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Royal Olympic Cruises unveil new cruises for summer 2002

Monday, November 19, 2001

Four new cruises were presenting in the summer 2002 program of Royal Olympic Cruises, ROC<.>, which was launched at World Travel Market 2001, WTM<.>, in London. The new 60-page brochure features a total of eight itineraries, to be operated by seven ships.

The brochure will be distributed to agents this week. The high-speed design of the cruise line`s new-builds, the Olympia Explorer and the Olympia Voyager has permitted ROC to develop two ambitious new itineraries. In her maiden season, the Olympia Explorer will operate a weekly `Grand Mediterranean` cruises, sailing round-trip from Piraeus to ports as for a field as Istanbul, Venice, and Dubrovnik. Her sister ship, the Olympia Voyager, will operate ROC`s first ever summer season of Caribbean itineraries, weekly circuits from Houston to Belize, Honduras and Mexico.

Also new for summer 2002 are weekly western Mediterranean circuits and a second long-weekend cruise. The western Mediterranean itinerary will be operated by the Odysseus and offered roundtrip from Marseilles of Genoa to Palma, Mortil (Granada), Tangier, Gibraltar and Bercelona. The `Aegean Romance` weekend cruise will operate every Friday through Monday from 3 May to 6 June and from August to 27 September. This itinerary comprises a round-trip cruise from Piraeus to Mykonos, Rhodes, Bodrum, Amorgos, and Santorini.

Vic Howlett, head of UK operations, ROC said: `This is our strongest program to date. The unique design of our high-speed new-builds allows us to offer seven-night itineraries in the Mediterranean and the Caribbean that cannot be matched by any other cruise line. These will be operated by ships of a quality to rival any in the luxury sector. We are aiming for significant growth from the UK market this year and I believe we have developed the means to achieve it`.

The new cruises are added ROC four most popular itineraries: a seven-day Golden Fleece cruise, a week-long Mediterranean Dream itinerary, a four day Aegean cruise and a long weekend itinerary, also in the Aegean.

Theodore Koumelis - Monday, November 19, 2001

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