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A "Suite" New Year's Eve

Can you believe it’s already the first day of December? The Holidays are quickly approaching, and it’s never too early to start making plans for your New Year’s Eve Celebrations! If you’re looking to ring in 2012 with style, be sure to join us for our 2nd Annual New Year’s Eve Bash.

Last year, during our 1st Annual New Year’s Eve Bash, we celebrated with over 100 guests with excellent food, music and champagne.

See all the fun and excitement held by our guests here.

This year we expect an even larger turnout. Cambria Suites invites you to enjoy a “Suite" New Year’s Eve in the lap of affordable luxury. Reserve our New Year’s Eve Package and enjoy:

• A one-night stay in a King Suite
• 2 Tickets to our New Year’s Eve Party
• Dancing all night as our DJ spins the greatest hits
• Complimentary late night bistro fare
• Champagne toast at midnight
• New Year’s Day breakfast for two.

This New Year’s Eve Bash will be talked about all year long! Be sure to call 919.361.3311 to reserve your New Year’s Eve Package Today. For more information see our flyer below!

Hurtigruten Deploys Extra Ship In Spitsbergen

Captivated by the BBC’s Frozen Planet documentary that everyone is talking about? Fancy a trip to the frozen north next summer to see more of the landscape and wildlife of Spitsbergen? Polar experts Hurtigruten have just announced they will be sending an extra ship to the region next summer to meet the substantial increase in interest it is experiencing following Prince Harry’s Arctic expedition and current Frozen Planet TV programme.

Between June and August 2012, Hurtigruten will send MS Nordstjernen up to Spitsbergen to travel the west coast of the island for a total of 21 five and six-day itineraries. This nostalgic ship is well known in the Svalbard Archipelago having sailed there between 1994 and 2009 and, for many, exploring this frozen landscape and reaching the 80th parallel on a traditional ship is a perfect combination. Hurtigruten’s newest ship MS Fram will continue to sail the summer in Spitsbergen also.

Spitsbergen lies just 1,200km from the North Pole and is home to the King of the Arctic – the Polar Bear. On the journey through the light polar nights in the north of the archipelago, guests visit interesting settlements including the Russian coal mining town of Barentsburg and the Ny Ålesund research station, as well as excursions to fascinating glaciers and landscapes. In favourable weather conditions, the ship reaches the 80th parallel. An encounter with polar bears is one of the highlights of the trip, alongside walruses, arctic sea birds and of course the Midnight Sun.

POLAR ENCOUNTERS VOYAGE – From £1,614pp - A five-night ‘Polar Encounters’ voyage to Spitsbergen on selected dates in June, July and August costs includes four nights full board on the ship, one night’s B&B in a Longyearbyen hotel plus landings, sightseeing in Longyearbyen and accompanied by an expedition team (prices based on two sharing; flights are extra and can be booked via Hurtigruten from £844pp).

For bookings, click this link to visit the UK's leading adventure cruise specialists, The Cruise Line Ltd.

Picture: Nina Bailey