VALENCIA, Calif., June 15, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- Cunard and The
New York Times have collaborated
again, this time to celebrate the 75th anniversary of
The New York Times crossword.
Passengers will have an opportunity to test their skills while
traveling on the flagship ocean liner Queen Mary 2 from
New York to Southampton, England, departing December 8, 2017 on The Crossword Crossing
(M745).
The 7-night Transatlantic Crossing will feature crossword
experts from the venerable newspaper including Deb Amlen,
Joel Fagliano and Ben Zimmer, who
will provide insight into the popular puzzles through daily
game sessions, lectures and on-board activities.
"The New York Times is one of the
most esteemed news organizations in the world," said Josh Leibowitz, senior vice president,
Cunard North America. "We are
proud to offer collaborations like this one, which will give our
guests an extraordinary travel experience that they would not be
able to find anywhere else."
The first New York Times crossword
puzzle was published in 1942, when, after the bombing of
Pearl Harbor a Times editor
made a decision to run a crossword in the paper to offer comfort
and distraction to its readers. By 1950, the crossword had become a
daily occurrence, and today remains one of the paper's most popular
and enjoyable features.
More about the on board experts:
- Deb Amlen is the
columnist and editor of "Wordplay," the crossword column of The
New York Times. She has been making
people laugh and learn things they didn't think they needed to know
since 2011. Amlen has also been a senior columnist for David Pogue's Yahoo! Tech, and is the
author of "It's Not P.M.S., It's You." Her work can also be seen in
The Washington Post, The Los Angeles
Times, The Establishment and BUST
Magazine, among others.
- Joel Fagliano has been a
digital puzzles editor for The New York
Times since March 2016.
Before that, Fagliano was an assistant to Will Shortz, who is currently the crossword
puzzle editor for The New York
Times.
- Ben Zimmer, linguist and
lexicographer, is the language columnist for The Wall Street
Journal and former columnist for The Boston Globe and
The New York Times
Magazine. He is the recipient of the Linguistic Society of
America's first ever Linguistics Journalism Award and was recently
awarded a Poynter Fellowship in Journalism from Yale University.
An exclusive cruise package that includes brunch at The
New York Times, hosted by the "Puzzle
Master" Will Shortz, is also
available. This package is only available when booked direct with
Times Journeys at – 1-855-698-7979.
For more information about Queen Mary 2, or to book
a voyage, contact your Travel Consultant, call Cunard Line at
1-800-728-6273 or visit www.cunard.com.
For travel agents interested in further information, please
contact your Business Development Manager, visit OneSource or call
Cunard toll free at 1-800-528-6273.
Cunard
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