SEVEN SEAS SOCIETY PAGES QUARTERLY N.o 6 Spring 2018 THE MOST INCLUSIVE LUXURY EXPERIENCE TM THE MOST INCLUSIVE LUXURY EXPERIENCE TM E N S E V A E S SOCIETY PAGES S SPRING 2018 S O Y C I E T From the President’s Desk HAPPY NEW YEAR FROM MIAMI a message from Jason Montague, President & CEO, Regent Seven Seas Cruises® As I write this, the year is just beginning and I’m lled with hope Reunion Cruise to Alaska and the Pacic Northwest. And throughout the year, we will be and excitement for the wonderful moments that await our Regent celebrating as a family, by recognizing our wonderful crew members who are celebrating 5, family. Already, Randall Soy, our Executive Vice President of Sales & 10, 15, and 20 years of service during your Seven Seas Society receptions. Marketing, had the opportunity to bid bon voyage to 200 of our If you’re like me, you use the rst part of the year to plan future family vacations. ere is World Cruise guests at an exclusive gala event in Los Angeles, California. so much joy in opening up our Voyages to Explore brochure and deciding where to go next. And Jason O’Keefe, your Seven Seas Society Director, has inducted Perhaps this is the year you plan your dream vacation to Asia. is time next year you could 27 members into the new tier levels of Diamond and Commodore. be sampling a famous Portuguese egg tart in Macau or exploring the remote islands of Beginning in June, Seven Seas Explorer® will sail the magnicent countries of the Baltic on Vietnam. If you’ve never considered this destination before, give Cathy Whitlock’s article a our Northern Europe voyages. I hope you will be inspired to join one of these voyages by close look. reading about St. Petersburg and our optional Moscow by High-Speed Train excursion. en in the fall, I will be sailing with you and your fellow Seven Seas Society members on the 2018 MEMBERSHIP STATUS - SILVER FIRST_NAME LAST_NAME FIRST_NAME_2 LAST_NAME_2 Seven Seas Splendor™ unveiled CURRENT REWARD NIGHTS <XX> Enjoy these benefits: • Exclusive Seven Seas Society savings on select voyages • FREE garment pressing (up to two items per person, per seven-night voyage segment) • FREE one-hour phone time per suite • Priority online dining reservations in Prime 7, Signatures, Chartreuse and Pacific Rim • Priority online shore excursion reservations • Society Pages Newsletter THE NEXT LEVEL IS CLOSER THAN YOU THINK For a glimpse of our newest ship, visit You have <XX> nights before reaching the additional benefits of the Gold level, such as: RSSC.com/SevenSeasSplendor • FREE valet laundry service with one bag per suite* (per seven-night voyage segment) • FREE unlimited WiFi with four log-ins Seven Seas Splendor™ • FREE two hours of additional phone time (three hours total) COMING IN EARLY 2020. • FREE garment pressing two additional items (up to four items per person, total per seven-night voyage segment) Coming in April, the first of her 10 inaugural itineraries • Priority disembarkation at voyage completion including the maiden voyage will open for reservations. in select ports Register to receive upcoming announcements and news. • Choice of newspaper service from papers around the world • Exclusive Gold-level members and above activities on board or ashore on every voyage *Visit RSSC.com/Society for full terms COVER PHOTO: INCENSE BURNING, HO CHI MINH, VIETNAM 1 RSSC.com E N S E V A E S SPRING 2018 S SOCIETY PAGES S O Y C I E T 2018 World Cruise 2018 WORLD CRUISE GALA IN LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA by Randall Soy, Executive Vice President of Sales & Marketing e 2018 Navigate the World experience began the night before the voyage with a red carpet welcome in Los Angeles, California the same night as the Golden Globes™. Just a few blocks away from where Hollywood royalty was being lauded, we were celebrating 200 of our own travel luminaries at the Beverly Wilshire Hotel who were about to embark on the journey of a lifetime. I had the honor of inducting six Society members to our new Diamond-level, as well as our rst Commodore-level member, Mr. Malcolm Myers who received his commemorative ocer jacket. Also among this group were 56 guests who were sailing with us for the rst time, which together with husband-and-wife Cruise Directors Jamie and Dana Logan, we personally welcomed to our family. Below are some of the highlights we captured from this unforgettable evening. 2 RSSC.com E N S E V A E S SOCIETY PAGES S SPRING 2018 S O Y C I E T Destination Focus EXPERIENCE GRAND IMPERIAL RUSSIA by Samantha Thompson, Destinations Manager Of all the amazing places I have traveled over the years, St. Petersburg AS truly captured my heart. And with two or three full days in St. Petersburg on most of our Northern Europe sailings, you too can experience the incredible history and beauty — not to mention explore WE LIKE at will with our shore excursions — of this magical city. Explore the city with over 20 tours to chose from and every detail taken care of, including TO SAY, Russia’s strict visa requirements. When you take one of our tours, whether free or optional, there is no need to secure an independent visa. As we like to say, it’s all included. IT’S ALL Among the rst places you should see are the St. Isaac’s Cathedral, Kazan Cathedral and Spilled Blood Cathedral. ese three magnicent churches are centers of spiritual life. St. Isaac’s Cathedral is a breathtaking monument to 19th century Russian architecture with its shimmering INCLUDED. gold-plated dome that is a dominant feature of the city’s skyline. Strikingly dierent but no less captivating is the Church of Our Savior on Spilled Blood, so named because it was constructed as a memorial on the site where Tsar Alexander II was assassinated. From early childhood I have been impressed by images of this style of Russian Orthodox temple so dierent from Western cathedrals. e colorful exterior and ve copper- 3 RSSC.com plated and enameled domes positively sparkle in the radiant summer sun. e interior is adorned Russian emperors. Some of my favorites include the 23 works by the Dutch master Rembrandt, with an incredible collection of mosaics, the largest in Russia and one of the largest in the world. Michelangelo’s sculpture Crouching Boy, and two of Leonardo da Vinci’s oil paintings, an extremely rare medium for this Italian Renaissance polymath. e environment in which these If you are an art lover, a visit to St. Petersburg may well inspire you to relocate permanently and masterpieces are housed is as impressive as the works themselves. spend the rest of your days wandering the Hermitage. If that seems impractical, the next best thing is our included excursion, the Hermitage, A Wealth of Art and History. e expert guides Moscow may be the capital, but President Vladimir Putin also has an ocial residence here allow you to circumvent the lengthy lines and ensure that you see some of the most renowned at Konstantinovsky Palace, also called Putin’s Palace, which is open to visitors. If you want to works in the collection. compare Putin’s Palace to the Grand Kremlin Palace, choose the optional shore excursions, Moscow by High-Speed Train or Moscow by Air. One of the oldest and largest museums in the world, the Hermitage boasts a collection of more than three million works of art and artifacts, only part of which can be displayed in the ese are just a few highlights as there is obviously a great deal to see in St. Petersburg. I hope complex of historic buildings that includes the Winter Palace, the former state residence of the you nd your way to explore this wonderful destination. best of MOSCOW by HIGH-SPEED TRAIN Explore this unique Regent Choice shore excursion and see the highlights of the Russian capital in one day. From St. Petersburg, embark aboard the “Sapsan” high-speed train through the Russian countryside. Arriving at the railway station in Moscow, you will be greeted by a local guide who will accompany you during your visit of the city. Your visit begins with a drive to Red Square, which is most beloved by locals and visitors alike with its varied beauty of the architecture and the magical atmosphere. From there, take in the excellent view of the world-famous St. Basil Cathedral with its multi-colored, onion-shaped domes. Undoubtedly, the highlight of your excursion is a tour of the Kremlin, a 15th century fortress complex located in the center of the city where you will be allowed to enter the Armory Chamber. The Armory holds an amazing collection of Russian treasures, including court regalia, jewelry, coronation gowns, armor, golden carriages and some of the fabulous Easter Eggs created for the tsars by Karl Faberge. Leaving the Kremlin, delight in an elegant dinner, complete with wine and Russian vodka before boarding your high-speed train for the return journey to St. Petersburg. DISCOVER THE CITY OF THE CZARS THE BEST OF NORTHERN EUROPE SUMMER IN ST. 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