First royal Caribbean showroom opens in Beijing

China Youth Travel Group and U.S.-based Royal Caribbean Cruises Limited have opened their first cruise showroom in Beijing's Asian Games Village.

Royal Caribbean International, one of the company's main cruise brands, are currently offering Chinese customers several packages, including an eight days and seven nights cruise to Japan and South Korea on the cruise ship Legend of the Seas.

Eight cruises on the Legend of the Seas are scheduled for 2010, and they will depart from Tianjin between July 31 and October 7.

Tianjin is northern China's first cruise home port.