France, Lyon to Arles, AmaWaterways River Cruising on Burt Wolf's Syndicated Travel TV Show

Famed travel journalist Burt Wolf on his syndicated Travel & Traditions TV show documents an AmaWaterways river cruise in France from Lyon to Arles on the Rhone River. AmaWaterways is the premier river cruise line in the travel industry with 14 ships operating all over Europe, in Russia, along the Mekong River between Vietnam and Cambodia and on the Chobe River in Africa. During the past two years, Burt Wolf and his film crew have been sailing the great rivers of Europe on AmaWaterways luxury river cruise ships and filming programs for his public television series titled Travels and Traditions. Additional programs have featured cruises throughout Europe from Amsterdam, Holland to Cologne, Germany on the Rhine River; Cologne, Germany to Zell on the Rhine and Mosel Rivers; Cochem, Germany to Luxembourg on the Mosel River; Nuremburg, Germany to Linz, Austria on the Danube River after leaving the Main-Danube Canal; and Melk, Austria to Budapest, Hungary on the Danube River. Each of the six programs shows viewers what it like to cruise the great rivers of Europe, live onboard AmaWaterways? river cruise ships and experience the history, culture and gastronomy of the towns were the ships dock. Every program was presented nationally on public broadcasting stations and used to help raise funds for individual member stations. In 2012 AmaWAterways will add the AmaCerto, with a host of amazing new design features, and the Zambezi Queen that will ply the African waters of the Chobe River in the Chobe National Park. Not only is their fleet is rapidly expanding, but existing ships are being retrofitted with the latest amenities and inventions. AmaWaterways has led and will continue to lead the way in unparalleled on-board services that are constantly fine-tuned for the highest customer satisfaction. These factors, combined with a slate of new itineraries and specialty programs such as extremely popular Wine River Cruises, which were launched in 2010, make AmaWaterways the front runner in this burgeoning new segment of the travel business. Such factors are why AmaWaterways received two Magellan Awards from Travel Weekly, an Award of Excellence form Luxury Travel Advisor, a Cruise Passenger Readers Choice Award in Australia for Best River Ship and was recognized for its Twitter account that put AmaWaterways on the list of The Top 25 Online Cruise Vacation Influencers by Influencers in Travel. Award-winning AmaWaterways provides luxurious, all-inclusive river cruise vacations on the world's great waterways. Founded in 2002 by cruise industry pioneer Rudi Schreiner, cruise line executive Kristin Karst and Jimmy Murphy, founder of Brendan Vacations, AmaWaterways operates its innovative, custom-designed vessels on the Danube, Rhine, Main and Mosel rivers in Europe; the Volga-Baltic Waterway in Russia and the Mekong River in Vietnam and Cambodia. The AmaWaterways fleet in Europe features amenities such as spacious staterooms with French balconies or revolutionary Twin Balconies; plush down bedding, marble-appointed baths; complimentary high-speed Internet and Wi-Fi; first-run hit Hollywood movies; complimentary wine, beer and soft drinks with dinner, complimentary bottled water; gourmet dining in multiple venues (AmaBella); nightly entertainment; complimentary small group shore excursions tailored to passengers desired walking pace; guided bicycle tours and much more. In 2011 AmaWaterways introduced the new 161-passenger AmaVerde in Europe, the newly-redesigned 212-passenger AmaKatarina on the Volga-Baltic Waterway in Russia and the new 124-passenger AmaLotus on the Mekong River in Vietnam and Cambodia, increasing its luxurious fleet of river cruise vessels to 14 after the 2012 addition of the AmaCerto and Zambezi Queen. For more about river cruising with AmaWaterways in Europe, Russia, Vietnam, Cambodia and Africa go to www.AmaWaterwaysPR.com