Apr 11, 2008
A slight correction: My riverboat cruise on the Rhine was on the Amadeus Symphony, but not on Amadeus Waterways
The name "Amadeus" appeared on the cocktail napkins, on table settings, on banners hung on deck, in various other places -- and I quite naturally assumed that my Rhine riverboat belonged to the well-known Amadeus Waterways, as I reported in a recent blog. Turns out that the Amadeus Symphony is operated by Lueftner Cruises, and not by Amadeus Waterways (which also has a ship called "Amadeus Symphony") -- you can imagine the kind of litigation such a duplication would have set off in the United States (the Europeans apparently regard the word "Amadeus" as in the public domain, for obvious reasons).
More to the point, the Amadeus Symphony of Lueftner Cruises, an excellent, well-run ship with top cuisine and amenities, has been chartered for the year by Gate 1 Travel of the U.S., and it was their personnel -- three tour guides as good as any I have encountered -- who were in overall charge of the cruise. I should have paid more credit to Gate 1 Travel (www.gate1travel.com) and not even mentioned Amadeus Waterways (another fine company), the last-named firm having nothing to do with the trip I was on. Mea culpa.
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More to the point, the Amadeus Symphony of Lueftner Cruises, an excellent, well-run ship with top cuisine and amenities, has been chartered for the year by Gate 1 Travel of the U.S., and it was their personnel -- three tour guides as good as any I have encountered -- who were in overall charge of the cruise. I should have paid more credit to Gate 1 Travel (www.gate1travel.com) and not even mentioned Amadeus Waterways (another fine company), the last-named firm having nothing to do with the trip I was on. Mea culpa.
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