By Eric Goldring
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.
As many of you know I have withheld my opinion of the new Oceania Marina until she is truly operating under normal day-to-day conditions. There is no question that master marketer, Frank Del Rio, knows how to put on a show and to create buzz. That is not only because
I have just received some really amazing deals for close in Seabourn cruises. These are Private Sale prices that are not available except through a very select few travel agents. I am fortunate to be one of them. Because there is very limited inventory you only have the option of
I generally don’t talk about what I speak directly with Seabourn’s top management about, but I will say that the misinformation, tone of comments, censorship and generally bad attitude on the Cruise Critic message board for Seabourn is one of them. When accurate information is deleted (as it regularly is)
A shudder was felt when Seabourn announced it was moving its offices from Miami, Florida to Seattle, Washington. A bit of a list was seen when it was announced the Pamela Conover would be replaced by Rick Meadows as Seabourn’s President. And, to be sure, some have been feeling Mal
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