BTS Cruise Center

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Apple Vacations is now a company of almost 2,000 energetic, hardworking employees with the same entrepreneurial attitudes as our founders. Headquartered just outside Philadelphia with regional offices in Chicago, San Jose, and Boston, the company is completely focused on providing quality vacations for our customers. Employees are empowered to make decisions that impact the quality of their customers' vacations on a daily basis. Since our humble beginnings, Apple Vacations has created the ultimate "beginning-to-end" vacation experience for customers. Apple Vacations employees will greet you at your departure airport in more than 20 cities; and will meet your flight in our charter destinations. Apple Vacations' sister companies, USA3000 Airlines, flies customers to their destinations from more than 20 U.S. cities; and Amstar, is the destination management company in-resort with uniformed representatives, who will greet you upon arrival and assist you while you are at your resort. Unlike any other travel company, Apple Vacations truly provides the ultimate in a quality vacation experience.

One of the nation's first charter vacation companies, Apple Vacations was founded in 1969. Our founders saw an opportunity to bring passengers to exotic locations at a fraction of the cost that the big airlines were charging. At that time, international travel was considered an expensive luxury. Apple Vacations believed that by providing quality vacations at affordable prices, we would fill an unmet need in the travel industry. To achieve our lowest prices, we assumed the risk, chartered aircraft and guaranteed hotels that we could fill their rooms, Apple Vacations began building the nation's largest provider of vacations to Mexico, Caribbean and Hawaii. In the late 1970s, the company became one of the first to introduce the concept of "all-inclusive vacations" to the U.S. market. We were also one of the first to introduce three and four night vacations, in response to people's desire for shorter, more frequent vacations. In 1997, just after celebrating our one-millionth passenger arrival in Cancun, Apple Vacations saw an opportunity in a relatively young vacation destination known as Punta Cana.

For more than 139 years, Holland America Line has been a recognized leader in cruising, taking our guests to exotic destinations around the world. If you are looking for some of the most spacious and comfortable ships at sea, award-winning service, five star dining, extensive activities and enrichment programs and compelling worldwide itineraries, you've come to the right place. We are committed to our mission: through excellence, we create once-in-a-lifetime experiences, every time. Today, Holland America Line's fleet of 15 elegant, mid-size ships offers more than 500 sailings a year visiting all seven continents. Cruises include both popular and less-traveled ports in the Caribbean, Alaska, Europe, Mexico, South America, the Panama Canal, Australia, New Zealand and Asia - as well as unique voyages to the Amazon, Antarctica and our extended Grand Voyages. Along with enticing destinations, we offer one-of-a-kind programs such as the Culinary Arts Center cooking demonstrations, Digital Workshop powered by Windows® and The Collections of Holland America Line - specially chosen shore excursions to further enhance our guests' appreciation and understanding of the places they visit.

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