Stelios the serial entrepreneur, easyGroup chairman and founder of easyCruise will be in Miami at the end of this week with a possible view to bringing easyCruise to Miami and the Bahamas.

easyCruise is a new and innovative concept in cruising. The main difference between easyCruise and conventional cruise lines is that the easyCruise ship stays in port every night, allowing passengers to choose whether to stay on board or party the night away on shore. As a result of this unprecedented independence offered to passengers, the average age of those sailing with easyCruise is in their 30's, more than 20 years younger than the published industry average.

easyCruise launched in the Mediterranean in the summer of 2005 and had a very encouraging first season cruising the French and Italian rivieras. From November 2005 to April 2006 easyCruiseOne is in the Caribbean, cruising Barbados, St Vincent, Martinique, The Grenadines, Grenada and St Lucia and so far during this winter season 50% of the passengers have been US citizens.

Encouraged by the very positive response from US passengers to easyCruise, the company is now beginning to research the possibilities of offering easyCruise to US passengers out of Miami and the Bahamas. Stelios' visit to Miami is so that he can meet the relevant authorities and operators in the area.

"Americans seem to like easyCruise with the youthful independence it brings to the industry," said Stelios the founder of easyCruise. "I think this gives us the opportunity to enter the lion's den and start offering cruises out of Miami and the Bahamas, the cruising centre of the world," he concluded.