I-SEATTLE, WA-NjengoMzantsi Melika uvela njengenye yeendawo eziphezulu zokuhamba ngenqanawa, kunye nemfuno yabakhweli abanqwenela ukuva le nxalenye yehlabathi ngendlela esondeleleneyo kunye neprimiyamu, iVeendam imiselwe ukuhamba ngenqanawa eMzantsi Melika ukuya ekwindla. 2009 kunye nobusika kunye nentwasahlobo ka-2010. Ngelixa iVeendam iqalisa ukuhamba ngeenqanawa eMzantsi Melika, iya kuba sele ihlaziywe ngokubanzi okubandakanya ichibi elitsha lokuphumla, ii-lanai staterooms ezintsha, ulonwabo olutsha kunye neenketho zokutyebisa, zonke izinto ezintsha zokuhombisa i-stateroom nokunye. Inqanawa esanda kuhlaziywa iya kujoyina u-Ms Prinsendam naye ohamba ngesikhephe eMzantsi Melika nase-Antarctica ngo-2010.
Ukuhamba ngomkhumbi nge-10 kuVeendam ukusuka kwiintsuku ezili-16 ukuya kwezingama-20. Ukongeza kuhambo olunzulu lokungena kwizibuko, iindwendwe ziya kufumana olona hambo luhle kakhulu kwihlabathi njengoko iVeendam ihamba ngeenqanawa zelizwekazi. Ukongeza, uya kuchitha ixesha elininzi kwizibuko kunolona hlobo lukhulu lokuhamba ngenqanawa kwaye kuphela kwendlela yokuhamba ngenqanawa yokubonelela ngobusuku eRio de Janeiro naseBuenos Aires kukhenketho olukhethiweyo.
"Siye sabona ukwanda kwabahambi abanqwenela ukuthatha i-South America cruise kwi-premium, inqanawa ephakathi," kusho uRichard D. Meadows, i-CTC, i-vice-president, ukuthengisa, ukuthengisa kunye neenkqubo zeendwendwe, i-Holland America Line. “Ngoms Veendam osandula kulungiswa ngomkhumbi waseMzantsi Melika ngo-2009 nango-2010, kunye no-Ms Prinsendam, i-Elegant Explorer yethu yeendwendwe ezingama-793, sikulungele ngokugqibeleleyo ukuhlangabezana neemfuno zabakhenkethi zocalucalulo kunye nokubonelela ngeprimiyamu, amava atyebisayo nangenakulibaleka eli lizwekazi limangalisayo.”
Kulabo bafuna ukwandisa iholide yabo, i-Holland America Line inikezela ngeendlela ezininzi zokuhamba kunye nokuhamba emva kokuhamba. Iindwendwe zinokukhetha ukuchitha ubusuku obongezelelweyo okanye ezimbini eRio de Janeiro naseSantiago de chile. Iindwendwe nazo zinokuthatha ukhenketho lwasemhlabeni ukusukela kwiintsuku ezimbini ukuya kwezintlanu ukuya kumanxuwa adumileyo eMachu Picchu ePeru, eIguacu Falls, emi kumda weBrazil neArgentina, kunye nelizwe lewayini laseChile.
