{"id":2969,"date":"2008-10-22T21:19:00","date_gmt":"2008-10-22T21:19:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/?p=2969"},"modified":"2008-10-22T21:19:00","modified_gmt":"2008-10-22T21:19:00","slug":"seadream-i-and-ii-named-berlitz-top-5-star-cruise-ships","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/2008\/10\/seadream-i-and-ii-named-berlitz-top-5-star-cruise-ships\/","title":{"rendered":"SEADREAM I AND II NAMED BERLITZ TOP 5-STAR CRUISE SHIPS"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/_OY-0d2rKv_Q\/SP-Y3Nm6IxI\/AAAAAAAAEOg\/XtXbD6L5iWY\/s1600-h\/Douglas+Ward+on+SeaDream+II+in+Caribbean+2008-764416.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/_OY-0d2rKv_Q\/SP-Y3Nm6IxI\/AAAAAAAAEOg\/XtXbD6L5iWY\/s320\/Douglas+Ward+on+SeaDream+II+in+Caribbean+2008-764416.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5260090964105110290\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>SeaDream Yacht Club&#8217;s mega motor-cruisers SeaDream I and SeaDream II have been named World&#8217;s Best 5-star ships in the just-released 2009 edition of cruise industry &#8216;bible&#8217; Berlitz Guide to Ocean Cruising and Cruise Ships.<\/p>\n<p>The only ship given a higher rating was Europa that is operated primarily for the German-speaking market and which scored 5-Stars-Plus.<\/p>\n<p>Author of the Berlitz Guide, Douglas Ward said: &#8220;The two SeaDream ships really are the ultimate exclusive boutique vessels for sophisticated, independent and well-travelled couples \u2013 like having your own private yacht in which hospitality, anticipation and personal recognition are an art form practiced to a high level.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Culinary excellence prevails\u2026 the freshest and finest quality ingredients\u00a0 are used in the best culinary artistry, with fine, unhurried European service.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>SeaDream I and SeaDream II, that each carries just fifty-five couples served by 95 crew, topped the Berlitz Five Star Club&#8217;s field of twenty contenders.<\/p>\n<p>Company President, CEO and Co-owner, Larry Pimentel said the Berlitz recognition was an amazing honour for the company, which had been recognised by the Guide every year since SeaDream&#8217;s inception in 2001.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It is an honour due to a total team effort, not only shipboard officers and staff, but also our colleagues in all our offices ashore,&#8221; Mr Pimentel said.<\/p>\n<p>For information about SeaDream Yacht Club&#8217;s sailings in the Mediterranean from April to October each year, and in the Caribbean from November to March see travel agents or log onto <a href=\"http:\/\/www.seadream.com\">www.seadream.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SeaDream Yacht Club&#8217;s mega motor-cruisers SeaDream I and SeaDream II have been named World&#8217;s Best 5-star ships in the just-released 2009 edition of cruise industry &#8216;bible&#8217; Berlitz Guide to Ocean Cruising and Cruise Ships. The only ship given a higher rating was Europa that is operated primarily for the German-speaking market and which scored 5-Stars-Plus. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2969","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2969","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=2969"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2969\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2969"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2969"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2969"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}