| Seabourn’s taste of Encore

SEABOURN Encore will be “the
most beautiful ship that Seabourn
has ever built”, the cruise line’s
svp global marketing and sales,
John Delaney told agents and
media on board Seabourn
Odyssey on Fri.
Set for delivery in Dec this
year, Seabourn Encore will head
straight for Sydney following an
inaugural ceremony in Singapore.
Guests can look forward to a
ship that looks “an awful lot like
the Odyssey, Sojourn and the
Quest”, but bigger.
“We want to keep a consistent
fleet, yes it’s bigger, but it’s bigger
because its longer, wider and has
one extra deck but it is the same
basic footprint and deck plan of
those ships,” Delaney said.
Delaney announced a sushi
restaurant will be on board
and Seabourn Square has been
redone to give it “a cafe feel”.
Grab-and-go items will be
expanded, a pastry oven will be
added and the cruise line will be
roasting their own coffee beans.
The suites will be a little larger
due to the wider ship and the
ship will be fitted out with a
US$3 million art package, with
each piece hand-selected for the
space.
As for the rest of the line,
Seabourn has hired mixologist
Brian Van Flandern and will
be “stepping up the entire bar
delivery service, cocktail and
mixology to a whole new level”.
Also on the cards is a dedicated
Thomas Keller restaurant on
Quest, a new spa enhancement,
a series of new international
concerts and art and a
champagne upgrade.