WILTON, CT (February 13, 2019)  Tauck, the leader in upscale guided land journeys and European river cruises, will once again be welcoming solo travelers with special savings in 2019.

WILTON, CT (January 22, 2019) Tauck has announced that it will offer its first-ever cruises on the Douro River in Portugal next year, and that its three new itineraries will sail aboard a riverboat that’s being designed and built specifically for the Douro.

WILTON, CT (December 6, 2018) One of the grandest wildlife spectacles on earth is the annual Great Migration, when herds of wildebeests, zebras and gazelles travel a circular route through eastern Africa in search of fresh grazing lands. The procession of over a million animals – and their life-and-death encounters with the predators that await them – is the focus of a new Tauck safari, “Great Migration: Tanzania & Kenya.” The new itinerary provides travelers with a front row seat to this annual phenomenon, including a three-night stay in a mobile safari camp that is relocated throughout the year to prime wildlife-viewing areas along the migration’s route.

WILTON, CT (October 4, 2018) Tauck has announced its 2019 collection of exclusive, single-departure events for the coming year, and the roster features an all-new, six-day event in Tuscany, the return of the company’s five-day “Tauck Jazz Event” in New Orleans, and the reprise of its five-day “Celebration of Roses” event highlighting the annual Rose Parade and Rose Bowl in Pasadena, California.If applicable, this copy will appear on listing pages.

WILTON, CT (September 18, 2019) Tauck is launching a new “Alaska’s Inside Passage” cruise for 2019 that will be highlighted by up to six daily shore excursion choices, with all selections already built into Tauck’s all-inclusive prices. The new eight-day itinerary will sail southbound from Juneau to Vancouver with departures on July 20 and August 3, 2019, with a northbound sailing scheduled for July 27. All three departures will sail aboard the 240-passenger Ponant small ship Le Soleal.If applicable, this copy will appear on listing pages.

WILTON, CT (July 18, 2018)  Tauck has announced plans to introduce three new European river cruises next year; a new family river cruise along the Danube timed for the holiday season, a 10-day autumn journey along the Rhine highlighting Oktoberfest in Munich, and an eight-day exploration on the Seine highlighting Paris, Versailles and Normandy’s D-Day Beaches.

WILTON, CT (June 27, 2018) Tauck, the 93-year-old leader in upscale guided travel, is introducing two new itineraries next year that both culminate in a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to view endangered mountain gorillas in their native Rwandan habitat.

WILTON, CT (May 23, 2018)  Tauck has announced details of its new-for-2019 “Arctic Allure: Spitsbergen and the Midnight Sun” small ship cruise itinerary, as well as plans to host BBC Earth filmmakers next year on select sailings of four different expeditionary cruises.

WILTON, CT (April 10, 2018) Tauck officially welcomed the ms Treasures and ms Esprit back into its riverboat fleet last week in Amsterdam, following a massive reconfiguration of the vessels’ interior spaces that has resulted in enlarged cabins and reduced passenger count. The Treasures and Esprit are the last of Tauck’s four 110-meter ships to undergo the radical transformation. Tauck’s two other 110-meter ships, the ms Sapphire and ms Emerald, were similarly reconfigured a year ago, and returned to service in time for their 2017 sailing season.If applicable, this copy will appear on listing pages.

WILTON, CT (March 7, 2018) Tauck has announced details of its 2019 small ship cruising plans, and the Connecticut-based company is set to increase its passenger volume by a whopping 40% next year. To realize its goal, Tauck is adding five new small ship itineraries, increasing the number of ships featured in its fleet, and sailing more charters with its partner cruise lines. Last spring Tauck disclosed plans to double its small ship cruising capacity over the next several years, and today’s announcement reveals that Tauck is looking to achieve much of that growth in 2019. If applicable, this copy will appear on listing pages.

WILTON, CT (January 10, 2018)  Tauck, the leader in upscale guided land journeys and European river cruises, will again be welcoming solo travelers with special savings in 2018.

WILTON, CT (December 11, 2017) – As the 2018 spring season in Europe approaches, Tauck is gearing up with an expanded range of enhanced shore excursions on its river cruise departures. With fewer crowds and mild spring temperatures, Tauck’s April and May departures include a choice of eight to 15-day itineraries that explore 10 different countries while plying the Danube, Rhine, or Seine rivers.

WILTON, CT (November 8, 2017)  Tauck is rolling out the red carpet for younger travelers with its 2018 collection of Tauck Bridges family trips.  The company has introduced a special “kids-only” print brochure highlighting its tours and cruises, and in cooperation with its airline partners, Tauck is also reducing airfares by 50% for travelers age 12 and under heading to Europe with their parents or grandparents next year.

WILTON, CT (October 27, 2017)  Nearly 200 Tauck employees joined forces with the Connecticut Food Bank on Monday and Tuesday of this week to assemble more than 3,000 packs of nutritious foods for low-income school children in the area.  The completed packs each contain staple food supplies - dried pasta, pasta sauce, apple sauce, milk and cereal – and they will be distributed to local school children on Fridays, to ensure they and their families have enough to eat on weekends when school-based food programs don’t operate and children face an increased risk of hunger.

WILTON, CT (October 18, 2017) – Tauck, a leader in upscale guided travel, is expanding its Cuba programs in 2018 to include a new 11-day small ship cruise itinerary, Cruising Cuba: A Cultural Gem. By working with its longtime partners, Tauck has also been able to reduce the prices of its two Cuba land journeys – the seven-day Cuba: Connecting with People and Culture and the 12-day Cuba: A Cultural Odyssey – by up to $1,400 per couple. 

WILTON, CT (October 12, 2017)  Tauck and Ken Burns continue to expand their partnership, and for 2018 they are adding a five-day Washington, DC event and an eight-day Western U.S. tour to their Ken Burns American Journeys collection of travel experiences.  The two new trips are part of Tauck’s just-announced 2018 portfolio of 39 journeys in the U.S. and Canada.If applicable, this copy will appear on listing pages.

WILTON, CT (September 21, 2017)  Three years before the curtain rises on Oberammergau’s 2020 Passion Play, and two years after beginning preparations for this once-every-decade spectacle, Tauck has begun taking reservations on several 2020 itineraries that will feature Passion Play performances.

WILTON, CT (September 13, 2017)  Tauck, the guided tour and cruise company that has partnered with filmmaker Ken Burns for more than half a decade, is taking its involvement to the next level.  The company has announced that it is supporting the PBS broadcast of “The Vietnam War,” the 10-part, 18-hour documentary co-directed by Ken Burns and Lynn Novick, in 15 different markets across the U.S.  Ten years in the making, the highly-anticipated film is set to premier nationally on PBS on Sunday, September 17, and Tauck is working with PBS affiliates in key markets ranging from Los Angeles and San Francisco to Chicago, Dallas and Atlanta.  Tauck will have a 15-second promotional spot airing in all 15 markets, reaching an anticipated audience of more than 35 million viewers.

WILTON, CT (August 18, 2017) – Tauck, the 92-year-old leader in upscale guided travel, sets sail along the Rhine and Danube to Europe’s famed Christmas Markets with two different eight-day river cruises in 2017. From Nürnberg and Vienna, to Strasbourg and Aachen, and several more markets in between, each Tauck River Cruising Christmas Market itinerary delivers hundreds of years of holiday tradition, insider access, and local insights and shopping tips from experienced expert guides.

WILTON, CT (July 18, 2017) Tauck and Ken Burns have announced their first-ever collaboration on some of Tauck’s overseas itineraries, with the filmmaker and his co-director Lynn Novick, along with producer Sarah Botstein, set to enhance a pair of trips exploring Vietnam. The announcement comes as Burns and Novick are preparing to premier “The Vietnam War,” their highly anticipated, ten-part, 18-hour documentary series, scheduled to air on PBS this September.

WILTON, CT (May 10, 2017) As Tauck begins its 2017 operating season in earnest in the coming weeks, the company will again be welcoming solo travelers with special savings, including the elimination of the single supplement on its Category 1 European riverboat cabins. The waived supplement applies to every Category 1 cabin on every Tauck riverboat, on every departure of every Tauck river cruise itinerary. In all, the single supplement is being waived on over 230 Tauck river cruise departures for the coming year. In addition, Tauck is reducing the single supplement by up to $1,000 on 187 departures of 64 itineraries to five continents.

WILTON, CT (April 19, 2017)  Tauck, the 92-year-old leader in upscale guided travel, has announced its European river cruising plans for 2018, and the coming year will see the launch of two all-new cruise itineraries, the debut of two radically redesigned ships, and added enhancements to the shore excursions featured fleet-wide.

WILTON, CT (April 12, 2017)  Tauck, the leader in premium tours and cruises, hosted some 60 inner-city middle school children at its Wilton headquarters on Monday, in preparation for educational tours that the students will be taking through New England with the company this summer.  Monday’s visit to Tauck’s headquarters, this summer’s tours, and an accompanying 18-week educational curriculum are organized and funded by Tauck as part of the company’s Sparks program.  Sparks is offered cooperatively with three local youth agencies; the Wakeman Boys & Girls Club of Bridgeport, Domus in Stamford, and the Boys & Girls Club of Stamford. 

WILTON, CT (April 6, 2017)  Tauck officially welcomed the ms Sapphire back into its riverboat fleet in Paris, France, on Monday following a massive reconfiguration of the vessel’s interior spaces.  The Sapphire is the first of Tauck’s four 110-meter ships to complete the radical transformation process.  The company’s ms Emerald was also reconfigured over this past winter and will return to Tauck’s fleet later this week.  The ms Sapphire sails on Tauck’s Seine river cruises, while the ms Emerald is deployed on the Rhone.  The two remaining 110-meter ships, the ms Treasures and ms Esprit, will undergo identical enhancements next winter and return prior to Tauck’s 2018 sailing season.

WILTON, CT (March 28, 2017)  Tauck and Ken Burns have renewed their highly successful Ken Burns American Journeys partnership, signing a new five-year agreement that expands the relationship to include several of the award-winning filmmaker’s longtime collaborators and add additional content.  Through the partnership, Tauck enhances its guests’ on-tour experience by including exclusive content in many of the company’s domestic itineraries.

WILTON, CT (March 15, 2017) – Tauck announced today the company’s four-year plan for doubling its small ship cruising capacity through strategic fleet expansion, deepened partnership programs and new itineraries.

WILTON, CT (March 1, 2017)  Tauck, the Wilton, Connecticut-based leader in high-end guided tours and cruises, has been honored by the Business Council of Fairfield County with a Platinum Award as part of the group’s Healthy Workplace Employer Recognition Program.  This is the seventh consecutive year that Tauck has earned a Platinum Award, the program’s highest honor.

WILTON, CT (February 17, 2017)  Tauck is introducing a new tour itinerary in Colorado that not only highlights the state’s renowned natural wonders, but also explores its rich history and culture.  The company’s new “Colorado: Denver, Boulder & the Rockies” tour begins with a two-night stay in Denver followed by an overnight in Colorado Springs, before concluding with two-night stays in Vail and Boulder.

WILTON, CT, USA (February 1, 2017)  Guided tour and cruise operator Tauck is making it easier for Canadian travelers and travel agents to work with the company, by pricing its 2018 journeys in Canadian dollars.  The move marks the first time in Tauck’s 92-year history that it has priced its trips in local currency for the Canadian market.  In addition, Tauck will also begin publishing dedicated Canadian brochures featuring the company’s 100+ tours and cruises, all priced in Canadian currency.  The company’s Canadian website, www.tauck.ca, has also been updated to display the new pricing.

WILTON, CT (January 17, 2017)  Tauck has announced that it is again offering its Take Off with Tauck special air pricing on Economy, Premium Economy and Business airfares to Europe.  The program, which runs from now through February 28, 2017, simplifies airfares to Europe by offering a hassle-free, three-tiered pricing model with no taxes, hidden fees or surcharges.

WILTON, CT (December 5, 2016)  Since launching its Tauck Bridges collection of family travel adventures in 2003, Tauck has focused its Bridges tours and cruises on providing “shared enrichment” and forging meaningful, lasting bonds (or “bridges”) between generations by crafting journeys where families experience the joys of  travel together.  With the recent launch of a new children’s e-brochure, the company is now seeking to foster those bonds even before the journey begins, by giving parents and grandparents a tool to engage children in the vacation planning process.

WILTON, CT (November 9, 2016)  Tauck has announced that next summer it will again offer helicopter-assisted alpine explorations in the Canadian Rockies.  The company’s seven-day “Bugaboos Adventure” was last offered in 2015 during Tauck’s 90th anniversary observance, in celebration of the innovative spirit that led Tauck chairman Arthur Tauck Jr. to invent helicopter-assisted hiking, or heli-hiking, in the 1970s.

WILTON, CT (October 17, 2016)  Tauck is expanding its relationship with Celia Sandys, the granddaughter of Winston Churchill.  Sandys is also Churchill’s acclaimed biographer, having penned five books about the World War II-era British prime minister, and she was his frequent traveling companion during her teen years.

WILTON, CT (October 4, 2016)  Tauck is adding a new exploration of Portugal to its popular “A Week In…” series of eight-day European land tours for 2017.  In all, the company will operate a dozen “A Week In…” itineraries in the coming year, plus a much larger number of other European  land tours of longer duration.

WILTON, CT (September 20, 2016)  Tauck has announced it will offer 415 small group departures on 60 different itineraries in 2017, providing a multitude of choices for travelers looking to combine the ease and convenience of guided travel with a small group experience in the coming year.  The Connecticut-based company has been enjoying strong growth in its small group departures over recent years.  In fact, Tauck has doubled its overall capacity in the category since 2011.

WILTON, CT (September 6, 2016)  Tauck has unveiled its 2017 roster of Tauck Bridges trips designed specifically for families, and for the coming year, lucky guests on three special departures of the company’s eight-day “Castles & Kings: London to Paris” itinerary will enjoy a true once-in-a-lifetime experience when they tour the legendary Louvre museum after it’s been closed to the general public for the day.

WILTON, CT (August 23, 2016)  Tauck, the Wilton, CT-based leader in  premium-quality guided travel, was recently honored by a leading luxury travel group with the organization’s 2016 award as "Best Destinations & Experiences Escorted Tour Partner."  The award was presented by Virtuoso at their 28th annual Virtuoso Travel Week conference in Las Vegas, NV.  Virtuoso is the leading international luxury travel agency network, with over 390 travel agencies and more than 11,400 elite travel advisors in 40 countries.  Tauck also captured the same award last year.

WILTON, CT (June 23, 2016)  Tauck family members, company executives, travel agents and special guests gathered in Straubing, Germany, yesterday to welcome the new ms Joy into Tauck’s fleet of European riverboats.  The christening ceremony along the Danube River marked the launch of Tauck’s second new ship this year, following the christening of the ms Grace in April.

WILTON, CT (June 8, 2016)  With Tauck’s ms Joy set to join its fleet of European riverboats this month, the company has announced that three of its long-time employees will share duties as the new vessel’s godmothers during its christening ceremony in Vienna on June 21.  All three of those chosen initially served the company in the role of tour director, or Tauck Director in company parlance, and have since been promoted to managerial positions.

WILTON, CT (May 3, 2016)  Tauck has announced its 2017 Small Ship Cruising plans, and included in its portfolio of 17 intimate, all-inclusive voyages is a new exploration of Norway’s picturesque, fjord-studded coast.  The 10-day itinerary features a week-long cruise aboard Ponant’s 466-foot Le Soleal, complemented at either end with included overnight hotel stays and guided sightseeing in Bergen and Oslo.

WILTON, CT (April 21, 2016)  Tauck is adding new journeys in Morocco and Brazil to its “Exotics” collection of itineraries, which next year will be comprised of 29 different guided tours and cruises exploring Asia, Africa, Latin America, the Middle East, Antarctica, Australia and New Zealand.

WILTON, CT (April 4, 2016)  In a ceremony replete with the tunes of a marching band, speeches from local dignitaries, and the traditional smashing of champagne, Tauck family members and executives joined with selected partner-suppliers and travel agents to celebrate the christening of the new ms Grace riverboat in Maastricht, the Netherlands yesterday.  The launch of the sleek and elegant ms Grace comes as Tauck is more than doubling the size of its European riverboat fleet, from four vessels at the start of 2014 to nine later this year with the June christening of another new ship, the ms Joy.

WILTON, CT (March 22, 2016)  Beginning this fall and for the very first time, Tauck will offer its guests the chance to choose between a week-long Cuba tour or an expanded 13-day itinerary to the island nation.  The Connecticut-based company will operate a total of 22 departures between the two programs from September to December of this year, and Tauck is crediting continued growth and strong demand for its doubling of itinerary choices.

WILTON, CT (March 15, 2016)  After pioneering the first family-specific river cruises with an itinerary on the Danube in 2010, and after expanding with new family cruises on the Rhone and Rhine in subsequent years, Tauck is set to continue its leadership in the category in 2017 when it introduces a fourth family river cruise on a fourth European river.  The company’s new eight-day “Family Fun Along the Seine: Paris to Normandy” will debut next year as Tauck doubles its family river cruising capacity, expanding from 10 departures this year to a total of 20 departures in 2017.  In all, Tauck will offer over 20 different river cruise itineraries next year aboard nine vessels on Europe’s Danube, Rhône, Rhine, Seine, Saône, Moselle and Main Rivers.

WILTON, CT (February 29, 2016)  Grand Teton National Park Foundation has announced a major grant provided by Tauck, a leader in premium quality guided tours and cruises, that will help preserve the historic buildings and landscapes at the park’s Mormon Row.  A homesteaders’ settlement inside Grand Teton National Park dating back to 1890, Mormon Row is home to a number of structures including the iconic T.A. Moulton barn, an unofficial symbol of the park that attracts photographers from around the world.

WILTON, CT (February 10, 2016)  Two-time Kentucky Derby winner Chris McCarron will offer insights on his life as a professional jockey and share stories from his 40-year career in thoroughbred racing when he meets with Tauck guests during the company’s “Run for the Roses: the Kentucky Derby” event this May.  McCarron’s presentation during Tauck’s five-day event is just one of many exclusive experiences guests will enjoy as they explore the culture, history and traditions of Kentucky’s Bluegrass region, all culminating in a special VIP experience at Churchill Downs for the 142nd running of the famed Kentucky Derby.

WILTON, CT (February 2, 2016)  For more than 90 years Tauck has celebrated the transformational powers of travel, hosting over three-million guests on its guided journeys to more than 70 countries and all seven continents.  In 2016 and 2017, the high-end tour and cruise operator will use that expertise to enhance the lives of some who aren’t typically able to enjoy the benefits of travel: inner-city children from low-income families

WILTON, CT (January 21, 2016)  Tauck has announced a sweeping plan to reconfigure more than half of its European river cruising fleet over the next two years.  The plan will see Tauck’s five Jewel Class riverboats enhanced with larger cabins, overall passenger capacity will be reduced, and each ship will also have its second onboard dining venue upgraded. 

NORWALK, CT (November 23, 2015)  With Ken Burns’s award-winning documentary “Prohibition” set to re-air on PBS in mid-December, Tauck has announced that it will again team with the filmmaker to offer a special five-day, in-depth event in Chicago that explores the Prohibition era as well as the subjects of two additional Burns films; “Frank Lloyd Wright” and “Jazz.” 

NORWALK, CT (October 28, 2015)  With the 2016 elections on the horizon, and with the word “freedom” constantly on the lips of presidential (and soon congressional) candidates, filmmaker Ken Burns and the guided travel company Tauck have announced a new tour debuting next year that explores the complicated history of freedom in the U.S.

NORWALK, CT (October 20, 2015)  Tauck has announced its 2016 solo traveler savings, and the company has again eliminated the single supplement on its Category 1 European riverboat cabins.  The waived single supplement applies to every Category 1 cabin on every Tauck riverboat, on every departure of every Tauck river cruise itinerary.  In all, the single supplement is thus being waived on over 220 Tauck river cruise departures for the coming year.  In addition, Tauck is reducing the single supplement by up to $1,000 on 170 departures of 60 itineraries to four continents.

NORWALK, CT (September 23, 2015)  Tauck has been named the winner in a “Top Workplaces” survey conducted recently by newspaper publisher Hearst Connecticut Media and the research firm WorkplaceDynamics.  The survey ranks mid-sized companies within Connecticut’s Fairfield, New Haven and Litchfield Counties.

NORWALK, CT (September 17, 2015)  Tauck has unveiled its portfolio of European land year, and its 2016 collection of 35 tour itineraries will be highlighted by a new exploration of Ireland and Great Britain, plus a new journey through Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia and Finland.  Besides adding the two new journeys, Tauck has also made enhancements to additional itineraries while simultaneously reducing prices.  By passing along savings garnered through favorable currency exchange rates, Tauck has been able to lower its 2016 European land tour prices across the board by an average of seven percent, with a high savings of 10% for the coming year.

NORWALK, CT (September 3, 2015)  Tauck has unveiled its 2016 portfolio of Tauck Bridges family travel experiences, and the 90-year-old leader in premium-quality guided tours and cruises has added a number of enhancements to its 19 multi-generational itineraries in Europe, North America, Africa, South America and Central America.  The announcement of Tauck’s plans for the coming year comes as the company is enjoying strong growth across its collection of Tauck Bridges trips.  Bookings have been up consistently in each of the past several years, and pre-season bookings for the coming year are running well ahead of where they were last year at this time.

NORWALK, CT (August 21, 2015)  Tauck, the Norwalk, CT-based leader in  premium-quality guided travel, was recently honored by a leading luxury travel group with the organization’s 2015 award as "Best Destination & Experience Escorted Tour Partner."  The award was presented last week by Virtuoso at their 27th annual Virtuoso Travel Week conference in Las Vegas, NV.  Virtuoso is the leading international luxury travel agency network, with over 370 travel agencies and more than 9,800 elite travel advisors in 30 countries. 

LAS VEGAS, NV (August 11, 2015)  Tauck will be adding a fourth river cruise designed specifically for families to its collection of Tauck Bridges family journeys in 2017, as the company boosts its family river cruise departures from 10 next year to 20 in 2017 and doubles its total family river cruising capacity.

NORWALK, CT (July 27, 2015)  Tauck has announced that it will be operating all scheduled fall departures of its “Northern India & Nepal” itinerary, beginning with its October 20th tour.  Tauck’s return to Nepal will come some six months after a 7.9-magnitude earthquake caused considerable destruction and garnered worldwide media attention.  The April 25th earthquake occurred during Tauck’s March through September off-season hiatus for the itinerary, and the company had been taking a wait-and-see approach with its scheduled departures for the coming fall.

NORWALK, CT (June 23, 0215)  With European river cruising’s phenomenal growth bringing legions of new travelers to the category, Tauck has published a helpful “First-Timer’s Guide to River Cruising” that answers many of the questions common to prospective cruisers.  The new 24-page, full-color brochure is available free of charge on Tauck’s website at www.tauck.com/riverguide, where novice river cruisers can request either a print or digital edition.

NORWALK, CT (June 10, 2015)  For 2016 Tauck is expanding the breadth of its “Earth Journeys” partnership with the award-winning nature documentary filmmakers at BBC Earth to include its three trips exploring Costa Rica.  Each of the three itineraries will be enhanced with exclusive content provided through the BBC Earth partnership, and the trio of Costa Rica trips join over a dozen other Earth Journeys itineraries already operating in Africa, Asia, Latin America, North America and Antarctica.

NORWALK, CT (May 20, 2015)  Tauck and Grand Teton National Park have announced a new American Indian Artist-in-Residence program that will support traditional and contemporary American Indian arts, while also educating Tauck guests and other park visitors through direct interaction with the participating artists.  The new program continues Tauck’s longstanding support of the national parks, which have been prominently featured on many of the company’s domestic land journeys since founder Arthur Tauck Sr.’s very first tour in 1925.

NORWALK, CT (May 14, 2015)  As Tauck continues to celebrate the 90th anniversary of its founding, the company is sharing the story of its origins and evolution in a new video featuring America’s premier documentary filmmaker, Ken Burns.  Burns hosts the new ten-minute “Tauck: An American Story” video and provides its narration, recounting how Arthur Tauck Sr., then a young traveling salesman, brought six paying guests along on an 1,100 mile sales trip through New England and southeastern Canada in 1925.  The video goes on to highlight key moments over Tauck’s nine decades, from becoming America’s first licensed “tour broker” in 1935 to the global diversification of the company’s offerings, to its strong presence at the forefront of European river cruising today.

NORWALK, CT (April 30, 2015)  With the world marking the 150th anniversary of Abraham Lincoln’s assassination this spring, Tauck has announced that noted Lincoln scholar Harold Holzer will address guests on a special departure of its “Most Hallowed Ground” Civil War tour in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, next September.  Holzer has authored, co-authored and edited 49 books devoted mostly to Lincoln, and he is the 2015 winner of the $50,000 Gilder Lehrman Lincoln Prize for outstanding scholarship on the 16th president.  Holzer also served as a consultant to the critically-acclaimed Steven Spielberg film “Lincoln.”

NORWALK, CT (April 27, 2015)  Tauck has unveiled its 2016 collection of small ship ocean cruises, and next year the Connecticut-based company will offer 15 cruises aboard nine ships in Northern Europe, the Mediterranean, Asia, Australia, Alaska, Antarctica and Latin America.  Tauck is now taking bookings on all 2016 cruises, departure dates and prices are posted on the company’s website (tauck.com), and a new four-color, 84-page brochure highlighting the cruises is now mailing to Tauck travel agents and consumers.

NORWALK, CT (April 9, 2015)  Since the 2007 launch of its Street View project to catalog 360-degree panoramic images from locations around the world, the team at Google has driven more than seven million miles, visited 66 countries and traveled to both Antarctica and the Arctic.  And now with the help of Tauck River Cruising, the company has recently added the lower Danube River – and images captured inside Tauck’s ms Treasures riverboat – to the portfolio of global locations it has digitally chronicled.

NORWALK, CT (April 6, 2015)  Tauck has unveiled its 2016 river cruising plans, and next year the company will be debuting two new ships, a new itinerary along the Rhine and a number of new Tauck-exclusive onshore dining experiences – all at prices up to $1,200 per-couple lower than their 2015 rates.

NORWALK, CT (March 10, 2015)  Travelers who enjoy the ease and convenience of guided travel within a small group setting will have a wealth of trips to choose from with Tauck this year, as the Connecticut-based company is offering 273 small group departures on 54 different itineraries in 2015.  The small group departures are on tours throughout Europe, North America, Central America, South America, Asia, the Middle East and Africa.  The average number of travelers on Tauck’s small group departures is 24, versus approximately 40 on regular departures of the same itineraries.

NORWALK, CT (March 5, 2015)  On the heels of a February with record-setting winter weather, and after a short month highlighted by a company-wide 90th anniversary celebration in the Canadian Rockies, Tauck has announced that it will be extending its Take Off with Tauck air package through March 31, 2015.  The program simplifies airfares to Europe by offering a straightforward, three-tiered pricing model with no taxes, hidden fees or surcharges; $1,090 for Economy Class, $1,690 for Premium Economy Class or $3,490 for Business Class airfare per person.  Under its original terms, the Tauck Off with Tauck program was set to expire at the end of February.

NORWALK, CT (February 23, 2015)  Members of the Tauck family, Tauck’s employees, the company’s board members and key partner-suppliers all gathered recently at Chateau Lake Louise in the Canadian Rockies for a four-day celebration to kick off Tauck’s 90th anniversary this year.  In all, nearly 500 people came together for the February 6 – 9 event, which was centered around a theme of “Celebrate 90.  Imagine One Hundred.”  The celebration was an opportunity to reflect on Tauck’s history and heritage, underscore the principles that have guided the company since Arthur Tauck Sr’s first tour in 1925, and begin envisioning what Tauck will look like when in marks its 100th anniversary in another ten years.

NORWALK, CT (February 12, 2015)  Tauck has announced the names of the two new Inspiration Class riverboats that will join its fleet next year, and the new vessels will be christened the ms Grace and the ms Joy.  The names were selected from a pool of nearly 400 entries submitted by Tauck employees during a company-sponsored naming contest conducted last fall.

NORWALK, CT (January 20, 2015)  Tauck has announced its 2015 solo traveler savings, and the company has again eliminated the single supplement on its Category 1 European riverboat cabins.  In addition, Tauck is reducing the single supplement by up to $1,000 on 161 departures of 62 itineraries to four continents.

NORWALK, CT (December 17, 2014)  Private performances by musicians including Ellis Marsalis…  VIP treatment and a private concert at Preservation Hall…  Exclusive talks from Ken Burns and music historians at the Louisiana State Museum…  An insider’s lecture on the roots of jazz, by the curator of the Hogan Jazz Archive …  Meals at some of New Orleans’ most renowned restaurants, including Arnaud’s and The Court of Two Sisters…

NORWALK, CT (December 8, 2014)  For 2015 Tauck is enhancing its popular eight-day Cuba itinerary, adding five additional days and expanding beyond Havana and its surroundings to include (along with three nights in Havana) multiple-night hotel stays in three additional cities, plus a single-night stay in a fifth city.  The resulting itinerary provides a richer, more diverse, and more in-depth immersion into Cuban culture.

NORWALK, CT (November 18, 2014)  With the holiday season fast approaching, Tauck is making it easy for travelers everywhere to share their passion for exploring the world by giving “the gift of travel” to family and friends.  The company recently introduced Tauck eGift Cards that are easily customized with personalized messages and a choice of new holiday graphics, and can be purchased in denominations ranging from $50 to $2,000 USD.  Tauck eGift Cards can then be sent via email for delivery to In Boxes anywhere in the world (either immediately or at a later time and date of the gift giver’s choosing).  Recipients may apply their eGift Card balance toward any of Tauck’s 100+ land journeys or cruises to more than 70 countries and all seven continents.

NORWALK, CT (November 5, 2014)  For the third consecutive year, Connecticut-based Tauck has scored near the top in rankings of the best places to work in the surrounding region.  In a “Top Workplaces” survey conducted recently by newspaper publisher Hearst Connecticut Media and the research firm WorkplaceDynamics, Tauck scored the number-two ranking of mid-sized companies within Connecticut’s Fairfield, New Haven and Litchfield Counties.  In 2012 and 2013 Tauck was named the second and fourth-ranked place to work, respectively, in ratings of companies throughout Connecticut published by the Hartford Business Journal.

NORWALK, CT (October 22, 2014)  Ninety years after Arthur Tauck Sr., helped launch the escorted tour industry, the family-owned and operated company bearing his name will be celebrating the pioneering spirit and traditions of innovation that continue to drive it today.  To mark its 90th anniversary next summer, and for a limited number of departures only, Tauck will once again operate “heli-hiking” (or “Heli-Exploring” as it is now deemed by Tauck) trips in the Canadian Rockies.  Invented in the 1970s by Arthur Tauck Jr., Tauck’s chairman and son of the company’s founder, heli-exploring brings guests high into the Canadian Rockies via helicopter to experience incredible alpine wonders paired with the comforts and convenience of lodges originally built for helicopter-assisted ski vacations.

NORWALK, CT (October 14, 2014)  Tauck, the 90-year-old leader in premium quality guided tours, river cruises and small ship ocean cruises, is taking big steps to better serve U.K.-based travelers and travel agents.  The company recently hired a field sales force to serve the U.K. market, it has opened a new reservations center in London, and it is launching a new U.K. website and travel brochures priced in GBP.  This marks the first time ever in Tauck’s 90-year history that the company has embarked on any such initiatives in a foreign country.

NORWALK, CT (October 1, 2014)  Tauck is expanding its Earth Journeys partnership with the award-winning filmmakers at BBC Earth for 2015, more than doubling the number of its co-branded itineraries for the coming year just as an aggressive, integrated marketing effort is set to raise the partnership’s profile among BBC fans and viewers.

NORWALK, CT (September 23, 2014)  Following last week’s premier of Ken Burns’s new epic, 14-hour documentary, The Roosevelts: An Intimate History (which drew nine-million viewers on its first night alone), the filmmaker is offering a unique epilogue of sorts; the chance to explore the New York City of the Roosevelts during an in-depth, five-day exploration of the city co-produced with the 90-year-old guided travel company Tauck.

NORWALK, CT (September 8, 2014) Tauck has unveiled its European trips for 2015, and among the company’s 40 land journeys on the continent are a new small-group itinerary highlighting Italy’s Puglia region and a pair of in-depth, six-day, World Cities explorations of Paris and Rome.

NORWALK, CT (August 14, 2014) Tauck will continue to increase its presence in European river cruising later this year, when it dramatically boosts the capacity of its Christmas market cruises along the Danube and Rhine rivers. The move is the latest in an eventful year for Tauck’s river cruising efforts, following the launch of the company’s two new Inspiration Class ships (the ms Inspire and ms Savor, christened in April and June respectively) and the addition of four new river cruise itineraries. Tauck was also recently named the “World’s Best River Cruise Line” by the readers of Travel + Leisure for the second consecutive year, with the results appearing in the magazine’s current issue.

NORWALK, CT (July 29, 2014) The Tauck Bridges collection of tours and cruises created specifically for families will include a new London, Paris and Rome tour and a new South African safari in 2015, Tauck announced today. The two new land journeys, plus a new Tauck Bridges river cruise on the Rhine announced this spring, promise to fuel additional growth for Tauck’s already fast-growing collection of family travel experiences in the coming year.

NORWALK, CT (July 15, 2014) Tauck is continuing to expand its “Exotics” portfolio of journeys to non-North American/non-European destinations in 2015, with the company’s first-ever guided trips to Myanmar and the eastern Arabian Peninsula on tap for the coming year. The two new all-inclusive, fully-guided trips bring the total number of itineraries in Tauck’s Exotics portfolio to 31 for 2015, with land journeys and/or cruises in Africa, the South Pacific, Latin America, Asia and the Middle East.

NORWALK, CT (July 7, 2014) For the second consecutive year, and for the third time in the last four years, Tauck has been named the “World’s Best River Cruise Line” by the readers of Travel + Leisure magazine, one of the world’s most authoritative and respected publications for travelers. The award, which will be presented to Tauck officials later this month in New York City, is based on the results of the magazine’s annual readers’ survey. Full survey results and a complete list of winners are featured on www.TravelandLeisure.com and will be published in the magazine’s August issue.

NORWALK, CT (May 6, 2014) Tauck has added another strong element of authentic period history to the Civil War tour it co-designed with award-winning filmmaker Ken Burns; guests traveling on the company’s 11-day “Most Hallowed Ground” itinerary will now spend the first three nights of their journey in Washington, DC’s historic InterContinental The Willard hotel.

NORWALK, CT (April 28, 2014) Tauck has announced its 2015 portfolio of ocean-going cruises, and the company’s collection of 15 intimate, small ship cruise experiences will include three new itineraries. In addition, Tauck is enhancing its three Galapagos Islands itineraries with exclusive content provided through its “Earth Journeys” partnership with the nature documentary filmmakers at BBC Earth. Complete information on Tauck’s entire portfolio of 2015 small ship cruises is now posted on the company’s website, tauck.com, and it is also featured in a new full-color, 84-page brochure currently mailing to travel agents and consumers.

NORWALK, CT (April 10, 2014) Tauck is offering travelers the opportunity to ring in 2015 in grand style in the legendary City of Light at “The Tauck Paris Event,” a new six-day cultural exploration of Paris highlighted by an opulent New Year’s Eve gala. The year-end Paris celebration is one of eight single-departure Tauck events on tap for 2014. Each is an in-depth cultural exploration of a specific destination, and each provides attendees with extraordinary access to once-in-a-lifetime experiences. For example, Tauck guests at different events this year will enjoy an evening inside the National Baseball Hall of Fame with filmmaker Ken Burns, they’ll enjoy true VIP treatment at Churchill Downs during the 140th running of the Kentucky Derby, and they’ll experience an exclusive evening inside the Vatican with dinner and private guided tours of the Sistine Chapel and Vatican Museums.

NORWALK, CT (April 4, 2014) Members of the Tauck family, Tauck executives, the company’s Board of Directors, special guests and local dignitaries all gathered dockside in Basel, Switzerland, yesterday to christen Tauck’s newest riverboat, the ms Inspire. Tauck Cruise Director Lynn Hardcastle offered a traditional blessing, and the ship officially entered service moments later when Tauck Cruise Director Bridget Ashton cut a ceremonial ribbon to send a bottle of Moët & Chandon champagne crashing against the ship’s hull. The festive atmosphere was heightened by music provided by a local band, and by a fireboat that sounded its horn in celebration while sending torrents of water gushing skyward.

NORWALK, CT (March 31, 2014) After boosting the number of special “small group departures” it offers on its classic land tours by 30% in 2013, Tauck is once again increasing its small group dates by an additional 20% for the coming year. The special small group departures on the company’s Tauck World Discovery land journeys typically average just 24 guests, versus approximately 40 on regular departures of the same itineraries. In all, Tauck will offer over 360 small group departures on some 55 land tours in North America, Europe, Latin America, Asia, and the Middle East.

NORWALK, CT (March 19, 2014) Avid baseball fans will have a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to celebrate America’s “national pastime” this summer with the help of filmmaker Ken Burns, singer Paul Simon and former major league players including Phil Niekro at “The Tauck Baseball Event” in Cooperstown, New York. The special four-day Tauck event, from July 31 – August 3, will coincide with the National Baseball Hall of Fame & Museum’s special 75th anniversary concert, where Tauck guests will enjoy premier seating in Rows 3 and 4. Headlining the concert will be Grammy Award-winning singer/songwriter Paul Simon, with the Boston Pops Esplanade Orchestra and former Yankees great and noted jazz guitarist Bernie Williams and others also scheduled to perform.

NORWALK, CT (March 12, 2014) Tauck has unveiled its 2015 portfolio of European river cruises, and the Connecticut-based company is adding a new 23-day, three-country itinerary and a new Tauck Bridges family cruise along the Rhine to its roster. Tauck’s full collection of 19 river cruises for 2015 is now listed on the company’s website, complete with departure dates and pricing, and all cruises are currently open for booking.

NORWALK, CT (February 25, 2014) Tauck has released the first photos of its innovative lower-level “loft” cabins, and Travel + Leisure’s “World’s Best River Cruise Line” is celebrating the event by announcing an expanded complimentary drinks policy on all six of its European riverboats. Under the new policy, guests will now enjoy unlimited beer, wine and premium spirits throughout the day aboard Tauck’s four existing Jewel Class ships and on its two new Inspiration Class ships launching this year. Travelers on Tauck’s riverboats had previously enjoyed unlimited wine and beer with onboard meals only..

NORWALK, CT (February 19, 2014) Tauck is expanding its portfolio of Tauck Bridges guided family itineraries with the launch this year of its first-ever family trip to Spain. The company’s new “Spain: Olé, Olé, Olé!” journey includes a range of unique experiences that reveal Spanish culture and history to travelers of all ages in fun and enriching ways.

NORWALK, CT (February 12, 2014) Tauck will honor the skill and dedication of its cruise director team by having its four female Tauck Cruise Directors collectively serve as godmother to the company’s new ms Inspire riverboat, the first of two new Inspiration Class riverboats being launched by Tauck this year. The ms Inspire will be christened on April 3rd in Basel, Switzerland. Tauck’s second Inspiration Class ship, the ms Savor, will be christened on June 21st in Rudesheim, Germany, the company also announced today

NORWALK, CT (December 3, 2013)  With the theatrical release of the new $85 million, 3D motion picture Walking With Dinosaurs set for later this month, dinosaur fever will be running rampant among children throughout the coming year.  Now parents looking to foster their children’s interest in science can take advantage of the perfect vacation package for budding young paleontologists – an all-inclusive, five-day exploration of all things dinosaur co-crafted by Tauck, the 88-year-old leader in guided luxury travel, and the filmmakers at BBC Earth.

NORWALK, CT (November 21, 2013) Each December for over 90 years, the grand main dining room at the iconic Ahwahnee Hotel in Yosemite National Park has been transformed into a 17^th-century English manor for the venerated Bracebridge Dinner, a revered yet irreverent holiday tradition replete with a sumptuous seven-course dinner and a four-hour pageant of medieval entertainment and classic carols performed by a cast of over 100. And while tickets for this annual extravaganza are notoriously difficult to obtain, Tauck will be featuring the Bracebridge Dinner as the centerpiece of its new six-day event celebrating Yosemite’s 150th anniversary in 2014.

NORWALK, CT (November 6, 2013) Tauck is adding a new 10-day river cruise itinerary on the Danube for 2014, bringing the company’s total number of cruises on the river to seven and underscoring the Danube’s standing as the most popular destination for Tauck river cruisers.

NORWALK, CT (October 15, 2013) Tauck, the world-leader in guided, premium quality land journeys and cruises, has entered into an exclusive, multi-year partnership with BBC Earth to bring the expertise and perspectives of BBC wildlife filmmakers to Tauck’s itineraries offering travelers the opportunity to explore the natural world. The BBC is the world’s leading producer of highly acclaimed, award-winning natural history documentaries, such as Planet Earth, Frozen Planet, Life and The Blue Planet. Those series and other BBC productions have reached over 500 million people in over 180 countries worldwide to date.

NORWALK, CT (September 26, 2013) Tauck is again rolling out the red carpet for solo travelers in 2014, eliminating the single supplement on its Category 1 European riverboat cabins, and reducing the single supplement by up to $600 on 158 departures of 64 itineraries to five continents.

NORWALK, CT (August 21, 2013) Tauck has been named “The Best Escorted Tour Operator” for the third consecutive year by the international luxury travel network, Virtuoso. Tauck was among a number of top travel companies honored during a gala evening last week at Virtuoso’s annual conference, Virtuoso Travel Week, at the Bellagio in Las Vegas.

NORWALK, CT (August 13, 2013) Tauck is broadening its European portfolio with special in-depth explorations of some of Europe’s most iconic cities beginning this September and continuing through next year. The coming 18 months will see the launch of two different explorations of London, the debut of a third “city-centric” itinerary in Florence, and the reprise of Tauck’s first such event with the return of its popular “Roman Holiday Event” in Italy’s capital city next year.

NORWALK, CT (July 30, 2013) When Tauck’s ms Swiss Emerald sailed on the company’s first-ever departure of its new Rhone River family river cruise earlier this month, it was just the latest milestone in Tauck’s rapidly increasing presence in French river cruising. Although the Connecticut-based company (recently named the “World’s Best River Cruise Line” by the readers of Travel + Leisure magazine) has only been operating on France’s rivers for three years, it has already chalked up some impressive growth statistics..

NORWALK, CT (July 17, 2013) Tauck has announced that it will again be offering departures of its people-to-people cultural exchange journeys to Cuba, following the recent renewal of its license to operate tours to the island nation. The Connecticut-based company had been among several tour operators awaiting license renewals from OFAC, the Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control.

NORWALK, CT (July 9, 2013) For the second time in three years, Tauck has been named the “World’s Best River Cruise Line” by the readers of Travel + Leisure magazine, one of the world’s most authoritative and respected publications for travelers. The award, which will be presented to Tauck officials later this month at a ceremony in New York City, is based on the results of the magazine’s annual readers survey. Full survey results and a complete list of winners will be included in the magazine’s August issue.

NORWALK, CT (July 1, 2013) Kiki Tauck Mahar, the wife of Tauck CEO Dan Mahar and the daughter of Tauck Chairman Arthur Tauck, was the guest of honor of Compagnie Du Ponant in Venice, Italy, over the weekend, joining company officials and other dignitaries for the maiden voyage of Compagnie Du Ponant’s new luxury small ship, Le Soléal. Mahar is godmother to the new 264-passenger, 466-foot ship, which she officially christened last December. This weekend’s celebratory overnight cruise concluded on Sunday, and Le Soléal embarked today on its first commercial sailing.

NORWALK, CT (June 25, 2013) Matt Harding, a Westport, CT native whose quirky dancing travelogue videos have been viewed over 80 million times on YouTube, performed his signature dance with guests of Norwalk-based travel company Tauck earlier this year, and the footage is included in a new “Dancing Matt” video which debuted on YouTube last night. The Tauck guests, travel agents attending a training seminar with the company in France, danced with Matt in front of Tauck’s ms Swiss Emerald riverboat while it was docked in Lyon.

NORWALK, CT (May 29, 2013) Harold Holzer, the noted author, Abraham Lincoln expert, and consultant to the critically-acclaimed Steven Spielberg film Lincoln, will speak to Tauck guests about the 16th president’s life and times this fall, during the October 19th departure of the company’s “Most Hallowed Ground” Civil War tour. Holzer will address the Tauck group in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, where on November 19, 1863, Abraham Lincoln delivered his immortal Gettysburg Address. Holzer’s presentation will occur on October 22nd, exactly four weeks prior to the 150th anniversary of Lincoln’s delivery of the iconic speech.

NORWALK, CT (May 9, 2013) Guests on several Tauck itineraries visiting London will learn about Sir Winston Churchill, regarded by many as the most influential figure in British history, from a source intimately familiar with his life – his granddaughter Celia Sandys. An internationally acclaimed author and speaker, Sandys is a noted biographer who has published five books and hosted television specials chronicling Churchill’s life.

NORWALK, CT (April 26, 2013) Tauck has revealed information on the deck plans and cabin configurations for the new riverboats it will be launching in Europe next year, and the two newbuilds will each have 57% more suites than the company’s existing Jewel Class vessels (which already have far more suites than most other riverboats).

NORWALK, CT (April 4, 2013) Tauck has unveiled a new 11-day journey to Patagonia for 2014 that explores the landscapes, culture and history of the rugged region shared by Chile and Argentina near South America’s southern tip. The new “Patagonia” itinerary will feature departures from January through March and from October through December of next year, and it is among 31 different trips comprising Tauck’s portfolio of 2014 Exotics journeys. Tauck is now taking bookings on all of its 2014 Exotics trips, and full information on the entire Exotics collection, including itinerary descriptions, pricing and departure dates, is now posted on the company’s website.

NORWALK, CT (March 27, 2013) Tauck has added a new 11-day exploration of China to its portfolio of Asian journeys, increasing the total number of land and cruise itineraries in Asia to nine for 2013. For this year the company has also added a new 17-day journey in Northern India and Nepal, as well as a 16-day land and sea exploration of Southeast Asia featuring the new luxury small ship, Le Soléal.

NORWALK, CT (March 12, 2013)  Tauck is marking St. Patrick’s Day this week by announcing details of its new “Ireland Forever” itinerary to the Emerald Isle.  The 8-day journey has been designed specifically for families, and is part of the company’s Tauck Bridges collection of family travel adventures.

NORWALK, CT (March 5, 2013) Tauck has disclosed the names of the two new riverboats it will launch next year, and announced that the ships will each be considerably longer than the four sister-ships that currently comprise the company’s fleet. The new ships, the ms Inspire and ms Savor, will both be 443 feet long, compared to Tauck’s existing ships which each measure 361 feet. Despite being 23% longer, the two newbuilds will only accommodate 130 guests each, or just 10% more than its current ships.

NORWALK, CT (February 27, 2013) Baseball legend and Hall of Fame Member Ozzie Smith has joined the roster of former players, authors and experts who will be attending “The Tauck Baseball Event: America’s Pastime” in Cooperstown, New York, in June. The four-day event (June 27-30, 2013) is being designed and offered by Tauck in cooperation with Ken Burns, whose PBS film Baseball earned nearly 20 different awards and award nominations, and spawned a critically-acclaimed sequel, The Tenth Inning. Burns will deliver the event’s keynote speech and greet Tauck guests during an exclusive, “after-hours” evening inside the National Baseball Hall of Fame that includes a cocktail and dessert reception, and the opportunity to tour the Hall of Fame’s exhibits when the facility is closed to the public.

NORWALK, CT (February 19, 2013)  Tauck is introducing a new in-depth, 8-day itinerary for 2013 that explores Italy’s three most iconic cities, Venice, Florence and Rome.  “The Heart of Italy: Venezia, Firenze & Roma” is part of Tauck’s Culturious collection of immersive, small-group journeys for active, boomer-aged travelers.

NORWALK, CT (February 13, 2013) Tauck is launching a new tour that begins in Montreal, Canada, and then travels south to explore some of New York’s most iconic lakes, its scenic Adirondack Mountains, and its historic and culturally rich Hudson Valley. Tauck will offer departures of “The Hudson Valley” from June through October, with prices for the 10-day itinerary from $4,490 per person (double occupancy, plus air).

NORWALK, CT (February 6, 2013) Tauck has announced a new 16-day land and sea exploration of Hong Kong, Vietnam and Singapore centered around an 11-day cruise aboard the new luxury small ship, Le Soléal. Scheduled to launch this summer in Italy, the 466-foot ship has a capacity of 264 passengers and it will also be featured on selected 2013 sailings of Tauck’s cruise exploration of Iceland.

NORWALK, CT (January 29, 2013)  Tauck announced today that it will welcome two newbuilds into its fleet of European riverboats next year, bringing the total number of Tauck ships on Europe’s rivers to six.  According to company officials, the new vessels are slated to launch in March and June of 2014.  In addition Tauck will launch four new river cruise itineraries in Europe next year.

NORWALK, CT (January 25, 2013) Tauck, the Norwalk, CT-based leader in guided luxury tours and cruises, has provided $25,000 grants to both the Mark Twain House & Museum and the Harriet Beecher Stowe Center. The grants are part of Tauck’s “World of Giving” corporate philanthropy initiative, and follow the company’s announcement last fall that it would be including both locations on a revised tour of New England it has designed with the award-winning filmmaker Ken Burns.

NORWALK, CT (January 9, 2013)  Tauck has announced a new four-day, baseball-themed event it has crafted with Ken Burns, the filmmaker whose PBS documentary Baseball garnered widespread acclaim, earned nearly 20 different awards and award nominations, and spawned a sequel, The Tenth Inning.  The new Tauck event is scheduled for June 27 – 30, 2013, and it is part of the company’s “Ken Burns American Journeys” series of travel experiences based on the filmmaker’s works.

NORWALK, CT (December 6, 2012) Kiki Tauck Mahar, the wife of Tauck CEO Dan Mahar and the daughter of Tauck Chairman Arthur Tauck, will serve as godmother to Compagnie Du Ponant’s new 264-passenger, 466-foot luxury small ship, Le Soléal, when it is christened next July in Italy.

NORWALK, CT (December 4, 2012)  Tauck has unveiled its 2013 product portfolio for Europe, and for the coming year the leader in premium quality guided travel will offer a diverse array of nearly 70 land and cruise itineraries spanning the continent.  Tauck’s 2013 offerings are highlighted in a new 148-page brochure that features a refreshed layout and graphics treatment, and messaging that emphasizes “How You See The World Matters.”

Norwalk, CT (November 1, 2012)  Tauck and the award-winning filmmaker Ken Burns have crafted a new 11-day cultural exploration of the Mississippi River that will launch early next year as part of the company’s “Ken Burns American Journeys” collection.  The new “Life on the Mississippi” itinerary begins with an overnight stay in Memphis, followed by a 7-night Mississippi River cruise aboard the newly re-launched American Queen paddlewheel steamboat, and it concludes with a two-night stay in New Orleans.  Along the way, guests will be treated to a number of unique cultural experiences and a diverse array of Tauck-exclusive shore excursions. 

HARTFORD, CT (October 24, 2012)  Norwalk, CT-based Tauck, one of the world’s top luxury travel companies, announced today that it would be bringing travelers to the Hartford area next year on a newly redesigned tour of New England.  Tauck made the announcement jointly with Connecticut Governor Dannel P. Malloy and filmmaker Ken Burns at the Mark Twain House & Museum in Hartford, which will be featured on the new itinerary. 

NORWALK, CT (October 10, 2012)  Tauck’s award-winning National Parks guest-volunteer program celebrated several milestones recently, including hosting its 15,000th participant.  The unique program, which allows Tauck guests traveling on two different Tauck itineraries to work on preservation and beautification projects, also concluded its 10th year in operation and marked the contribution of over 30,000 hours of  volunteer labor to Yellowstone and Grand Teton National Parks.

NORWALK, CT (September 26, 2012) For the second consecutive year, Tauck has been named the “World’s Best River Cruise Line for Families” by the readers of Travel + Leisure magazine. The recognition, announced in the magazine’s current issue, follows on the heels of Tauck being named to Travel + Leisure’s overall list of the “World’s Best River Cruise Lines” in its August issue. Tauck has been included on the “World’s Best River Cruise Lines” list for four years running, including taking the number-one spot in 2011.

NORWALK, CT (September 12, 2012)  Tauck will kick off the coming New Year in style when guests attending its special “Celebration of Roses” in Los Angeles enjoy reserved grandstand seating at the 124th annual Rose Parade on January 1st and tickets to the 2013 Rose Bowl game, college football’s “Granddaddy of Them All.”  The five-day Tauck event (December 29, 2012 – January 2, 2013) will also include themed sightseeing in Hollywood and Beverly Hills, a special gala New Year’s Eve celebration, an “insider’s” visit to see how the famous Rose Parade floats are crafted, and more.

NORWALK, CT (August 22, 2012)  Guests traveling on Tauck’s new “Botswana, South Africa & Zambia” safari next year will be treated to a once-in-a-lifetime experience – the chance to actually walk with and among a pride of juvenile lions as they play, relax and begin to develop the skills they’ll use later to survive in the wild.  This unique opportunity comes during a visit to a lion research center near Livingstone, Zambia, where young lion cubs orphaned in the wild are nurtured and ultimately prepared for reintroduction into their natural environment.

NORWALK, CT (June 26, 2012) Good news is at hand for solo travelers frustrated by paying a higher per-person cabin rate than cruisers sharing a stateroom with a spouse or friend. Tauck, named the “World’s Best River Cruise Line” by Travel + Leisure magazine, is dropping the “single supplement” for Category 1 cabins on each of its 2013 European river cruises. The savings apply to every departure on all 14 of Tauck’s European river cruise itineraries.

NORWALK, CT (May 7, 2012) Award-winning filmmaker Ken Burns is working with Tauck, one of the world’s top tour operators, to tell the story of America’s Buffalo Soldiers as part of a new Tauck itinerary that explores San Francisco and the National Parks of Northern California, including Yosemite, Sequoia and Kings Canyon. The history of the Buffalo Soldiers in the parks is one of several cultural narratives that Tauck will highlight in its new, all-inclusive, 8-day guided journey, “Yosemite And Sequoia: John Muir’s California.” Other themes weaving through the Tauck itinerary include the story of visionary naturalist John Muir and the creation of America’s National Parks system.

NORWALK, CT (May 2, 2012)  As Tauck begins the first full month of its 2012 operating season in Europe, the Connecticut-based company is rolling out an extensive portfolio of more than 50 all-inclusive itineraries.  Highlighting Tauck’s 2012 lineup of European tours and cruises are the return of its exclusive “Roman Holiday” event as well as a new 10-day itinerary in Sicily and a new 12-day exploration of Turkey.

NORWALK, CT (March 27, 2012) Tauck, the Norwalk-based leader in premium quality guided land journeys and cruises, has placed second in the Hartford Business Journal’s annual rankings of the best places to work in Connecticut. The award is being officially announced in this week’s edition of the publication, where the company is being recognized in the category for small to medium-sized businesses.

NORWALK, CT (February 15, 2012)  After selling out its inaugural Washington, DC-based Civil War event in just 10 days last year, Tauck has announced that it is repeating the event this spring and adding a second date in the fall.  This year’s events will begin on May 20 and October 14, and like last year’s event, they will feature an itinerary crafted in cooperation with Ken Burns.  The acclaimed filmmaker will once again present the events’ keynote address, and attending guests will have the chance to personally meet Burns that same evening.

NORWALK, CT (February 2, 2012)  Tauck, rated the “World’s Best River Cruise Line” by the readers of Travel + Leisure magazine, is introducing a new river cruise on the Rhone that celebrates and explores the rich culinary traditions of France. The new 10-day “A Taste of France” itinerary begins with a two-night hotel stay and exploration of local food culture in Paris, followed by a seven-night river cruise through the Rhone Valley aboard Tauck’s MS Swiss Emerald riverboat. Tauck has crafted the new itinerary in collaboration with Churchill & Turen, Ltd., the luxury travel agency named the “World’s Best Culinary Tour Specialist” by Conde Nast Traveler magazine.

NORWALK, CT (November 14, 2011) Tauck continues to grow its global portfolio of family travel offerings, and for 2012 the Connecticut-based company is enhancing its successful collection of 15 Tauck Bridges itineraries with new family-friendly activities and more access to unique experiences.  Tauck Bridges itineraries, each designed specifically for families, are offered in North America, Europe, Africa and Latin America.

NORWALK, CT (September 20, 2011)  Eighty-seven years after New England’s fall foliage inspired the launch of one of the world’s top guided tour and cruise operators, that same company is continuing to celebrate autumn’s annual colors by providing free updates on foliage conditions to travelers.  Tauck, the leader in premium quality guided land journeys, river cruises and small-ship ocean cruises, will offer recorded foliage updates for New England and other regions beginning on September 15 and continuing through November.  The foliage reports, which will be updated twice-weekly during the season’s peak weeks, will be available through a dedicated toll-free telephone number, 1 800-214-8209.

NORWALK, CT (August 30, 2011) Filmmaker Ken Burns, his longtime collaborator Dayton Duncan and Tauck are launching two new wintertime journeys that explore Yellowstone National Park and the surrounding area. The new itineraries – a one-time, eight-day event with the opportunity to personally meet Burns and Duncan, and a nine-day Tauck Culturious journey with multiple departures – will debut next January. Both will offer unparalleled access to the park, to naturalists and other park experts who will share their insights, and to experiences that travelers can’t typically enjoy on their own.

NORWALK, CT (August 11, 2011)  Three generations of Tauck family members, local dignitaries, travel agents and journalists from around the world, special guests and company executives gathered in Cologne, Germany, yesterday for the official christening of Tauck’s newest riverboat, the ms Treasures.  The ship is the fourth new Tauck riverboat launched within the last five years.

NORWALK, CT (July 6, 2011)  Tauck, a world-leader in premium quality guided tours and cruises, has announced that Robin Tauck will serve as godmother to the company’s new ms Treasures riverboat. The Tauck family, company executives, travel agents and journalists will gather for the ship’s christening on August 10 in Cologne Germany.  The ms Treasures will be the fourth new Tauck riverboat launched since 2006.

NORWALK, CT (April 27, 2011)  Private performances by musicians including Ellis Marsalis…  VIP treatment and a private concert at Preservation Hall…  Exclusive talks from Ken Burns and the music historian at the Louisiana State Museum…  An insider’s tour of  the Hogan Jazz Archive hosted by its curator…  Gourmet meals at some of New Orleans’ most renowned restaurants, including Arnaud’s and The Court of Two Sisters…

NORWALK, CT (4/6/11)  A private viewing at the National Archives of our nation’s founding documents, which both established a new country and propelled it towards the war that almost destroyed it…  An exclusive visit to a Civil War-era farmhouse that was commandeered for use as a battlefield hospital, and today still shows evidence of the 750+ soldiers who suffered there...  A special presentation on slavery and plantation life from a research historian for the Thomas Jefferson Foundation at Monticello…