Cozumel Welcomes Cruisers with a Festival!

Hi Everyone,

I received this press release from The Mexico Tourism Board and
thought it would be of interest. If you have missed any of my news'
postings, they are available on my web site.

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Ray
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COZUMEL’S PORT REOPENS NOV. 14
Mexico’s top cruise destination welcomes cruise ships post-Wilma

COZUMEL, November 14, 2005 – Cozumel will reopen its port on Nov. 14,
celebrating the arrival of its first cruise ships after Wilma with a
week-long festival. Cozumel is Mexico’s, and the western Caribbean’s,
top cruise port.

A total of 12 passenger cruise ships will dock in Cozumel’s port this
week, starting with the Carnival Triumph and the Celebrity Galaxy on
Monday, Nov. 14. Cozumel will continue to share its warmth and
hospitality with the thousands of tourists arriving on four Royal
Caribbean International ships. Carnival Cruise Line, Celebrity
Cruises, and Princess Cruises will each send two ships to Cozumel
during the first week. A Norwegian Cruise Line ship will arrive
Wednesday, Nov. 16.

Cozumel will welcome its guests with the Festival del Mar Caribe, or
Caribbean Sea Festival, a week-long fiesta featuring cultural music,
dance performances, local artisans, roving mariachi bands and street
vendors. Cruise passengers will also receive a personal welcome letter
from Cozumel mayor Gustavo Ortega.

Cozumel’s port reopening is part of a development plan involving
public and private sector collaboration designed to bring the island’s
urban and ecological areas back to their former luster, said Mexico
Tourism Secretariat Rodolfo Elizondo.

With 24 ports, Mexico is the number one cruise destination in the
world. The nearby cruise ports of Progreso in Yucatan State and Costa
Maya in Quintana Roo State were unaffected by the passage of Wilma.

About the Mexico Tourism Board
The Mexico Tourism Board (MTB) brings together the resources of
federal and state governments, municipalities and private companies to
promote Mexico's tourism attractions and destinations internationally.
Created in 1999, the MTB is Mexico’s tourism promotion agency, and its
participants include members of both the private and public sectors.
The MTB has offices throughout North America, Europe, Japan and Latin
America.

Ray Goldenberg wrote:
Hi Everyone,

I received this press release from The Mexico Tourism Board

Spammer Ray, you received it three days late!! If you are going to
spam
your travel agency using press releases as your excuse (which would be
ANTI-NETIQUETTE nevertheless, the least you could do is to use more
TIMELY news.

Ray
DOGHOUSE TRAVEL
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and ask for Ray the Winner of the 2003 RTC voted

SPAMMER of the Year award.

-- Bob.

Reef Fish wrote:
Ray Goldenberg wrote:
Hi Everyone,

I received this press release from The Mexico Tourism Board

Spammer Ray, you received it three days late!! If you are going to
spam
your travel agency using press releases as your excuse (which would be
ANTI-NETIQUETTE nevertheless, the least you could do is to use more
TIMELY news.

I forgot to give the URL of the news release that was made THREE DAYS
before Spammer Ray's warmed over "news":

http://www.cometocozumel.com/english/wilma/default.asp

RTC Spammer of the Year in the one-and-only RTC Annual Award:

Ray
DOGHOUSE TRAVEL
800-719-9999 or 805-566-6666
http://www.doghousetravel.com

and ask for Ray the Winner of the 2003 RTC voted

SPAMMER of the Year award.

-- Bob.

"Ray Goldenberg" wrote in message
news

COZUMEL'S PORT REOPENS NOV. 14
Mexico's top cruise destination welcomes cruise ships post-Wilma

COZUMEL, November 14, 2005 - Cozumel will reopen its port on Nov. 14,
celebrating the arrival of its first cruise ships after Wilma with a
week-long festival. Cozumel is Mexico's, and the western Caribbean's,
top cruise port.

A total of 12 passenger cruise ships will dock in Cozumel's port this
week, starting with the Carnival Triumph and the Celebrity Galaxy on
Monday, Nov. 14. Cozumel will continue to share its warmth and
hospitality with the thousands of tourists arriving on four Royal
Caribbean International ships. Carnival Cruise Line, Celebrity
Cruises, and Princess Cruises will each send two ships to Cozumel
during the first week. A Norwegian Cruise Line ship will arrive
Wednesday, Nov. 16.
(snip)

Here's a cool site I ran across today. It seems to have it all. Before,
during and after including pictures taken today.

http://eczm.com/wilma/