result in serious cost savings. Utilizing our program coordination department means that our experienced staff who are already dealing with or have dealt with all the problems before are able to respond quickly with answers to clients questions. If they do not have the answers to hand they are able to reach key supplier decision makers quickly to shorten response times.

Due to the volume of business Worldwide contracts annually we are able to offer the most competitive rates and professional service.

Crystal Cruises - Rare 7 day sailings in 2009. Ideal for Corporate Cruise programs. Check these out - quality product and good pricing.

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Russian conflict may impact Black Sea cruises

Cruise Avalon Waterways invest in more river ship growth with 10 new ships over a 2 year period.

July Newsletter

America's Cup Legal dispute has finally been resolved in favor of the Société Nautique de Genève

June's Cruise Insider

Mexico has delayed until October 1 the implementation of a $5 head tax on each cruise passenger who visits Mexican ports. Mexico’s Ministry of Tourism was going to apply the tax beginning this summer, after the Senate approved it last November.

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RCI - we have been advised that RCI is letting go a very large number of staff Full details

Industry press releases

The major refit and lengthening of Fred. Olsen's cruise ship, Braemar, is now complete after inserting a new mid section into the vessel to increase the pax capacity to 950.

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Carnival Cruise Lines inaugurated its largest ever SuperLiner at the port of Dover, UK. The 3,006-passenger Carnival Splendor with an unusual ceremony and a number of firsts for the line. It is CCL's first inaugural in Britain intended to appeal to the growing UK market.

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33rd America's Cup

Norwegian Dawn, while sailing off the coast of Massachusetts and New York on Monday, June 30, 2008 on its way to Bermuda, answered two separate distress calls within twelve hours, rescuing two injured sailors from different boats in rough seas.

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The cost of fuel has forced just about all the major brands to readjust their fuel surcharge policy, new bookings will notice various increases across all brands

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The Australian cruise industry recorded a 14 per cent growth in passenger numbers in 2007, with a record 251,000 Australians taking an ocean cruise.Total passenger numbers, including river cruising, leapt to 263,435. The figures outstrip the growth in both the UK and US markets in 2007

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Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. today announced an increase in the fuel supplement it charges guests

Hotel & Air Package Reservations

Alinghi announces imminent build of America’s Cup Deed of Gift Match multi-hull

Royal Caribbean Takes Delivery of Independence of the Seas

Latest News: Le Ponant & crew freed by pirates - watch video of pirates capture

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Worldwide has a long relationship with CIP - the owners of the pirated ship - Le Ponant - in view of this and our clients charter interest we will post the latest news updates here.

Le Ponant seized by pirates of off the coast of Somalia. French send elite unit for possible rescue attempt.

Silverseas make two important announcements

Amadeus Waterways is investing approximately $100 million to build four river cruise ships over the next two years.

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