easyCruise announces the launch of its 2005-2006
Caribbean cruise program
easyCruiseOne
Thursday, July 7, 2005
LONDON, England: easyCruise, a recent
venture of Stelios Haji-Ioannou, the serial entrepreneur and founder of the easyGroup of companies, including easyJet PLC (Europe's leading low-cost
airline listed on the London Stock Exchange) has announced its entry into the
winter 2005-2006 Caribbean cruise season with its ship, easyCruiseOne. The
easyCruise web site (www.easycruise.com) is now selling Caribbean cruises
beginning November 12, 2005, until April 26, 2006, with prices beginning at
$16.20 USD per person per night for a cabin, based on two people sharing.
Ports of call include: Bridgetown in Barbados (Saturday and Sunday), Kingstown
in St. Vincent (Monday), Fort de France in Martinique (Tuesday), Bequia in The
Grenadines (Wednesday), St George's in Grenada (Thursday) and Castries in St.
Lucia (Friday). Barbados, Martinique,
Grenada and St. Lucia all have international airports with a selection of
direct flights from the U.S., London, Paris and other destinations. easyCruise
offers travelers a unique "luxe for less" opportunity to visit
enticing destinations via flexible one-week itineraries that allow cruisers to
embark and depart at any port along the route, provided they stay onboard for
at least two nights. During the Caribbean season, easyCruiseOne will remain in
Barbados for two days and nights to enable passengers to accommodate preferred
flight arrangements. The current and first
summer season for easyCruise is proving very encouraging for the company. More
than 90 different nationalities have already booked cabins on easyCruiseOne
and the average age of easyCruise passengers is 33 years old, more than 20
years younger than the current industry average. Attracting younger consumers
to easyCruise has been done through effective innovation. Contrary to the
norm, easyCruiseOne stays in port every night so that passengers can hit the
town and enjoy the nightlife. In addition, passengers can join the cruise
where and when they want, subject to a two-night minimum, with a 14-night
maximum stay. This same flexible formula
will apply to easyCruiseOne in the Caribbean, although passengers will be
required to be back on board by midnight, as nightlife in the Caribbean tends
to both start and finish earlier than in the Mediterranean. In the Caribbean, easyCruiseOne will sail sometime after midnight, and arrive in port at
approximately 10:00 a.m. (The ship's current schedule in the Mediterranean is
to sail after 4:00 a.m. and arrive in port at approximately 1:00 p.m.) In both
the Caribbean and the Mediterranean, once the ship has arrived in port,
passengers are free to stay on board and enjoy the facilities, or to go
ashore.
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