By Eric Goldring
Next week I will, once again, travel to South Beach in Miami, Florida for the annual Seatrade Cruise Shipping Conference. (Yeah, I know, it is tough work, but for you I will go to unlimited lengths!) This is an industry event; not a travel agent one. So the information is
Even with the best of intentions, the emotions and issues surrounding Mubarak’s return to Cairo and his potential prosecution has tensions rising and giving fresh indications of a less settled than hoped situation. So while there was some good news of cruise lines and river cruises returning to normal operations,
Since I announced that I would be the Ensemble Host for the August 29, 2011 cruise on the Azamara Club Journey (which I am fondly calling Goldring Travel’s Art (of) Whiskey and Wine Cruise) has now been named this year’s President’s Cruise. Larry Pimental and his wife, Sandi, will host an
I have just received some great Seabourn Private Sale prices that are not available except through a very select few travel agents…like me. As you may know, because there is very limited inventory you only have the option of an Oceanview Guarantee or a Veranda Guarantee (You are guaranteed to have
I just received an email from the Egyptian Tourist Authority that I thought was worthy of publicizing. While I cannot vouch for its accuracy, I find the comments, the passion and the desire to move Egypt forward both extremely positive and, hopefully, a model for how the presently tumultuous Arab countries just
Is it time to revisit Silversea as a true luxury cruise option? I think it just may be. After all I have had to say that wasn’t so nice, why would I be saying this now? Silversea is listening….and doing much to improve what needs to be improved. On Friday
The 2011 Goldring Travel Food & Foliage Cruise will be a nine (9) night cruise on the Seabourn Sojourn on September 21, 2011 departing from Quebec City, Quebec sailing up the St. Lawrence River and then down the East Coast to New York City. For this cruise I wanted to
Generally I do not discuss any of the “lists” put out by various publications because of a variety of flaws incumbent in how the lists are compiled. However, of late I have been discussing at length just what the heck “luxury” is and why, for example, anyone who believes Oceania
Crystal Cruises has just announced that during a May 8-22 drydock it will be spending $25+ million dollars refurbishing its largest ship, Crystal Serenity. This is on the heels of it spending over $50 million dollars in just the past two years on the Crystal Serenity and the Crystal Symphony.
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