Pickleball courts, complimentary classes and tutorials to be featured fleetwide
SEATTLE, Dec. 14, 2022 /PRNewswire/ — A frontrunner in cruising is teaming up with the chief of the quickest rising sport within the U.S., due to an thrilling new partnership. Holland America Line has been completely named because the Official Cruise Line of the Skilled Pickleball Affiliation (PPA) and is dedicated to increasing its pickleball expertise at sea for company.
All ships within the Holland America Line fleet function pickleball courts with superb top-deck views that shall be refreshed by February 2023, together with including new PPA Tour associate logos. Starting in February and rolling out fleet-wide by April 2023, complimentary newbie classes shall be provided by shipboard instructors who will train company the foundations and fundamentals of enjoying pickleball, together with the place the “kitchen” is and what it means to hit a “dink” shot.
“We wish to say that journey unites us, however sports activities try this as nicely, and Holland America Line is proud to be the primary and unique cruise line associate of the PPA. We’re excited to supply our company an elevated pickleball expertise as they journey to spectacular and scenic cruise locations,” mentioned Kacy Cole, vice chairman of promoting for Holland America Line. “Mirroring its fast progress because the quickest rising sport within the U.S., pickleball is the most well-liked sport on our ships. It is fantastic to see company bond over their shared love of the sport — and the ever-changing surroundings makes the right pickleball backdrop.”
Together with shipboard activations, “Tips on how to Play Pickleball” tutorial movies shall be featured on in-stateroom TV programming. Company will have the ability to buy branded pickleball starter kits within the shipboard retail outlets beginning in 2023.
“Pickleball has grow to be immensely common amongst journey and leisure enterprise classes, as a result of it’s uniquely accessible, suitable with a wide range of manufacturers, and transcends a large spectrum of age teams and existence,” mentioned Connor Pardoe, commissioner and CEO of the PPA Tour. “Holland America Line has embraced and dedicated to pickleball in a really thrilling manner and can convey partaking, 360-degree collaborations between its cruise line and the game all of us love.”
Along with shipboard activations, Holland America Line shall be featured on branded signage at land-based PPA tournaments throughout the U.S., PPA merchandise and tour promotional supplies.
Holland America Line shares a deeper reference to PPA past the sport — pickleball was invented in 1965 on Bainbridge Island in Washington state, a brief ferry journey from Seattle the place Holland America Line is headquartered.
“To play pickleball is to make new pals, from across the neighborhood or around the globe. This ageless sport welcomes gamers younger and previous, quick or gradual,” mentioned Theresa Haynie, a founding board member of Seattle Metro Pickleball Affiliation and an Worldwide Pickleball Instructing Skilled Affiliation teacher. “It is a enjoyable recreation to show and much more enjoyable to be taught. Now with pickleball on board ships with this excellent partnership, cruisers and gamers have yet another journey to expertise and take house with them.”
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About Holland America Line
Holland America Line, a part of Carnival Company and plc (NYSE/LSE:CCL andNYSE:CUK), has been exploring the world for 150 years with expertly crafted itineraries, extraordinary service and real connections to every vacation spot. Providing an excellent mid-sized ship expertise, its fleet visits practically 400 ports in 114 international locations around the globe and has shared the fun of Alaska for 75 years — longer than some other cruise line. Holland America Line’s 11 vessels function a various vary of enriching actions and facilities targeted on vacation spot immersion and customized journey. The very best stay music at sea fills every night at Music Stroll, and eating venues function unique picks from a Culinary Council of world-famous cooks.
Concerning the PPA Tour
The Skilled Pickleball Affiliation is the skilled tour for the game of pickleball, organizing occasions and rankings for the highest female and male pickleball gamers worldwide and awarding practically $3 million in annual prize cash providing equal play and pay. With greater than 20 occasions in 2022 at world-class services just like the Lindner Household Tennis Middle in Cincinnati, Riviera Nation Membership in California, and the Darling Tennis Middle and Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas, the PPA Tour is the premier supplier {of professional} and novice occasions. Based in 2018 and primarily based in Salt Lake Metropolis, UT, the PPA Tour offers an unparalleled expertise for all, inviting gamers to compete and “play the place the professionals play,” in addition to providing unequalled venues, meals/drinks, stay leisure, VIP experiences, giveaways and video games, professional participant meet-and-greets, purchasing, distributors, and extra. For extra data, go to www.ppatour.com. See Player Profiles and comply with us on social Twitter Instagram YouTube Facebook LinkedIn.
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