{"id":19768,"date":"2014-07-25T09:22:00","date_gmt":"2014-07-25T09:22:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/apt-and-amawaterways-celebrate-amasonata-christening\/"},"modified":"2014-07-25T09:22:00","modified_gmt":"2014-07-25T09:22:00","slug":"apt-and-amawaterways-celebrate-amasonata-christening","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/2014\/07\/apt-and-amawaterways-celebrate-amasonata-christening\/","title":{"rendered":"APT and AmaWaterways Celebrate AmaSonata Christening"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"unnamed (3)\" class=\"alignleft  wp-image-494919\" data-mce-selected=\"1\" data-mce-src=\"http:\/\/www.eglobaltravelmedia.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/unnamed-336-300x214.jpg\" data-wp-imgselect=\"1\" height=\"176\" src=\"http:\/\/www.eglobaltravelmedia.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/unnamed-336-300x214.jpg\" style=\"background-color: white; color: #333333; float: left; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', 'Bitstream Charter', Times, serif; font-size: 12.800000190734863px; line-height: 19px; outline: rgb(119, 119, 119) solid 1px; resize: none;\" width=\"247\" \/><span style=\"font-family: inherit;\"><span style=\"background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 19px;\">Award-winning river cruise lines&nbsp;APT and AmaWaterways have this week officially christened their newest European rivership, the luxury&nbsp;164-passenger vessel the&nbsp;<\/span><em style=\"background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 19px;\">MS AmaSonata,&nbsp;<\/em><span style=\"background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 19px;\">in Vilshofen, Germany.<\/span><\/span><br \/><span style=\"background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 19px;\"><span style=\"font-family: inherit;\"><br \/><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div style=\"color: #333333; line-height: 19px;\"><span style=\"font-family: inherit;\">The christening, attended by AmaWaterways Co-Founders Rudi Schreiner and Kristin Karst, along with the line\u2019s first-ever Canadian Godmother \u2013 Brenda Kyllo of the Canadian Automobile Association (CAA), included a traditional Bavarian lunch, live Bavarian music and waltzes.&nbsp; A traditional Bavarian shoot by professional riflemen off the ship\u2019s sundeck delighted the ship\u2019s guests, Vilshofen locals and government officials.<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"color: #333333; line-height: 19px;\"><span style=\"font-family: inherit;\"><br \/><\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"color: #333333; line-height: 19px;\"><span style=\"font-family: inherit;\">Commenting on the occasion, APT\u2019s General Manager Marketing and Sales, Debra Fox, said, \u201cIn March we welcomed the<em>AmaReina,<\/em>&nbsp;and now we are thrilled to officially welcome her sister ship, the&nbsp;<em>AmaSonata,<\/em>&nbsp;to our expanding fleet of European riverships. Both ships offer the most innovative and luxurious facilities, including twin balcony suites, chef\u2019s table fine dining and their very own fleet of bicycles, to name but a few.\u201d<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"color: #333333; line-height: 19px;\"><span style=\"font-family: inherit;\"><br \/><\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"color: #333333; line-height: 19px;\"><span style=\"font-family: inherit;\"><em>AmaSonata<\/em>&nbsp;joins the APT and AmaWaterways fleet alongside sister ships&nbsp;<em>AmaPrima<\/em>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<em>AmaCerto,<\/em>&nbsp;as well as&nbsp;<em>AmaReina<\/em>.<em>AmaSonata<\/em>&nbsp;features spacious staterooms and suites, multiple dining venues, onboard massage and salon services, a heated swimming pool with swim-up bar, fitness room, complimentary bicycles and many other upscale amenities and innovative design elements.<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"color: #333333; line-height: 19px;\"><span style=\"font-family: inherit;\"><br \/><\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"color: #333333; line-height: 19px;\"><span style=\"font-family: inherit;\">The christening of a ship is a time-honored tradition that dates back more than 4,000 years. The Godmother is entrusted with blessing the ship and ceremonies often<strong>&nbsp;<\/strong><\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"color: #333333; line-height: 19px;\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: inherit;\"><br \/><\/span><\/strong><\/div>\n<div style=\"color: #333333; line-height: 19px;\"><span style=\"font-family: inherit;\">To find out more about&nbsp;APT\u2019s European River Cruise program for 2014 call&nbsp;1300&nbsp;196 420, visit&nbsp;aptouring.com.au&nbsp;or see your local business development manager.<\/span><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Award-winning river cruise lines&nbsp;APT and AmaWaterways have this week officially christened their newest European rivership, the luxury&nbsp;164-passenger vessel the&nbsp;MS AmaSonata,&nbsp;in Vilshofen, Germany. The christening, attended by AmaWaterways Co-Founders Rudi Schreiner and Kristin Karst, along with the line\u2019s first-ever Canadian Godmother \u2013 Brenda Kyllo of the Canadian Automobile Association (CAA), included a traditional Bavarian lunch, live [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-19768","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-apt"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19768","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19768"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19768\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19768"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19768"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19768"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}