Five-star cruise ship returns Halong Bay Vietnam

07/12/07 (GMT+7)

After a three-year break, Star Cruises Limited’s five-star liner, the SuperStar Libra, Monday brought more than 1,700 premium tourists into Halong Bay Vietnam from Hong Kong.

All local off-shore and ancillary services, like visiting the Bai Chay touro zone or shopping at Hon Gai Market, were planned and provided by Vietnam’s premiere tour facilitator, Saigon Tourist.

The voyage marks the start of weekly cruises for 1,000-2,000 travelers a trip between Hong Kong and Halong, said Saigon Tourist cruise department head Le Quang Thang.

The Libra’s displacement is some 42,300 tons, its passenger capacity 1,800 with a crew of 600.

Star Cruises is also to offer 39 other voyages on the SuperStar Virgo and SuperStar Aquarius, with the maximum capacities of 1,000 and 2,200 passengers each, from December 2007 to August 2008.

Related Halong:

• Halong Tours
• Hotels in Halong
• Halong Travel Gallery

(Source: SGGP)

• Five-star cruise ship returns Halong Bay Vietnam (07/12/07)
• Vietnamese people travel to Singapore (06/12/07)
• Ho Chi Minh City and Phnom Penh enhance tourism (05/12/07)
• Vietnam budget airlines get better and better (04/12/07)
• Vietnamese football supporters travel to Thailand (03/12/07)
• Master chefs travel to Vietnam for aroma festival (03/12/07)
• Halong Bay Vietnam launches campaign to lure more Chinese tourists (03/12/07)
• Relaxing aboard Mui Ne’s basket boats (02/12/07)
• First tourism skills assessment center launched in Hanoi (01/12/07)
• Ho Chi Minh City’s travel society set up to promote cooperation (29/11/07)
• 36m meat roll to serve tourists in Ho Chi Minh City (28/11/07)
• Markets in northwestern Lao Cai Province give tourists a slice of life (27/11/07)
• InterContinental Hanoi set to open mid-December (27/11/07)
• Travel to Ninh Binh exploring hidden caverns (26/11/07)
• New sea route to be launched in Kien Giang Vietnam (25/11/07)
• Hanoi finds shortage of hotel rooms a sticky issue (24/11/07)
• 100-pillar ancient house in Long An Vietnam (24/11/07)
• Halong Bay to become one of the Seven Wonders of the Modern World (23/11/07)
• Telpher system bringing visitors to Ba Na mountain to be built (22/11/07)
• Vietnamese fans travel to Thailand for sports (21/11/07)
• Chinese tourists travel to Halong Bay Vietnam (20/11/07)