For Immediate Release

Priceless PBS Experience Offered by Crown Cruise Vacations on Regent Seven Seas Mariner

Meet and Interact With Top Public Broadcasting Personalities and Guests on PTV at Sea Barcelona-to-Lisbon Cruise

PRINCETON, N.J. (Feb 1, 2012) – Crown Cruise Vacations, preferred provider for this priceless experience, and Artful Travelers, producers of PTV at Sea, offer inquisitive and knowledgeable minds great opportunities to meet and interact with top PBS personalities on an August 2012 PTV at Sea Regent Seven Seas Barcelona-to-Lisbon cruise.

Some of the foremost PBS personalities and their featured guests will feature panel discussions and presentations in the areas of politics, culture and the arts, personal finance, health and wellness and more. Cruisers will be invited to private dinners and cocktail receptions that allow for one-on-one conversations with the guest hosts during the unforgettable voyage.

The 10-night Mediterranean voyage on the Seven Seas Mariner departs Barcelona on Aug. 13, 2012, and arrives in Lisbon on Aug. 23, 2012, with stops in Spain at Cartagena, Malaga (Granada), Seville (Cadiz) and LasPalmas; stops also include Casablanca and Portugal ports of Funchal, Madeira, Cascais and Lisbon, plus relaxing and rejuvenating days at sea.

The all-inclusive six-star Regent Seven Seas Mariner is a luxury vessel, designed for guests numbering in the hundreds rather than the thousands. The ambiance on board is personal, individual and accommodating. Regent Seven Seas Cruises provides discerning guests with the most inclusive luxury cruise experience by offering an incomparable array of complimentary features and services.

Crown Cruise Vacations and Artful Travelers offer this exciting and educational PTV at Sea adventure, allowing passengers exclusive access to world-renowned and extremely enthralling people.

Guest on this sailing are:

Robert Siegel (Senior Host of All Things Considered, NPR’s award-winning evening newsmagazine, broadcast daily. With 40 years of experience in radio news, Siegel hosts the country’s most-listened-to news radio program and reports on stories and happenings all over the globe. )

Charlie Cook (Publisher The Cook Political Report and political analyst for National Journal Group and NBC News, among other writings and publications. The New York Times has labeled him “one of the best political handicappers in the nation” and The Wall Street Journal called him “the Picasso of election analysis.”)

David Fanning (Executive Producer of FRONTLINE, America’s longest-running investigative documentary series on television. Frontline tackles national and global issues at the forefront of the news, such as healthcare reform, the economic crisis, the U.S. deficit, international relations, sex slavery and biographies.)

Michael Childers (Acclaimed photographer of over 200 magazine covers, including GQ, Esquire, Life, and both English and Italian Vogue and the only American invited to photograph productions at the National Theatre in London; his work is in the national Portrait Gallery in London, the Las Vegas Art Museum, and the Lincoln Center Library for the Performing Arts.)

PTV at Sea enriches, inspires and entertains with informative programming, presented by some of public broadcasting’s most acclaimed personalities. Travelers can pose questions of specific interest at in-depth question-and-answer sessions and then mix and mingle with the esteemed guests at private dinners and cocktail receptions and during memorable shore excursions. Artful Travelers is a unique travel organization that combines culture and current events to present celebrations in art, education, and travel, intended for those who value extraordinary life experiences.

Fares start at $7,799 per person, double occupancy, and include:*

• Free roundtrip airfare with free upgrade to Business Class air in penthouse suites and higher
• Free unlimited shore excursions
• Free luxury hotel package
• Free beverages, including fine wines and premium spirits
• Free prepaid gratuities
• Free ground transfers
• Free in-suite mini-bar, replenished daily
• Free 24-hour room service, and much more.
• Free travel insurance on all reservations booked directly with Crown Cruise Vacations.

*Government taxes and fees of $170 per passenger and relating to the cruise fare are additional. Fares are per person, based on double occupancy, and reflect all savings. Fares and category availability are subject to change without notice. Please contact Crown Cruise Vacations to confirm category availability.

For more information about this exclusive PTV at Sea event, see Travelscope’s Joseph Rosendo on video or contact Crown Cruise Vacations, exclusive provider in partnership with Artful Travelers, promoters of PTV at Sea cruises. Reservations can be made directly with Crown Cruise Vacations by calling toll-free 1-855-788-7880 or email ptvinfo@crowncruisevacations.com.

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About Crown Cruise Vacations:

Sophisticated cruise specialists at Crown Cruise Vacations assist with the ordinary and the extraordinary, with travel designed to delight clients as they take dream vacations. Great value and unparalleled service are the cornerstones of Crown Cruise Vacations.

Crown Cruise Vacations was recently named North America’s Leading Cruise Travel Agent 2011 by the prestigious World Travel Awards, which acknowledges excellence across all sectors of the global travel and tourism industry. Crown Cruise Vacations is the preferred provider of PTV at Sea cruises, which enrich, inspire and entertain with informative programming presented by some of public broadcasting’s most acclaimed personalities.

Based in Princeton, New Jersey, Crown Cruise Vacations specialists are comprised of a unique team of experienced, accredited travel agents and managers with an average of 12 years selling leisure travel. For more information, please visit us at http://www.crowncruisevacations.com/.

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