TV host Samantha Brown officially christens AmaMagma

TV host Samantha Brown officially christens AmaMagma
Focusing on memorable reminiscences that they would savour and cherish as passengers, AmaWaterways co-founders president Rudi Schreiner and spouse Kristin Karst hooked up the company with a lone deliver in 2002.

The visionary river cruise brand now has a fleet of a few two dozen vessels, to encompass its most up-to-date — yet biggest — the AmaMagna.

“We first had the vision for AmaMagna almost seven years ago. Like the deliver herself, the development adventure has been a one-of-a-type involvement,” said Schreiner.The trailblazing AmaMagna, that's twice the width of traditional river cruise ships, has journeyed throughout several bodies of water, symbolic of the boundaries it has broken with its innovative take on this entertainment activity.The name changed into bestowed upon the release by godmother Samantha Brown, Emmy Award-winning television host and respected tour expert, as she recently formally christened the twenty third ship in the fleet.

At 135 meters lengthy and 22 meters huge —almost two times as massive as other ships — AmaMagma hosts 196 passengers, which competitors the capacity of a few usual-width counterparts.

All staterooms and suites are appointed with elegant décor and herbal wood accents, sufficient to rival different surest boutique resorts on land.

The suites feature full out of doors balconies, open seating areas and high-priced toilets, entire with double sinks and stroll-in showers. Six Grand Suites and an Owner’s Suite provide even greater facilities with great toilets entire with spa-like bathtubs.

Even the opposite suites boasts of giant flat-display screen TVs, Apple computer systems with loose WiFi, glass-enclosed showers and separate bathrooms. The top decks likewise have a personal balcony with a view unlike every other.

Exciting eating options abound, with masses of alternatives tailor in shape for discerning taste buds. The Al Fresco, with retractable ceiling and home windows, situated in the front of the deliver, is open for self-carrier breakfast and lunches and sit down-down dinners with vegetable-forward menus.Other amenities
Jimmy’s Wine Bar, named after AmaWaterways’ overdue co-founder Jimmy Murphy, is a own family-fashion diner decked with lengthy wooden tables for a homely feel. Appetizers are served at the identical time so sharing between all is highly endorsed, observed via simultaneously-served mains to round off the meal.

A seven-path menu awaits at the Chef’s Table, a eating place which can accommodate one’s whims consisting of surf and turf for breakfasts and omelettes and toast for dinners – yet with a first-class eating technique and sterling provider.

In all venues, wines, beers and sodas are complimentary for lunches and dinners, even as the pre-dinner Sip and Sail cocktail hour on the lounge likewise offers unfastened-flowing liquids for all people.

For health buffs

For health buffs, there are in-house experts who host each day early morning stretching and heat-u.S.A.Plus yoga lessons to greater severe applications because the day progresses. For folks that admire peace and quiet, a health club is also complimentary for all on board.

Massages, manicures and pedicures may be had on the sun deck.

Due to its length, the AmaMagna sails on the Danube, wherein the locks are 24 meters extensive, in seven-night cruises between Budapest and Vilshofen, sailing through Hungary, Slovakia, Austria and Germany.

This year, she can embark on select one-week cruises on Eastern Europe, from Budapest to Giurgiu, and plans to progress thru Hungary, Croatia, Serbia, Bulgaria and Romania.

For all these improvements that push the boundaries of the industry, Schreiner, affectionately known as the Godfather of River Cruising, recently received the esteemed Outstanding Contribution Award from Seatrade Cruise, a 13-yr-vintage awarding frame that acknowledges the pleasant of global cruise industry ambitions, improvements and successes.

“We are thrilled and excited to welcome AmaMagna into our repertoire of cruises on offer. Its groundbreaking amenities are one which travelers ought to truely line up for,” Philippine journey veteran and founder of Intas Destinations Teresita Henderson shared.

A multidisciplinary tour and tour operator with over 30 years of revel in, Intas represents AmaWaterways in the us of a.THE TravelTour Expo, one of the us of a’s largest travel and tours expos, is set to offer over 70-percentage really worth of discounts across tour applications from February 7 to 9.

Organized by using the Philippine Travel Agencies Association (PTAA), the twenty seventh installment of the expo will take place at the SMX Convention Center Manila in Pasay City with the subject matter, “More > Real.”

The 3-day expo expects to host greater than 400 exhibitors from special journey groups and tourism establishments including cruise traces, inns, subject matter parks and airlines.“This is the high-quality 12 months to tour, given the lengthy weekends published. International travel has also grow to be low priced, as a result we expect now not simplest millennials however also professionals to be lively tourists,” PTAA President Ritchie Tuaño stated in a announcement.

The 5th International TravelTrade Expo may even simultaneously take place from February 7 to 9. The event, exceptional to registered exchange customers and dealers, expects participation from some 30 nations.“[The event] is likewise an opportunity for journey and excursion agencies to share fee-effective stories with the assistance and guidance in their seasoned tour advisors,” the announcement read.

This year’s journey expo is supported by using the Tourism Promotions Board of the Department of Tourism.

Entrance costs are set at P70 and P50 for senior residents.