Nicolas C. Solari

Friday, February 16, 2007

Conde Nast Traveler Choice

CRUISE SHIPS

1. SeaDream Yacht Club 92.6
2. Grand Circle Cruise Line 91.9
3. Regent Seven Seas 91.7
4. Seabourn 90.3
5. Silversea 89.8
6. Windstar 83.2
7. Peter Deilmann 82.5
8. Lindblad Expeditions 82.0
9. Celebrity 81.3
10. Viking River Cruises 80.8 (Viking Century Sky 85,2)

Conde Nast Traveler Cruise poll 2007

18. Viking Century Sky
Viking River Cruises
PASSENGERS:
306
RATINGS
Overall: 85.2
Itineraries: 100
Shore Excursions: 100
Crew/Service: 89.7
Cabins: 72.4
Food/Dining: 82.8
Activities/Facilities: 72.4
Design/Layout: 79.3
CONTACT
Viking River Cruiseshttp://www.vikingrivercruises.com/Tel: 877 668 4546



1.
SeaDream II SeaDream Yacht Club, 95.2
2.
River AriaGrand Circle, 94.8
3.
Silver ShadowSilversea, 92.5
4.
River AdagioGrand Circle, 92.4
5.
Silver Cloud Silversea, 92.0
6.
Seven Seas Navigator Regent Seven Sea, 91.9
7.
Seabourn Spirit Seabourn, 91.7
8.
Empress of the North Majestic America Line, 91.5
9.
River Melody Grand Circle, 91.4
10.
Paul Gauguin Regent Seven Seas, 90.9
11.
SeaDream I SeaDream Yacht Club, 90.7
12.
Seabourn Legend Seabourn, 90.2
14.
Silver Whisper Silversea, 89.1
15.
Seabourn Pride Seabourn, 89.0
16.
Wind Spirit Windstar, 88.2
17.
Polaris Lindblad Expeditions, 85.7
18.
River Anuket Grand Circle, 85.2
18.
Viking Century Sky Viking River Cruises, 85.2
20.
Clipper Odyssey Clipper, 85.1
21.
Viking Europe Viking River Cruises, 84.0
21.
Viking Spirit Viking River Cruises, 84.0
23.
Silver Wind Silversea, 83.9
24.
Wind StarWindstar, 82.4
25.
EndeavourLindblad Expeditions, 81.8
26.
Celebrity Xpedition Celebrity, 81.3
27.
Wind Surf Windstar, 80.6
28.
Mozart Peter Deilmann, 79.9
29.
Sea Lion Lindblad Expeditions, 79.4
30.
Spirit of Yorktown (Formerly the Yorktown Clipper) Cruise West, 78.8
31.
River Countess Uniworld, 77.1
32.
Spirit of Endeavour Cruise West, 77.0
33.
River Princess Uniworld, 76.9
34.
Viking Burgundy Viking River Cruises, 75.9
35.
Royal Clipper Star Clippers, 75.5
36.
Mandalay Windjammer, 75.0

Thursday, February 08, 2007

New Challenge for Nicolas Solari

Nicolas C. Solari has been appointed as the opening manager for the new Maritim Royal Peninsula Hotel & Resort, in Sharm El Sheikh.
Nicolas will also head the Sharm El Sheikh international Congress Center, to be branded Maritim.

The new Maritim Royal Peninsula is conceptualized to be able to welcome head of states or large families as well as individual traveler in a resort spirit.

This resort is elegantly distributed in 17 bungalow in an almost 200’000 sqm. of luxuriant landscape and have a capacity of 337 rooms or suite with a large amount of communicating rooms all featuring private terrace and large bathtubs.

Each bungalow can accommodate Executive Suite of 210 sqm., Executive Room of 90 sqm, and Typical Room of a generous 60 sqm.

The resort offers recreational facilities such as, a swimming pool of 2000 sqm. with Jacuzzi, Tennis court, beach volleyball, animation and kids corner.

An authentic Thai Spa with master therapists from Thailand is also available for relaxing Asian or classic treatments with Hamm am, sauna and hydrotherapy.

The dinning experience is focused on quality and innovative creations, it include:

“Al Forno”, is an Italian restaurant, offering an undisputed best wooden-oven pizza and featuring typical delicacies from several Italian provinces.

“Siam” a trendy restaurant with Gold medals Thai Chefs.

“The Peninsula” is a sumptuous buffet restaurant with local and international cuisine, over-looking the pool where the sunsets are memorable.

“The Panorama fun-bar” features small bites from the world from Tapas to Mezzeh and Chinoiseries and the best fruit cocktails in Egypt, with international entertainment.

“The Windsor lounge” with its cozy British atmosphere is the meeting place for Epicureans with a large selection of Cigars and best brandies and Cognacs.
It also offers delicious cacao and chocolate creations.

“The pool bar” caters Californian BBQ items, pretzels, Ice cream, and a selection of healthy sandwiches for light lunches under your favorite umbrella.

In room dining is available 24 hours and mini bar are placed in every rooms.

A large catering service is also available for events and conferences throughout the property and the Convention center.

WIFI high-speed Internet connectivity is available throughout the all property.


The Jolie Ville Royal Peninsula is adjacent to the now famous SHICC (http://www.jolieville-conferences.com/) and next door to the MENA awarded best golf course in Middle East and Africa, the PGA Championship Jolie Ville Sharm El Sheikh Golf Course.