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RIVER CRUISE 2013
What your clients should know
Cruising on the Douro in Portugal AmaPrima, is 443 feet long and 38 feet wide. For the AmaVida, with relatively limited space, the vessel has been pared down. Ama has made great efforts in its European fleet to incorporate additional dining venues, and it has maintained that tradition here: An alfresco dining area adjacent to the main restaurant can seat 32 passengers for a separate three-course dinner. Seating in this dining area must be reserved in advance. A light lunch is also available in the lounge and on the sun deck, weather permitting, in addition to the buffet breakfast and lunch served in the main restaurant. There is also a small fitness room, a spa, a heated pool on the sundeck and a gift shop.
L The Rhine is our most popular river cruise
ast year AMA Waterways launched the 82-cabin AmaCerto with twin balconies, multiple dining venues and a heated pool.
The AmaCerto serves the Dutch and Belgium Waterways and the Danube and Rhine Rivers on nine itineraries: Rooms aboard the ships come equipped with wireless Internet connection, flat-screen televisions, luxurious down duvets and pillows, and a multi-jet shower system. On board the line offers a beauty salon, fitness centre and a sun deck. Main lounges are lined with floor-to-ceiling windows and so are the Panorama Restaurants. Itineraries are designed to cruise during mealtimes. The Europe fleet also includes the ■ AmaVerde (2011); ■ AmaBella (2010); ■ AmaLyra (2009); ]■ AmaDolce (2009); ■ AmaCello (2008), ■ AmaDante (2008); ■ AmaLegro (2007) and ■ AmaDagio (2006). In addition to the European destinations, Ama operates in ■ Vietnam and Cambodia via the AmaLotus (2011) and the La Mar-
guerite (2009); ■ Russia via the AmaKatarina (2011); Portugal via the AmaVida (2013); and ■ Africa via the 12cabin Zambezi Queen (2009).
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iviera Travel’s latest 2013-14 brochure, newly released this month, carries details of two new ships and a new itinerary in their s brochure for 2013. The new vessels arriving into the fleet are the elegant five-star MS Swiss Tiara and luxurious five-star MS Swiss Sapphire bringing the total to six ships. The programme includes a new French itinerary: The Seine, Paris and Normandy and a return to the Rhine, Moselle, Main, Danube, Elbe, Rhône and Seine. Riviera’s style of river cruising caters for a predominantly Irish and British market, incorporating extra touches. There is one onboard language (English). The