Norwegian Jewel´s Will Start Cruising the Caribbean in November

Norwegian Jewel, the newest ship in the Norwegian Cruise Line fleet, will begin calling at Antigua from November 6 this year. The company´s Vice President Lania Rittenhouse said the boat will be delivered in August.

After highlighting that cruise passengers in Antigua and Barbuda increased by 35% in 2004, reaching a total of 522,705, Antigua´s Minister of Tourism, Harold Lovell, recognized the importance of partnership with Norwegian Cruise Lines which is one of the most pioneering and dynamic lines in the industry with high spend visitors to the region.

Minister Lovell stressed the historical and pivotal significance of this development since both Disney and Royal Caribbean Line experimented with such an itinerary but as yet have not instituted regular preferred itineraries including Antigua out of Miami.

Managing Director of Antigua Pier Group, Cameron Fraser, reiterated the thrust in marketing the destination “We have identified a number of ways of targeting the consumer and exposing them to what Antigua and Barbuda has to offer.