{"id":7930,"date":"2012-09-10T18:27:00","date_gmt":"2012-09-10T18:27:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/seadream-again-top-berlitz-boutique-ships-2\/"},"modified":"2012-09-10T18:27:00","modified_gmt":"2012-09-10T18:27:00","slug":"seadream-again-top-berlitz-boutique-ships-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/2012\/09\/seadream-again-top-berlitz-boutique-ships-2\/","title":{"rendered":"SeaDream again top Berlitz boutique ships"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><a href=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/--JtCrW4ph7Y\/UE4xGcvE8mI\/AAAAAAAAYZU\/mzlQRH7qeIo\/s1600\/SeaDream%2BII%2BHvar%2BCroatia%2Bvertical-756873.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/--JtCrW4ph7Y\/UE4xGcvE8mI\/AAAAAAAAYZU\/mzlQRH7qeIo\/s320\/SeaDream%2BII%2BHvar%2BCroatia%2Bvertical-756873.jpg\"><\/a><\/div>\n<p>THE Berlitz Guide to Cruising &#038; Cruise Ships has once again rated the 112-guest mega-motor-cruiser yachts SeaDream I and SeaDream II as Top Two in its &#8216;Boutique Ships&#8217; category (50 &#8211; 250 passengers) for 2013.<\/p>\n<p>The Berlitz Guide, now in its 28th year, is researched and written by Douglas Ward, the world&#8217;s top authority on cruising and cruise ships. He reviewed 284 cruise ships for the 2013 Guide, and out of a possible 2000 points gave SeaDream II 1,788 points and SeaDream I \u00a01,786 points.<\/p>\n<p>The hard-hitting reviews take into account 400 separate items based on personal cruises, visits and re-visits to ships, as well as observations and comments from Ward&#8217;s team of ship inspectors.<\/p>\n<p>Since SeaDream&#8217;s founding in 2001, it has been honoured annually by the Berlitz Guide, with its twin SeaDream I and SeaDream II being described as &#8220;Ultimately Exclusive Boutique Vessels&#8221;, and named as tops in Berlitz&#8217; Five Star Club where they are listed as the &#8220;Cr\u00e8me de La Cr\u00e8me&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>SeaDream President, Bob Lepisto said: &#8220;We are honoured to have been so highly recognized once again in this world-renowned guide. We thank Douglas Ward and his publishers and I add my sincere thanks to our crew of true onboard professionals, along with those in our offices around the world who have also contributed to our continued success&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>SeaDream Yacht Club was founded in 2001 and has brought a refreshing change to the world of ultra-luxury holidays at sea. The elegant informality of the yachts sits comfortably with state-of-the art facilities, discreet, personal service and world class cuisine \u2013 and SeaDream is the only cruise operator to be a member of the Thai Spa Association<\/p>\n<p>Mr Lepisto said: &#8220;Yachting is about enjoying an unstructured lifestyle \u2013 dropping \u00a0anchor offshore rather than tying up alongside, staying in port until well after mid-night, and voyaging to places where traditional cruise ships just cannot sail.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>SeaDream&#8217;s itineraries include the Caribbean, Costa Rica, the Mediterranean, the Black Sea and the Amazon.<\/p>\n<p>For details visit <a href=\"http:\/\/www.seadream.com\/\">www.SeaDream.com<\/a> or see travel agents.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>THE Berlitz Guide to Cruising &#038; Cruise Ships has once again rated the 112-guest mega-motor-cruiser yachts SeaDream I and SeaDream II as Top Two in its &#8216;Boutique Ships&#8217; category (50 &#8211; 250 passengers) for 2013. The Berlitz Guide, now in its 28th year, is researched and written by Douglas Ward, the world&#8217;s top authority on [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7930","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7930","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=7930"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7930\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7930"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7930"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7930"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}