Organisers behind the Coachella music festival have confirmed they will take the event to the high-seas later this year with a cruise onboard Celebrity Silhouette. Acts including Pulp, Hot Chip, Girl Talk, Yeasayer, Sleigh Bells, and James Murphy of LCD Soundsystem are expected to take the stage during the event, scheduled for December.

Whether planning a wedding, private cocktail party, or business meeting for a corporate incentive trip or conference, Celebrity Cruises’ Celebrity Reflection will offer an inviting new series of options for hosting and entertaining large and small groups alike in modern luxury style.

One of the most ambitious fleet revitalisations initiatives in the history of the cruise industry has just been completed as Celebrity Millennium sets sail from the Port of Miami following an extensive enhanced refurbishment. Celebrity Millennium is the fourth and final ship to complete the cruise line’s $140-million investment programme, dubbed “Solsticizing”.

Celebrity Cruises has expanded its private shore excursions programme to include over 70 ports of call around the world, offering even more ways for guests to make the most of their time ashore by enjoying the luxury and convenience of a private vehicle with a driver or a driver and a tour guide. By exploring a destination at their own pace, guests who opt for Celebrity Cruises’ private shore excursion options also enjoy a more immersive port experience focused on the places that interest them most.

There’s no better time than winter to seek out sun-soaked, exotic destinations, and there’s no better way to experience them than immersed in modern luxury. That’s exactly what Celebrity Cruises is offering with its 2013-14 winter itinerary line-up, which will feature a multitude of ways to make the most of precious vacation time on its stunning, award-winning ships, six in the Caribbean and five around the globe in Australia and New Zealand, the Galapagos Islands, Hawaii, South America and the South Pacific.

From spring 2013, Celebrity Cruises will offer its broadest array of modern luxury cruises on one of the newest fleets of ships in Europe. The six contemporary ships will visit 25 countries from seven departure ports; a total of 88 destinations in Europe, six representing Celebrity Cruises’ ‘firsts’.