NORWALK, CT (November 14, 2011) Tauck continues to grow its global portfolio of family travel offerings, and for 2012 the Connecticut-based company is enhancing its successful collection of 15 Tauck Bridges itineraries with new family-friendly activities and more access to unique experiences.  Tauck Bridges itineraries, each designed specifically for families, are offered in North America, Europe, Africa and Latin America.

NORWALK, CT (September 20, 2011)  Eighty-seven years after New England’s fall foliage inspired the launch of one of the world’s top guided tour and cruise operators, that same company is continuing to celebrate autumn’s annual colors by providing free updates on foliage conditions to travelers.  Tauck, the leader in premium quality guided land journeys, river cruises and small-ship ocean cruises, will offer recorded foliage updates for New England and other regions beginning on September 15 and continuing through November.  The foliage reports, which will be updated twice-weekly during the season’s peak weeks, will be available through a dedicated toll-free telephone number, 1 800-214-8209.

NORWALK, CT (August 30, 2011) Filmmaker Ken Burns, his longtime collaborator Dayton Duncan and Tauck are launching two new wintertime journeys that explore Yellowstone National Park and the surrounding area. The new itineraries – a one-time, eight-day event with the opportunity to personally meet Burns and Duncan, and a nine-day Tauck Culturious journey with multiple departures – will debut next January. Both will offer unparalleled access to the park, to naturalists and other park experts who will share their insights, and to experiences that travelers can’t typically enjoy on their own.

NORWALK, CT (August 11, 2011)  Three generations of Tauck family members, local dignitaries, travel agents and journalists from around the world, special guests and company executives gathered in Cologne, Germany, yesterday for the official christening of Tauck’s newest riverboat, the ms Treasures.  The ship is the fourth new Tauck riverboat launched within the last five years.

NORWALK, CT (July 6, 2011)  Tauck, a world-leader in premium quality guided tours and cruises, has announced that Robin Tauck will serve as godmother to the company’s new ms Treasures riverboat. The Tauck family, company executives, travel agents and journalists will gather for the ship’s christening on August 10 in Cologne Germany.  The ms Treasures will be the fourth new Tauck riverboat launched since 2006.

NORWALK, CT (April 27, 2011)  Private performances by musicians including Ellis Marsalis…  VIP treatment and a private concert at Preservation Hall…  Exclusive talks from Ken Burns and the music historian at the Louisiana State Museum…  An insider’s tour of  the Hogan Jazz Archive hosted by its curator…  Gourmet meals at some of New Orleans’ most renowned restaurants, including Arnaud’s and The Court of Two Sisters…

NORWALK, CT (4/6/11)  A private viewing at the National Archives of our nation’s founding documents, which both established a new country and propelled it towards the war that almost destroyed it…  An exclusive visit to a Civil War-era farmhouse that was commandeered for use as a battlefield hospital, and today still shows evidence of the 750+ soldiers who suffered there...  A special presentation on slavery and plantation life from a research historian for the Thomas Jefferson Foundation at Monticello…

NORWALK, CT (February 28, 2011)  When Tauck begins operating its first 2011 trips in Europe next month, the company will celebrate its 20th anniversary on the continent and mark the expansion of its diverse European portfolio with nearly a dozen new itineraries.  The new trips include a pair of river cruises on the Rhone, several additions to the company’s classic Tauck World Discovery land programs, new Tauck Bridges family itineraries in Italy and the Swiss/Austrian Alps, and two new trips in the company’s Culturious collection of active, immersive, small-group experiences for boomer-age travelers.

NORWALK, CT (November 29, 2010) Tauck has revealed that the newest ship in its fleet of award-winning European riverboats will be named the ms Treasures. Currently under construction at the Vahali Shipyards in Gendt, the Netherlands, the ms Treasures will feature new beds and an enhanced cabin décor, both of which Tauck is implementing fleet-wide for 2011. Following its christening next August in Germany, the ms Treasures will sail on five different Tauck itineraries, ranging from the company’s popular “The Blue Danube” cruise to its 24-day, transcontinental “Grand European Cruise.”

NORWALK, CT (November 2, 2010) An in-depth, 10-day tour exploring six iconic National Parks of the southwestern U.S. will be the first new itinerary designed by filmmakers Ken Burns and Dayton Duncan in collaboration with leading tour operator Tauck, it was announced today. Besides leveraging Tauck’s extensive experience in the region, the new itinerary will incorporate Burns’s and Duncan’s insider knowledge and draw on the filmmakers’ extensive network of local experts amassed during the decade they spent making their widely acclaimed documentary, “The National Parks: America’s Best Idea.” Tauck will operate the new tour, “Spirit of the Desert: The National Parks of the Southwest,” beginning in May of next year with departures running through October.

NORWALK, CT (September 21, 2010) Tauck’s new active, immersive Culturious journeys for boomer-aged travelers have been honored with the CQIA Innovation Prize. Presented annually by the Connecticut Quality Improvement Award Partnerships (CQIA), the award is based on criteria established for the prestigious Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award.

NORWALK, CT (July 13, 2010)  Norwalk-based travel company Tauck has once again been ranked as one of the “World’s Best” by the readers of Travel + Leisure magazine.  Tauck, an 85-year-old leader in premium-quality guided land journeys and cruises, was named by Travel + Leisure’s readers to the magazine’s annual list of the “World’s Best Tour Operators & Safari Outfitters” and to its list of the “World’s Best River Cruise Lines.”  This is the 13th consecutive year that Tauck has been included on the tour operators list, and the second consecutive year it’s been honored for its European river cruises.  The “World’s Best” lists are generated by an annual readers survey conducted by Travel + Leisure, and the 2010 survey results appear in the magazine’s August issue.

NORWALK, CT (June 29, 2010)  Tauck is continuing to expand its European river cruise portfolio, and for 2011 the company will add two new cruises on the Rhone River, launch another new riverboat, and increase its river cruise departures by over 30%.