Rocky Mountaineer Introduces Escorted Rail Tours

Travelers enjoy the personalized service of a tour escort

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. November 24, 2008

VANCOUVER, Canada, November 24, 2008. Rocky Mountaineer Vacations has always offered seamless vacation experiences, but now the company is taking it a step further by introducing five new Escorted Rail Tours through Western Canada in 2009. Guests enjoy the personalized service and expertise of a Tour Escort on board the internationally acclaimed Rocky Mountaineer as it travels through the magnificent Canadian Rockies. Escorted Rail Tour guests also have access to a private lounge on board the train which features entertaining and educational presentations such as wine tastings, natural history, regional storytelling and photography lessons.

"We are consistently striving to exceed our guests' expectations by creating innovative and unique product offerings," says Hubert Wat, Vice President, Marketing of Rocky Mountaineer Vacations. "With our new Escorted Rail Tours, travelers are given personalized service by our knowledgeable Tour Escorts, offering an in-depth experiential journey through Western Canada."

Escorted Rail Tour guests have exclusive access to two coaches on board the Rocky Mountaineer. In the designated dome coach, travelers can relax and take in the stunning scenery or head to the Escorted Tours Lounge, where they can mingle, browse the library or enjoy on board presentations such as Wine Appreciation, Take Better Photographs, Storytelling and Natural History. Guests may book their Escorted Rail Tour depending on which feature appeals to them the most. A schedule is available in the new 2009 Rocky Mountaineer Vacations' brochure.

One of Rocky Mountaineer Vacations' five new Escorted Rail Tours offered during the 2009 season, is the Escorted Rockies Highlights which is a five-night/six-day package. It combines heart-stopping scenery by day and deluxe accommodations by night. On this fully escorted vacation, travelers visit Vancouver, British Columbia, Lake Louise and Banff, Alberta and enjoy a thrilling summit Helicopter Tour.

Another new package is the Escorted Rockies Circle, where travelers experience ten-nights/eleven-days in Canada's West. Guests marvel at the vast forests, winding river canyons and surrounding peaks of the Coast Mountains, Cascade Range and the Canadian Rockies as they journey aboard Rocky Mountaineer's Kicking Horse and Yellowhead routes. They also stay in Fairmont Hotels & Resorts properties throughout their stay and spend time in the great Canadian Rocky Mountains. Prices begin at $5,249.

All Escorted Rail Tour packages include a Tour Escort throughout the itinerary, transportation, accommodations and welcome and farewell dinners. For additional information or to book a Rocky Mountaineer Escorted Rail Tour, contact your local travel professional or Rocky Mountaineer Vacations directly at (800) 665-7245, or visit www.rockymountaineer.com/escorted

Rocky Mountaineer Vacations offers unique Canadian vacation packages and four spectacular rail routes through British Columbia and Alberta. Best known for the world-acclaimed Rocky Mountaineer train, a two-day, all daylight rail journey through Canada's West and the Canadian Rockies, the company also offers trips onboard the Whistler Mountaineer train, a daily three-hour experience between North Vancouver and Whistler, BC. Since its inception in 1990, the company has grown to be the largest privately owned passenger rail service in North America and welcomed its one millionth guest in 2008. In 2007, RMV was honoured with the World Travel Award as "World's Leading Travel Experience by Train" for the third consecutive year and named by National Geographic as one of the World's Greatest Trips.