Mon Nov 03 2008, by Travel Trade Staff, credited and published by Traveltrade.com
The new Celebrity Solstice is scheduled to sail into Port Everglades in Ft. Lauderdale today.Ideal viewing platforms include Fort Lauderdale Beach and surroundings, while residents with waterfront condominiums can enjoy a bird’s-eye view.
Celebrity Solstice upon arrival will be fully “dressed” with vibrant flags flying above its industry-first half-acre Lawn Club, Hot Glass Show, and one of the highest percentages of verandas in the business, not to mention the wealth of attributes found inside the sleek, 122,000-ton ship.
Soon after its arrival, Celebrity Solstice will serve as the perfect platform for Celebrity Cruises’ first Global Sales Meeting, followed by a series of exclusive, two-night preview cruises for invited travel agents, press and other dignitaries. Travel agents attending Travel Trade’s 25th Annual Leisure Travel Conference in Miami, Nov. 15-17, will be among the first to see the Solstice during the conference’s sold-out ship inspections.
Celebrity Solstice will be named in formal ceremonies on Nov. 14, and will embark on its inaugural season Nov. 23, on a series of seven-night Eastern Caribbean cruises roundtrip from Ft. Lauderdale. In spring 2009, the will introduce a series of romantic 10- and 11-night Mediterranean sailings roundtrip from Rome.
