Holland America Line kicked off its 2023 Alaska<\/a> cruise season on April 29 with the arrival of Eurodam at Port of Seattle. Known as \u201cSeattle\u2019s Hometown Cruise Line,\u201d Holland America Line marked the day with a celebration at Pier 91. Festivities included a ribbon-cutting ceremony with Miss Washington Regan Gallo and Miss Alaska Jessica Reisinger, and lively music with the University of Washington Marching Band.<\/p>\n \u201cAs the pioneer and leader in Alaska cruising, Holland America Line is excited to start the season today celebrating our 150th Anniversary in our hometown,\u201d said Beth Bodensteiner, Holland America Line\u2019s chief commercial officer. \u201cNot only is Holland America Line headquartered in Seattle, but it\u2019s a key homeport for our brand. With two ships based here and four more in Vancouver through September, we\u2019re ready for a robust Alaska season of cruising and cruisetours including land trips to Denali and Yukon.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div> Miss Washington Regan Gallo (right), Miss Alaska Jessica Reisinger (left) and Mark Pells (right), Holland America Line General Hotel Manager, join Captain Mark Trembling (center) as he cuts the ribbon to officially begin the 2023 Alaska Cruise Season.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div> The University of Washington Marching Band helps kick off Holland America Line’s 2023 Alaska Cruise Season in Seattle.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div> For 150 years, Holland America Line has sailed the seas and brought communities together. It’s in that spirit we presented commemorative plaques to the Port of Seattle and Port of Vancouver during our celebratory events. We will also present commemorative plaques to ports in Juneau and Skagway this month.<\/p>\n As we kicked off our 2023 Alaska season, we also recognized local community programs through our On Deck for a Cause initiative. This program invites guests to participate in non-competitive 5k walks aboard our ships to give back to the community. As a result of the amazing generosity shared by our guests, we presented a donation to The Pastry Project in Seattle, which provides free baking and pastry training to individuals with barriers to education and employment in the industry. In Vancouver, we presented a donation to YWCA Crabtree Corner, a community resource center for women and families.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div> Photo left to right: Holland America Line Captain Mark Trembling; Paul Grigsby, Holland America Line Vice President of Revenue Management and Analytics; and Linda Springmann, Director of Cruise Operations and Maritime Marketing, Port of Seattle.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div> Photo left to right: Peter Xotta, Port of Vancouver Vice President of Operations and Supply Chain, and Holland America Line Captain Pieter Bant.\u00a0 <\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div> With over 75 years in Alaska and more Holland America Line sailings to Glacier Bay National Park than any other cruise line, there’s so much to enjoy from magnificent glaciers to beautiful wildlife. Learn more about an Alaska cruise<\/a> and cruisetour<\/a> to help you plan your next adventure.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1984,"featured_media":70403,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[48,41,40],"tags":[4232],"class_list":["post-70402","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-featured-whats-new","category-industry","category-whats-new","tag-alaska"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hollandamerica.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70402","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hollandamerica.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hollandamerica.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hollandamerica.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1984"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hollandamerica.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=70402"}],"version-history":[{"count":13,"href":"https:\/\/www.hollandamerica.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70402\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":70471,"href":"https:\/\/www.hollandamerica.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70402\/revisions\/70471"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hollandamerica.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/70403"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hollandamerica.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=70402"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hollandamerica.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=70402"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hollandamerica.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=70402"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"View](\"https:\/\/www.hollandamerica.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/holland-america-line-alaska-cruise-season-kickoff.webp\" "\\"Holland")
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