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In 1997, decades after the demise of passenger cruising on the Great Lakes, German cruise line Hapag-Lloyd brought their 420-passenger cruise ship MV Columbus, filled primarily with German travelers, to sail the Great Lakes. Fascinated by the idea of revitalizing this once flourishing cruise market, travel industry veterans Tom Conlin and his son Chris, formed the Great Lakes Cruise Company the following year. By fall 1999, the Great Lakes Cruise Company operated the first American charter of the MV Columbus. With the success of their first season, GLCC chartered both MV Columbus and the 90-passenger French luxury yacht Le Levant the following three years.

In 2002, to facilitate the revitalization process and attract more travelers to our beautiful inland oceans, GLCC formed a partnership with Acheson Ventures of Port Huron, Michigan, just as Acheson was completing construction of the finest new cruise ship terminal in the Great Lakes. As more cruise lines entered the Great Lakes market, GLCC expanded their services, forming a single source for Great Lakes cruises.

The Great Lakes Cruise Company currently features not only their own charters, but also offers cruises aboard all ships now sailing the Great Lakes.

Ships:
Le Levant* 95 p Wallus and Fortuna/FR

Columbus* 408 p Bahamas Registry

Georgian Clipper* 18 p Canada Registry

* Chartered

Addresses:

3300 Washtenaw Avenue
Suite 230
Ann Arbor, Michigan 48104
Tel: 1-888-891-0203
1-734-677-3128
Fax: 1-734-477-6032

UK Office address:

Discovery Cruises UK Ltd

15 Young Street
Kensington,
London, England W85 5EH,
Tel: +44 7795 4900
Fax: +44 207 7795 4910

Imperial Majesty Cruise Line operates two-night cruises out of Fort Lauderdale, Florida to the Bahamas.

Ship:
Regal Empress 1,180 p Bahamas Registry

Address:
2950 Gateway Drive
Pompano Beach, Florida 33069
Tel: 1-954-956-9505
1-800-511-5737
Fax: 1-954-971-6678

Coast Mountain Expeditions offers sea kayaking Vancouver Island camping trips and kayaking lodge getaways in BC’s coastal wilderness.

Transocean Tours operates cruises for the German-speaking trade.

SHIPS:

Astor 590 p Bahamas Registry

Astoria 500 p Bahamas Registry

ADDRESS:

Postfach 10 0907
28009 Bremen
Germany
England

The company was founded in 1935 as a travel agency. In 1987 the Louis Group began acquiring ships. Today it operates ten vessels offering various cruises to the Mideast and Mediterranean ports as well as the Caribbean. In spring 2004 the company acquired two additional vessels Sunbird and Carousel which were chartered to the British tour operator My Travel. In May 2005, Sunbird will be chartered for six years to Thomson Cruises.

SHIPS:
M/S Saphire 576 p Cyprus Registry

Calypso 486 p Bahamas Registry

M/S Ausonia 508 p Cyprus Registry

M/S Serenade 600 p Bahamas Registry:

M/S Princesa Marissa 628 p Cyprus Registry

M/S Princesa Cypria 548 p Cyprus Registry

Sunbird* 1,450 p Bahamas Registry

Carousel* 1,050 p Bahamas Registry

Thomson Spirit** 1,254 p Bahamas Registry

The Emerald** 1,153 p Cyprus Registry

*Chartered to My Travel for 2004
**Chartered to Thomson Holidays

Address:
150A Franklin Roosevelt & Omonias Ave
P.O. Box 5612
3045 Limassol, Cyprus
Tel. + 25570000
Fax. +25573320

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Holland America was founded in 1873 as the Netherlands-America Steamship Company (NASM), a shipping and passenger line. Because it provided service to the Americas, it became known as Holland America Line. The company's first ocean liner was the original Rotterdam, which sailed its maiden voyage from the Netherlands to New York City on October 15, 1872—a crossing that took 15 days.

The line was a principal carrier of immigrants from Europe to the United States until well after the turn of the century, carrying 850,000 passengers to new lives in the New World. The line offered its first cruise in 1895; Three years later, HAL owned a fleet of six cargo and passenger ships that also provided service between Holland and the Dutch East Indies via the Suez Canal.

With the growing preference of the public for jet travel to Europe, HAL suspended in 1971 its trans-Atlantic passenger trade and turned to offering cruise vacations full time. It introduced two radically designed vessels-the ‘ new’ Nieuw Amstersdam and Noordam-in the 1980s, which allowed for more space for leisure-cruising activities. HAL, along with Seattle-based Westours and Windstar Cruises, was acquired by Carnival Corporation in 1997.

SHIPS:
MS Amsterdam 1,380 p Netherlands Registry
MS Maasdam, 1,266 p Netherlands Registry

MS Noordam 1,214 p Netherlands Registry

MS Oosterdam 1,848 p Netherlands Regi

MS Prinsendam 793 p Netherlands Registry

MS Rotterdam 1.316 p Netherlands Registry

MS Ryndam 1,258 p Netherlands Registry

MS Statendam 1258 p Netherlands Registry

MS Veendam 1,266 p Bahamas Registry

MS Volendam 1,440 p Netherlands Registry

MS Westerdam 1,848 p Netherlands Registry

MS Zaandam 1,440 p Netherlands Registry

MS Zuiderdam 1,848 p Netherlands Registry

Address:
300 Elliott Avenue West
Seattle, Washington 98119
Tel: 1-877-724-5425
Fax: 1-206-301-5282

Discovery World Cruises was founded in 2002 by recognized travel-industry entrepreneur Gerry Herrod to offer cruise vacations to exotic destinations at affordable prices. It operates on charter to Voyages of Discovery in the UK for the summer and in the winter under Discovery World Cruises in the US for cruises to Antarctica/Chilean Fjords and New Zealand.

In 2004, All Leisure Group, the parent company of UK-based Voyages of Discovery, signed an agreement with Herrod to purchase the MV Discovery and the tour operations of Discovery Cruises UK and Discovery World Cruises USA, effective May 16, 2005. The company will also begin year-round operation of its flagship MV Discovery, beginning spring 2005. Consequently, under its new ownership, Discovery’s schedule of cruise-tours to South America, Antarctica, New Zealand and the South Pacific will now be complemented by exciting new itineraries to the Mediterranean, Black Sea, Northern Europe, Scandinavia, Greenland, Russia and Canada’s Eastern Seaboard.

Ship:
MV Discovery 650 p Bahamas Registry

Address:
1800 SE 10th Avenue 1800 Suite 205
Ft Lauderdale, Florida 3331
Tel: 1-866-623-2689 (US)
1-954-761-7878
Fax: +1 954 761 7768

Hebridean Island Cruises has been operating cruise ships since 1989.The first vessel, Hebridean Princess, has cruised Scotland’s West Coast waters for the past fourteen years. Hebridean Spirit, joined the line in July 2001. Her year-round program takes her to intriguing destinations from the Arctic to the Tropics.

Ships:
Hebridean Princess 50 p Scotland Registry

Hebridean Spirit 80 p Scotland Registry

Adresses:
Hebridean International Cruises
Kintail House Carleton New Road
Skipton
North Yorkshire
BD23 2DE

UK Tel: +44 (0) 1756 704704

US Toll Free Tel: 1-800-659-2648

At Kesagami we pride ourselves on providing an excellent remote fishing experience second to none in northern Ontario, Canada.

Cruises of Compagnie des Iles du Ponant are
1- SY Le Ponant 64 p France Registry
2- MS Le Levant* 90 p France Registry
*In summer, Le Levant offers cruises on the Great Lakes.

Address:
60, Blvd. du Maréchal
Alphonse Juin
44100 Nantes, France
Tel: 33-2-40-58-14-95
Fax: 33-2-40-58-27-02

US Office:
Conlin Travel/US Reservation Center
3270 Washtenaw Avenue
Ann Arbor, Michigan 48104
Tel: 888-272-2865
1-734-477-6023
Fax: 1-734-677-1428

Star Cruises, the major cruise line in Asia-Pacific was incorporated in September 1993, representing a bold initiative to tap Asia-Pacific's potential as an international cruise destination. Following the acquisition of NCL Holdings (NCL Holdings includes NCL, NCL America, and Orient Lines.) in early 2000, Star Cruises is now the third largest cruise line in the world presently operating a combined fleet of 18 ships with over 23,000 lower berths. Star Cruises operates cruises on eight ships in the Asia-Pacific region with Singapore, Port Klang (Malaysia), Hong Kong and Keelung as ports of embarkation.

SHIPS:
SuperStar Aries 678 p Bahamas Registry

Star Pisces 2000 p Panama Registry

SuperStar Leo 1,960 p Panama Registry

SuperStar Gemini 788 p Panama Registry

SuperStar Virgo 1,960 p Panama Registry

SuperStar Aries 678 p Bahamas Registry

SuperStar Capricorn 870 p Panama Registry

Norwegian Star I 870 p Bahamas Registry

MegaStar Taurus 64 p Panama Registry

MegaStar Aries 72 p Panama Registry

Wasa Queen 866 p Panama Registry (Wasa Queen is a cruise ferry operating in Singapore and international waters.)

ADDRESSES:

1 Shenton Way 01-02
Singapore 068803
Tel: 65-226-1168
Fax: 65-220-6993

US Office address:

Norwegian Cruise Line
7665 Corporate Center Drive
Miami, Florida 33126
Tel: 1-800-327-7030
Tel: (1) 305 436 4694
Fax: (1) 305 436 4112