Seabourn Spirit Again Tops Poll

Seabourn Spirit Again Tops Conde Nast Traveler Poll

Yacht-Like Ship Named World's Best Small Ship for Second Consecutive Year

MIAMI, Jan. 23 
The intimate, all-suite Seabourn Spirit is once again the highest-rated small ship in the world in the sixth annual Conde Nast Traveler Readers' Poll. The ultra luxury ship was awarded the same title in the 2003 and 2005 polls.

Spirit's identical sisters, Seabourn Pride and Seabourn Legend, shared the spotlight with admirable top-ten scores in their own rights. Legend was ranked number eight and Seabourn Pride number nine.

"This is an especially exciting honor this year," said Deborah L. Natansohn, Seabourn's president, "because all three Seabourn yachts have been refurbished in drydocks in the last three months, with significant upgrades that guests will definitely enjoy in 2006. Obviously Conde Nast Traveler's readers loved the ships over the last year, but just wait until they see them now!"

The latest win is added to a list of honors the ultra luxury line has received in recent years. Seabourn was the highest-rated cruise line in the most recent Luxury Poll of readers of Departures, a travel magazine published exclusively for American Express Platinum and Centurion cardmembers. The line also scored back-to-back victories overseas, taking top honors for two years running in the Swiss Travel Star Gold award, based on a survey of Swiss travel agencies. In addition, Seabourn earned the coveted Five Star Diamond Award from the American Institute of Hospitality Sciences for the eleventh consecutive year.

The three ships, carrying just 208 guests each, perennially occupy the upper ranks of ratings in guidebooks, newspapers, magazines and other publications.

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