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Windstar introduces 'Easy Stays' seamless land extensions

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In Athens, one of Windstar’s Easy Stays partners is the classic, elegant Grand Bretagne
Windstar Cruises' new 'Easy Stays' program was designed in partnership with select hotels and destination management companies across the world to create a seamless cruise-hotel-transfer package.

Travelers can select from hotels in more than 30 cities where the cruises embark and disembark. The choices range from quaint boutique hotels to stunning modernist accommodations.

From Bali to Reykjavik

Some of the properties are the Nusa Dua Beach Hotel in Bali, The Kyoto Granvia, Mandarin Oriental in Singapore, Hotel Grande Bretagne and St. George Lycabettus Hotel in Athens, Hotel Borg and Hilton Nordica Reykjavik, Ambasciatori Palace in Rome, Bristol Hotel Panama and Sheraton Puerto Rico.

Hotel experiences in non-turn ports include the world-famous, over-water bungalows of the Tahitian Islands on Moorea and Bora Bora.

Breakfast, transfers, Wi-Fi included

The package includes the hotel with breakfast, transfers between hotel and ship or ship and hotel, Wi-Fi and a Windstar hospitality desk at most properties.

Windstar said it fully vetted all the properties with visits by its travel team. Hotels were selected for characteristics like prime location for sightseeing as well as local charm. Another Easy Stays program perk guarantees preferred category rooms and upgrades when available.