Benefits of Cruising with Star Cruises, Part I

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There are many advantages to using a cruise and tailoring you own cruise program: A new and exciting travel experience motivates people to action. Great in the case of companies as well as families.

Benefits of Cruise Vacation #1: It’s a self-contained environment with a variety of function rooms for private events. You can mix business with pleasure now.

Benefits of Cruise Vacation #2: Gorgeous ocean-view dining rooms, ample menu choices, and unlimited servings. (No limitations as with banquet meals.) Salivating already? ;)

Benefits of Cruise Vacation #3: Highly personalized service is something that you can look forward to when cruising with us.

Benefits of Cruise Vacation #4: Multiple destinations with minimal hassle. Virtually all-inclusive pricing provides you with better control over your budget. No need to worry about overspending anymore!

Benefits of Cruise Vacation #5: Combines the pleasures of a resort hotel with the adventure of foreign travel.

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Benefits of Cruise Vacation #6: on-board built-in activities offer variety for participants, spouses, and kids without extra planning or cost. Check out the images on our Pinterest board to get a feel of the activities :)

Benefits of Cruise Vacation #7: A comparable land based activity costs much more than the vast array of what's on offer on-board!

More bang for your buck: Theaters and lounges feature state-of-the-art sound, light and projection systems and built-in décor, saving you considerable time and money and giving your presentations a greater “wow” factor.

Benefit of a Cruise Vacation #9: A ship is a self-contained environment, fostering relationship-building and encouraging greater meeting attendance and participation. There are less outside distractions on a ship, so you can focus on truly enjoying yourself.

Benefit of a Cruise vacation #10: Superior Service. Ship staff-to-guest ratio is generally three times that of most resorts, so everyone in your group will receive attentive and personalized service!

Stay tuned for Part II of this article! 

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Songkran Fest On-board Star Cruises - Virgo

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Here are details of what's happening on-board on Virgo in April for Songkran Festival.


All Month long, for the month of April:


Thai Food Buffet Corner & Action Stall.


Apollo Spa & Oscar’s Salon:
Outdoor Massage - Relax, Indulge & Enjoy the Traditional Thai Massage plus Aire Tattoo @ Festival Price of SGD28.00/15mins.
Details: Setting-up 2 Foldable Massage Bed at the Parthenon Poolside. Service to be performed by our professional Thai Masseuses.


Port O’ Call Shop - Songkran Festive Bazaar Sale - Enjoy 30% Rebate for all Local Thai Souvenirs and Packed Food during the entire Songkran Festive Season.
Thai Snack Products Set-up @ Poolside.
Details: Setting-up 2 tables with Thai Local Souvenirs and Packed Food from Pornthip Shop during the entire Songkran Festival. (Assigned Counter Staff to wear Sarong).

What's happening on 18th April:

Basic Thai Language Class - Learn the Basic Thai Language with our Cruise Staff and Thai Artists.

Chef in Action – “Tom-Yum Soup” - Enhance your culinary expertise with the easy to follow steps in making Thailand’s famous TOM-YUM soup.

Songkran Fun & Fab Jackpot Bingo - Behold the most beautiful delegates of this Songkran Festival in a fun and fabulous bingo session on your way towards winning big prizes….


Grand Songkran Pool Fun Festival/Leg 1 & Leg 2 - Get Wet & Be Wild! Experience Songkran Festival on the High Seas…with splashing pool fun games and sexy bodies under the heat of the scorching sun!

Songkran Fest On-board Star Cruises - Pisces

What's the Songkran Festival? Read our blog post on it.

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Here are details of what's happening on-board on Pisces, starting with F&B, Services and Finally the main events on the Festival days.

When it comes to F&B here's what's on offer this whole month on-board Star Cruises Pisces for the festival of Songkran:


Blue Lagoon Songkran Chef Recommendation -

All Bars & Restaurants:

Tropical Island Fruit Drinks Promotions
JUZZ BAR & HEALTHY DRINKS

MILKY JUZZ

1. Mango Milk
2. Papaya Milk
3. Banana Milk
4. Honeydew Milk
5. Watermelon Mil
6. Honey Melon Milk

BANANA JUZZ

1. Banana with Papaya
2. Banana with Mango
3. Banana with Apple
4. Banana with China Pear

HEALTHY JUZZ (Mix & Match)

Selection of all fresh fruits

- (Orange / Apple / Carrot / Celery / Cucumber / Honeydew / Watermelon / Bitter gourd)

RIBENA DRINKS

1. Ribena Aloe Vera with Honey Citron Tea
2. Ice Lemon Ribena
3. Honey Lemon Soda
4. Salted Lime Honey Soda


Check out all the yummy foodstuff here! -  http://pinterest.com/starcruiseindia/food-during-songkran-fest/

Some discounts on services:

Retail
20% discount for all THAI packed food.

Oscar Salon
Purchased any Schwarzkopf Shampoo & Conditioner, get free Hair Cut.

King Neptune Spa
20% discount for 1 hour THAI massage.


The Main Festival Celebrations will be held on 12 April (Thu), 14 April (Sat) and 19 April (Thu)

Venue: Galaxy of the stars

SONGKRAN WATER FESTIVAL PROGRAMME


Venue: Galaxy of the stars

BASIC THAI LINE DANCE Cruise Staff will teach the guest basic Thai Line Dance! [Will be held on 13 April (Friday) and 20 April (Friday)]

We look forward to seeing you there :-)

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Celebrate The Festival of Songkran on Star Cruises!

The Songkran festival (or literally "astrological passage") is celebrated in Thailand as the traditional New Year's Day from 13 to 15 April.  The traditional Thai New Year has been a national holiday since then.

The term Songkran comes from Sanskrit "Sankranta" and means "a move or change" - in this case the move of the sun into the Aries zodiac - Mesha Sankranti.

The most obvious celebration of Songkran is the throwing of water. Thais roam the streets with containers of water or water guns (sometimes mixed with mentholated talc) and drench each other and passersby. There will be events lined up to celebrate this aspect of the festival (detail below).

Most people use "สุขสันต์วันสงกรานต์" (suk-san wan songkran) — meaning "Happy Songkran Day" as a greeting, so don’t forget to use this when interacting with other passengers or Crew J

We have some exciting events lined up on our various Cruises. On the 14th April on Aquarius we have ‘Fun Water escapade’ where Cruise Staff will organize a special wet and wild pool games for the guests including the “must have” water splashing activity.

An Arts and Crafts session will be held where  Thai special Arts and Crafts session to be conducted by the Cruise Staff.

The BBQ dinner menu on SC Aquarius (on 14th April)  is as follows:

ASIAN SALAD

Marinated Asian Salads

“Yam Chin Gai” Spicy Chicken Salad

“Kau Yam Songkarn” Spicy Rice Salad

Papaya Salad with Condiments

Mixed Iceberg, slice Tomatoes, Slice Cucumbers

With sesame dressing, peanut dressing

 

SOUP STATION 

Spicy Whole Prawns in Coconut Milk

From the Grill

Cilantro and Garlic marinated grilled Chicken Drum 

StickLemon Gras and Ginger marinated grilled Pork Chop

Grilled Sausage

Hot Dishes

 “Pla Chon Nhong” steamed Fresh Water Fish With Spicy Sauce

“Pad See Iew Moo” Stir-Fried Noodles with Kailan

“Nam Prik Nhom” Spicy Chicken Mince Pork with Chilli Dip

Boiled Beef in Yellow Sauce (Southern Style)

“Moo Pad Kapi” Stir Fried Pork with Shrimps Paste

Sauteed Gardern Greens in Oyster Sauce

 Thai Pineapple fried Rice

Condiment Station

DESSERTS

HOT THAI DESSERT

Boiled Dry Green Pea Soup

Assorted Thai Desserts

Assorted French Pastries

Sliced Fresh Fruits

Do keep checking back as we will be sharing more exciting activities on the other Cruise Lines!

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Star Cruises India is now on Pinterest!

But what is Pinterest, you ask? Pinterest is a "Virtual Pinboard" that "lets you organize and share all the beautiful things you find on the web."

What Pinterest does is it lets us "Pin" pictures to "Boards", which are classified by activities on-board and offshore. We can upload pictures or share images to our Boards, which appear in a beautiful canvas view on the homepage of those that follow us or any particular Board.

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In the case of Star Cruises India, we have 8 Boards so far that reflect various aspects of the Star Cruises experience and our goal is to let you, the user, soak in the experience visually. We will be adding more boards very soon, attempting to give our Followers a 360 degree experience of being On-board a Star Cruise, without actually being physically present there.



Go ahead, browse our Boards at http://pinterest.com/starcruiseindia/ and follow us for a visual delight :-)

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