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HAL & Seabourn Named Most Ethical Company by Ethisphere Institute

posted April 22, 2014

For the third consecutive year, Holland America Line, together with sister line Seabourn, was named among the World’s Most Ethical Companies by Ethisphere Institute, a leading business ethics think-tank. The company secured its spot on the list by implementing and maintaining business practices and initiatives that are instrumental to company success and benefit the community.

Named in the Leisure and Hospitality category, Holland America Line/Seabourn is one of 144 total honorees representing 41 industries from around the world.

Vice President, General Counsel and Chief Ethics Officer Kelly Clark and Emmely Kik, Manager, Ethics and Compliance, accepted the 2014 World’s Most Ethical Companies award at an event March 20 in New York City.

“It is an honor to be named to the World’s Most Ethical Companies for the third consecutive year,” said Stein Kruse, president and CEO of Holland America Line. “We take pride in promoting ethical business standards and practices both internally and in the community, and to be recognized on such a prestigious list validates our efforts.”

“The entire community of World’s Most Ethical Companies believe that customers, employees, investors and regulators place a high premium on trust and that ethics and good governance are key in earning it,” said Ethisphere’s Chief Executive Officer, Timothy Erblich. “These companies join an exclusive community committed to driving performance through leading business practices. We congratulate everyone for their extraordinary achievement.”

In selecting World’s Most Ethical Company winners, Ethisphere Institute reviews a candidate’s code of ethics, litigation and regulatory infraction history; evaluates the investment in innovation and sustainable business practices; looks at activities designed to improve corporate citizenship; and studies nominations from senior executives, industry peers, suppliers and customers.

This is the eighth year Ethisphere has published the World’s Most Ethical Company rankings. Ethisphere reviewed hundreds of companies and evaluated a record number of applications utilizing its proprietary methodology through in-depth research and multistep analysis, naming the companies that surpassed their industry peers to this year's World's Most Ethical Companies list. The 2014 list features companies in more than three dozen industries, including several headquartered outside of the United States.
Read about the methodology and view the complete list of the 2014 World’s Most Ethical Companies at http://ethisphere.com/worlds-most-ethical/wme-honorees.

Adam D. Tihany to Design Seabourn's New Ship

posted March 10, 2014

Seabourn has contracted hospitality design icon Adam D. Tihany to create the indoor and outdoor guest areas of its new ship being built in Italy and due to launch in 2016.

Tihany is Art Director of the Culinary Institute of America, and sits on the advisory Board of the New York School of Interior Design and the Holon Design Museum. His outstanding contribution to the world of design has been recognized with numerous honors and awards, including an Honorary Doctorate from the New York School of Interior Design and induction into the Interior Design Hall of Fame.

For Seabourn, Tihany will create a design vision for the entire vessel including multiple dining venues; the Spa at Seabourn; showrooms; casino and lounges; outdoor deck areas; and the innovative and popular Seabourn Square multi-purpose space.

Tihany is renowned for his restaurant projects for high-profile celebrity chefs, including Thomas Keller, Daniel Boulud, Jean Georges Vongerichten, Charlie Palmer, Heston Blumenthal, Paul Bocuse and Wolfgang Puck, as well as luxury hotel projects worldwide, such as South Africa's One & Only Cape Town resort, Mandarin Oriental Las Vegas, King David Hotel in Jerusalem, The Oberoi Hotel in New Delhi, The Beverly Hills Hotel, The Breakers in Palm Beach and Hotel Cipriani in Venice to name just a few.

"Adam Tihany's artistic sensibilities are a wonderful match with Seabourn," said Richard D. Meadows, Seabourn's president. "His designs convey the essence of ultra-luxury with a vitality that is lively and exciting yet perfectly embodies the relaxed elegance that has always been the heart of Seabourn's hospitality."

Another value that Tihany shares with Seabourn is a dedication to personalization. The designer takes pride in drawing inspiration from his clients' backgrounds or preferences.

"What I strive to do is to find an aesthetic that expresses the personality of the brand," said Tihany. "Thus, my goal is to design a beautiful, and very uniquely Seabourn ship, one that will reflect Seabourn's aura of casual elegance and thoughtful attention to detail, that will make their guests feel welcome and invite them to experience Seabourn's special brand of ultra-luxury."

Seabourn to Build New All-Suite Vessel

posted January 21, 2014

Luxury cruise line Seabourn announced it has contracted with Fincantieri for a new, all-suite vessel due in mid-2016.

The new cruise liner will follow the model set by the Seabourn Odyssey but will include larger public areas and add a deck. The vessel will serve 604 guests in its all-suite rooms with private verandahs.

The Seabourn Pride, Spirit, and Legend, are scheduled to leave the Seabourn fleet by May 2015. The new vessel will help maintain Seabourn's cruise offerings.

"The new ship will continue the evolution that began with Seabourn's fleet expansion, adding modern design elements and innovations consistent with Seabourn's reputation for understated elegance," said Richard D. Meadows, Seabourn's president. "With its delivery, the most highly rated cruise line in the world will also offer travelers the newest fleet of ships in the luxury segment."

Michelin-star chefs to join Seabourn Quest World Cruise

posted Dec. 12, 2013

Guests aboard Seabourn Sojourn’s 116-day world cruise departing Los Angeles on January 4, 2014 will savor the professional expertise and sociable companionship of four Michelin-starred chefs during the voyage. Culinary Conversations is one element of the line’s diverse Seabourn Conversations onboard enrichment series. The renowned chefs will not only conduct cooking demonstrations and supply signature touches for the ship’s menus, they will also join in Seabourn Quest’s relaxed, casually elegant social ambience. Seabourn’s own executive chefs also typically have backgrounds in Michelin-starred restaurants, so they are thrilled at the chance to meet and learn from another chef who shares their passion for cooking. The chefs scheduled to appear during the voyage are:

• Bernd Siener, (pictured) Executive chef at Marburger Esszimmer in Marburg, Germany made his reputation at various venues in that town’s luxurious Vila Vita Rosenparc spa-resort. (Jan. 21 -31, 2014)

• Christian Lohse – Executive chef at Fischers Fritz in Berlin, Germany, has garnered multiple Michelin stars and Gault-Millaut points throughout his career. (Jan. 21 – 31, 2014)

• Andrew Fairlie – Executive chef at his eponymous restaurant in the Gleneagles Hotel, the only two-Michelin star restaurant in Scotland. (Mar. 14 – 25, 2014)

• Heiko Antoniewicz — A “Magician of Molecular Cuisine”, made his reputation with the gourmet catering company Art Manger, and a restaurant by the same name. (Feb. 9 -17, 2014)

Fine dining is one of the pillars of Seabourn’s award-winning onboard lifestyle. The company has been honored since its founding for consistently providing exceptional cuisine. Most recently Seabourn was named the Best Culinary Cruise Line by a panel of experts for Saveur magazine’s 2013 Culinary Travel Awards, and has frequently topped the ratings for food and dining in readers’ polls of publications such as Condé Nast Traveler.

Source: Blog.seabourn.com

Seabourn Wins Savuer "Best Culinary Cruise Line" Travel Award

posted November 13, 2013

A distinguished panel of culinary and travel experts polled by the editors of Saveur magazine has rated Seabourn as the “Best Culinary Cruise Line” in the magazine’s Culinary Travel Awards 2013. The diverse “Experts’ Choice” panel included high-profile chefs Daniel Boulud, Todd English and Lorena Garcia, restaurateurs Marco and Mauro Maccioni and actress and Cooking Channel star Debi Mazar and her husband Gabriele Corcos. Rounding out the 15-person panel are successful culinary and travel journalists, editors, and photographers.  300x300 Saveur Expert Panel Names Seabourn “Best Culinary Cruise Line”

In announcing the award, the magazine noted that Seabourn “…stands out for its focus on exceptional ingredients,” and said its “…expertly designed menus include regionally inspired dishes, well-sourced ingredients, and a notable commitment to sourcing excellent wines and spirits to go with them.”

Seabourn President Richard D. Meadows said, “Saveur’s Culinary Travel Award 2013 is a terrific honor for us. These renowned experts are uniquely capable of measuring our cuisine against the best the world has to offer, and their acknowledgment is tremendously gratifying for our culinary executives and onboard staff.”

The award is set to be presented at a special event in New York on November 19, 2013.

The food and dining experience on our intimate, all-suite ships has played an important part in its string of four consecutive awards as the “Best Small-Ship Cruise Line” in the Condé Nast Traveler Readers’ Choice poll and five consecutive “World’s Best Small-Ship Cruise Line ” awards from the readers of Travel + Leisure. In addition, Seabourn has repeatedly been selected as offering the “Top Cruise Line Food” in Condé Nast Traveler’s Readers’ Poll.
- See more at: http://blog.seabourn.com/

Seabourn Signs Intent to Build

posted October 21, 2013

Seabourn announces it has signed a Letter of Intent with Italian ship builder Fincantieri to build a new ship with delivery in the second half of 2016. The new ship will share features of its newer design vessels, the Odyssey, Sojourn, and Quest. The vessel will replace the Pride, Spirit, Legend which will be phased to new owners starting in 2014.

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