Regent Teams Up with Canyan Ranch Spa

I will admit that I am not much of a spa girl. It's just not my thing. But one of my cruise buddies chastised me this morning for not at least mentioning the important news from Regent Seven Seas Cruises earlier this week regarding their fleet-wide spa offerings. She's right, of course, so here it is:

Renown Canyon Ranch has been hired to run Regent's spas, beauty salons, gyms, and wellness programs.

"It gives us great pleasure to welcome the world's leading luxury spa brand aboard our ships," announced Mark Conroy, President of Regent Seven Seas Cruises. "Canyon Ranch's unique approach to lifestyle perfectly complements our brand and the lifestyle of our guests," he added.

Canyon Ranch SpaClub will be installed on each ship in December 2009, with the first cruises featuring this facility being December 18 for Seven Seas Voyager, December 20 for Seven Seas Mariner, and December 28 for Seven Seas Navigator.

For more information, talk with your travel agent or call Regent Seven Seas at 1-(800) 285-1835.

—Andrea M. Rotondo for LuxuryCruiseBible.com

Mumbai Skyline

I had taken these snaps few years back from the sea shore on a Sunny day. The sky scrapers of Mambai can be seen across the sea.

Click on the image for the bigger view.

Follow Travel Expert Donna Hull Aboard Regent's Mariner

Luxury Cruise Bible is thrilled to announce "Dispatch from Donna," a new series of live cruise updates starting this week from baby boomer travel expert Donna Hull. She and her husband Alan set sail today from Vancouver aboard Regent's Seven Seas Mariner. They'll spend 53 days navigating Alaska, crossing the Bering Sea, and then visiting numerous ports in Japan, South Korea, China, Vietnam, Thailand, and Singapore. View Donna's complete Regent Mariner itinerary here.

Donna is no stranger to Regent Seven Seas Cruises and has frequently sailed with them over the years. She'll offer up her eagle-eye observations and will tell you what it's like to spend eight weeks aboard one of the most luxurious cruise ships of our day.

Donna will blog live from the Mariner once a week, as her schedule (and Internet access) allow. Her journal installments will also be archived at LuxuryCruiseBible.com.

If you're not already familiar with Donna's work, visit her blog: My Itchy Travel Feet. You can also follow Donna on Twitter.

She's your go-to expert when it comes to active baby boomer travel. She's written about everything from jeep adventures in Canyon de Chelly to cruising above the Arctic Circle. Her work has been published by AZ3Sixty Magazine, Lovin Life After 50, Fifty Plus, Live Life Travel, Oro Valley Marana Magazine, and many others. She's also the baby boomer travel columnist for iExplore and one of the "Outsiders" at AdventureUs.

Stay tuned for the first "Dispatch from Donna" post later this week.

—Andrea M. Rotondo for LuxuryCruiseBible.com