President and ceo Lisa Lutoff-Perlo said passengers told Celebrity they're interested in modern luxury vacations in the Caribbean and 'expressed an incredible level of excitement for the shorter itineraries we’ve offered in the past.'
The four-night jaunts provide an extended weekend getaway to Nassau and Key West, while the five-night mini-escapes include Cozumel, Key West and two days at sea, with passengers returning home to a three-day weekend still ahead of them.
Celebrity Summit's winter homeport is San Juan, Puerto Rico. A seven-night cruise will take it to Fort Lauderdale for the new short sailings, and the ship will return to San Juan afterward via a seven-night voyage. These respositioning cruises call at destinations like Aruba, Curaçao and St. Maarten.
The new short cruises are available for booking now for travel beginning in early 2018 and during spring break and Easter.
The deployment closely follows Celebrity's decision to reinstate year-round Caribbean cruises. Celebrity Equinox will operate that program from PortMiami, starting in early 2017.
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