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discount holland america cruises packagesOne of the best cruise lines for couples, the first among the best cruise lines for Alaska, and offering the cheapest Alaska land and sea cruise packages, Holland America is a feature brand of the Carnival Corporation & plc - the world's largest cruise ship operator. One of the main operating companies in the Carnival group, Holland America is also a member of the exclusive World's Leading Cruise Lines Alliance (WLCLA), along with Carnival Cruise Lines, Cunard, Costa, Seabourn, Princess, and Windstar Cruises. Headquarters: Holland America Line, 300 Elliott Avenue W, Seattle, WA, 98119 USA.

One of the oldest shipping companies, the Holland America Line (HAL) was founded in 1873 as the Netherlands-America Steamship Company (NASM) - a mail and cargo passenger ship operator between Europe and the Americas, offering its first cruise vacation in 1895. Nowadays, the Holland America company's best assets include the Westmark hotel chain (in Alaska-Yukon region), Worldwide Shore Services (warehouses and logistics), and the best Caribbean Private Island. The line's very own Little San Salvador Island, widely known as Half Moon Cay, is at about 160 kilometers southeast of Nassau, and is an exclusive port of call for all HAL and Carnival passenger cruise ships.

The Westmark chain allows Holland America to dominate completly the Alaskan cruise tours market, offering the most various and cheap land and sea Alaska cruises packages.

Also one of the best cruise lines for adults, Holland America fills in the category of large, premium-deluxe, mainstream, classic cruise lines, and since 1989 is fully owned by Carnival Corporation. HAL carries more than 700,000 passengers a year, calling on more than 300 ports in more than 100 countries on all continents, with nearly 500 traditional and Transoceanic voyages a year. The length of the itineraries range from 2-day cruises to 110 days on the annual Round the World Cruises of ms Prinsendam, ms Amsterdam, and ms Rotterdam. The majority of Holland America sailings are 7-day cruises, and many ranging from 10 to 21 days.

The Holland America Cruise DESTINATIONS

  • Alaska land and sea tours, Canada New England
  • Caribbean, Bahamas, Bermuda, Transatlantic
  • Europe, Mediterranean, the Orient
  • Mexican Riviera, Hawaii, the Pacific Coast
  • South Pacific, Australia New Zealand, Asia, South America
  • Around the World Voyages.
  • CONTINUING with Holland America Cruise Line Ships.

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