Godmother Meredith Vieira Names Avalon View in Bratislava
byDori Saltzman/
在明亮的蓝色Bratislava天空下,旁边是闪闪发光的蓝色多瑙河,电视名人,记者和原始的“ The View”联合主持人Meredith Vieira正式命名为Avalon Waterway的最新套房。当斯洛伐克起泡酒在船体上砸碎时,这艘船从批号02338024转变为阿瓦隆景观。
维埃拉说:“这只宏伟的船只现在开始了河流的旅程……愿她全神贯注地骑着眼睛,睁大眼睛,睁大了眼睛……我现在是阿瓦隆的景色克里斯汀·你,”维埃拉说。above the ship’s bow.
Joining Vieira were Pam Hoffee, the newly named president of Avalon Waterways; Steve Born, chief marketing officer of the Globus family of brands; executives from the Den Breejen shipyard where Avalon View was built; and a contingent of Globus employees, travel advisors, and media from around the world.
“A christening symbolizes a new beginning and 2022 is a new beginning for all of us,” Hoffee said during opening remarks before the crowd moved outside for the breaking of the bottle. “It’s a chance to get back to the world and all of its wonder. A chance to say yes to adventure and life-enhancing memories. We’re thrilled to be here in Bratislava.”
Saying yes, Hoffee added, is what Avalon Waterways is asking travelers to start doing again. “That’s our mantra for 2022. Just say yes to travel, to new ideas, to exploration. That’s really been at the heart of this event.”
两年等待
Avalon View原定于2020年4月首次亮相,在过去的两年中一直在湿码头,等待首次亮相。
“The waiting for the two years for everything has been painful in many ways,” Hoffee told Travel Market Report. “But there were good things that came from waiting. It makes everything so much more special once it happens. And there were chances to do things in a different way as we made our plans.”
预定的2020年命名定于维也纳举行,但在停顿期间,阿瓦隆(Avalon)改变了方向,并选择将其固定在他们以前从未命名过的城市中。
“We chose to do it in Bratislava. And, when we were picking the docking location, we picked to have it in the new part of the city, which is symbolic of emerging and something new,” Hoffee added.
Vieira, too, has been waiting for her role as godmother to begin, having been named to the position in 2019.
维埃拉(Vieira)正在登上阿瓦隆(Avalon)的景色,与女儿和未来的女son一起进行为期四天的预览,从未参加过巡游。既不是海洋和河流。
“My first impression of the ship was it’s beautiful. It’s striking,” she told Travel Market Report. “It’s very classy and elegant, yet warm.”
船上几天后,她以河流巡航的想法出售,并且已经开始研究她的下一次航行。
“我认为这很棒,”她在与媒体的一次小聚会上说。“它是如此的温暖和诱人。我喜欢这艘船的大小。您觉得自己是家庭的一员。它的亲密关系真的很可爱。I use this word immersion a lot, but I really feel like I’m immersed in the culture around me because of the fact that we’re constantly stopping in these wonderful little towns along the way and you have an opportunity to do so many different things.”
The 16th ship in Avalon’s fleet, Avalon View is nearly identical to its fleet mates. The 443-foot, 166-passenger vessel has 83 cabins, 80% of which are Panorama Suites. Unique to Avalon, Panorama Suites feature an 11-foot-wide wall-to-wall, floor-to-ceiling window with a door that opens a full seven-feet, turning the entire suite into an open-air balcony.
Avalon View will spend all of its 2022 season on the Danube River offering six- to 22-day itineraries including “Taste of the Danube,” “Danube Symphony,” “Active & Discovery on the Danube,” and “Gone Girl!” (a storyteller sailing with celebrity host, Gillian Flynn).