Ragosta Luxury Hotels Launches Private Yacht Service

To further enhance its unique luxury travel concept, Define Your Lifestyle, a customized hospitality experience that mirrors the daily lifestyles of the discerning traveler, Ragosta Hotels Collection announced the launch of its private yacht charter service, available May 10-October 31, 2009, with black out dates from July 16-September 9, 2009.

With this new offering, guests are invited to enjoy exclusive seven-night use of the 30 meter luxury yacht, The Anne Marie, complete with world-class cuisine, five-star service with four on-board crew members and staff (captain, sailor, chef and hostess) and deluxe accommodations for up to 11 people. With three itineraries to Italy's famed Mediterranean cities such as Capri, Sorrento, Positano, Amalfi, and Ischia with departure from the Port of Naples, the seven-night charter is priced at approximately €130,000 (fee includes, service, fuel, docking and food). Customized cruises are available upon request, and some black out dates apply.

The Anne Marie yacht features lavish nautical cherry-wood furnishings with parquet teak-wood flooring. Located in the heart of the vessel, the VIP suite includes a luxury bathroom and shower, wardrobe, mini-bar and comfortable furnishings. In addition to the VIP suite, the yacht features three other guest cabins, offering a total of 11 beds on-board. Guests will enjoy state-of-the art technology throughout the cabins such as wireless internet, Bang & Olufsen plasma-screen televisions, stereo equipment and DVD players.

In addition to guest in-room accommodations, the yacht features multiple indoor and outdoor lounge areas to relax and enjoy the spectacular cruise. The yacht's flying bridge, which is equipped with a hard-top convertible roof, mobile bar, grill, sink, frigobar and dining area, this perfect spot for sunbathing, while the stern deck offers an expansive eight-person table, multi-media equipment and comfortable furnishings. The vessel also offers an on-board kitchen equipped with stove-top, refrigerator/freezer, dishwasher and washing machine. Guests will also enjoy relaxing in the sumptuous indoor lounge featuring c-shaped sofas, a cocktail cabinet, an eight-person dining area and multi-media equipment.

As a member of the Ragosta Hotels Collection, the Anne Marie yacht provides its guests with the unique Define Your Lifestyle experience. Define Your Lifestyle was created to address the growing travel trend of up-market travelers seeking an extraordinary hospitality experience that incorporates elements of their own lifestyles. This ideal forms the cornerstone of the company’s Define Your Lifestyle brand-wide concept, easily identifiable throughout Ragosta Hotels Collection by signature amenities, services, architecture and design, location and culinary offerings.

Ragosta Hotels Collection, a unique compilation of luxury hotels and travel offerings, features properties situated throughout some of Italy’s most idyllic locations. The Ragosta Hotels Collection includes the renowned Hotel Raito in Vietri sul Mare, Relais Paradiso Hotel set to open in March 2009 on the Amalfi Coast, La Plage Resort set to open June 2009 in Taormina, Sicily, and a luxury boutique hotel in Rome slated to open early 2010.

Ragosta Hotels Collection is a member of Summit Hotels & Resorts and Preferred Boutique, divisions of Preferred Hotels Group, representing luxury hotels and resorts worldwide. Based on the Amalfi Coast, Italy, Ragosta Hotels Collection is comprised of the luxury 77-rooms and suites Hotel Raito (member of Summit Hotels & Resorts) in Vietri sul Mare (Amalfi Coast), the 23- rooms and suites Relais Paradiso on the Amalfi Coast and the new 61-room luxury resort, La Plage Resort (member of Preferred Boutique) opening in Taormina-Sicily in spring 2009. A fourth hotel is planned for Rome, Italy and will open first quarter of 2010. Ragosta Hotels Collection is based on the core philosophy of providing guests with an experience that mirrors their lifestyle. The company’s Define Your Lifestyle concept extends beyond the traditional guest loyalty programs to feature in room design, culinary offerings, wellness facilities, therapies and treatments and public spaces. Ragosta Hotels Collection represents a new generation of travel that incorporates lifestyle and uniqueness of the destination for a truly exceptional experience. www.ragostahotels.com