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AIDA’s Advent calendar sets the stage for its “20 Years of AIDA” anniversary with pre-Christmas surprises

AIDA’s current Advent calendar offers twice the usualanticipation. Christmas is coming up and next year will be fully dedicated tothe “20 Years of AIDA” anniversary. That is why the crews of the ten AIDA shipshave come up with a special pre-Christmas surprise for this year’s adventcalendar. Each of the 24 doors of the online calendar reveals a short videowith Christmas greetings to the guests, reports about the event preparations onboard or exciting glimpses into the world of AIDA.<?xml:namespace prefix="o" ns="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office"?>

When opening each of the calendar doors, there isn’tjust a growing anticipation of the next short Advent video – the chance to wina great prize increases as well. Each video clip is provided with a letter.These have to be collected and joined into the right word for the solution. Theright submissions are then entered into a prize-drawing, which includes such rewardsas an AIDA cruise. It’s worth participating – with AIDA, you are ready forChristmas.

The doors can be opened on all computers and mobileend devices such as tablets or smartphones at www.20JahreAIDA.de.

With this year’s Advent calendar, Germany’s largestcruise line AIDA Cruises is also ringing in the anniversary year “20 Years ofAIDA.” The first new ship for AIDA (now AIDAcara) was christened in Rostock byChristiane Herzog on June 7, 1996.

As early as 1999, two additional newbuilds wereordered from Aker MTW in Wismar. In 2002, AIDAcara welcomed its first sister:AIDAvita was christened on May 4 by Doris Schröder-Köpf. One year later, onApril 12, 2003, top model Heidi Klum became the godmother for AIDAaura. In2004, the first newbuilding order was awarded to the Meyer Werft shipyard inPapenburg. Seven ships in the second AIDA generation were put into service in aunique new building series between 2007 and 2013.

This anniversary year, Germany’s largest cruise lineAIDA Cruises is starting a new chapter: The new flagship AIDAprima will bechristened in Hamburg in 2016. From April 30, 2016, the Hanseatic city will bethe start and end point for AIDAprima’s seven-day round trips to the metropolisesof Western Europe.

Further information about the company and bookings atwww.aida.de, at travel agencies or the AIDA Customer Center at +49 (0) 381 / 2027 07 07.

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Am Strande 3d, 18055 Rostock, Germany

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