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Cruise West
Classification: Adventure
Passenger/Space Ratio: NA
Website: www.cruisewest.com
The person often cited for popularizing cruises – and holidays –
to Alaska is founder of this company, Chuck West, who also started Westours
(now part of Holland America Line). His company, Westours, was purchased
in 1971 and West started Seattle-based Cruise West two years later, offering
land tours and small-ship cruises that take passengers off the beaten
path along less-travelled channels and pristine fjords of British Columbia's
Inside Passage and Alaska. Traditionally Cruise West has focused mainly
on the west coast of North America, but their itineraries now extend to
Mexico and Central America. Recently, the company has also started cruises
to the Russian far east. The ships, all with outside cabins, carry 70
to 150 passengers.
Officers and service staff are American.
© Ocean Cruise Guides 2007
