By Eric Goldring
Bookings for luxury cruises this summer on Seabourn are tightening up and prices are rising. Regent has recently announced the strongest bookings ever. Oceania has quite a number of soldout sailings. The discounts and incentives may have done their job…but for those of you that didn’t listen to me, you may
Windstar’s owner, Ambassador’s International, has been selling off some of its assets in order to stay afloat (pun intended). It is exiting its Majestic America cruise operations and has recently sold its marine group after selling its travel and events a month ago. But there are other assets which it
During the American Superyacht Forum in Seattle there were very interesting discussions, on a somewhat more technical basis, about the piracy issues facing the superyacht (and cruise) industries. The conclusion I came away with was that the problem has, in large part, been caused by various international (external) matters, has been exacerbated
I arrived in Seattle for the American Superyacht Forum (which is annually held in a “yachting” city or hopeful yachting city, such as Newport, Rhode Island, San Diego, California, etc.) Though I had been to the airport I had never actually visited Seattle, so I was looking at this trip
Seabourn has just posted a sort of update on the dining venues on the new Seabourn Odyssey. I previously had mentioned them in my February 9, 2009 article Seabourn Odyssey – Some News About Public Spaces, but here is the latest and greatest: On Odyssey, The Restaurant will be open-seating,
On Sunday I am traveling to Seattle for the 2009 American Superyacht Forum. It is an event that I look forward to every year, but this year the economy has me wondering. The fact is that the superyacht industry is hurting. While there are those that are seemingly immune to the
David Morris and Marilyn Conroy, who were recently fired from Silversea Cruises as the heads of marketing and sales have started a new venture, David Morris International which is going to market to the…yep…cruise industry. Apparently Mr. Morris is going to be finding ways to have land and cruise vacations be
One of my readers pointed out a thread on CruiseCritic where a rather infamous Regent poster commented that she is hesitant to cruise Silversea, but might change her mind if, in part, Silversea “perhaps ha[s] more people from North America on board”; noting she “prefer[s] luxury hotels and cruise lines that
Seabourn announced it had its single busiest day of sales this past Monday with 830 calls in 11 hours. It also noted bookings have risen by 40% over the prior month and there remains a very high level of first time guests. Now, keeping it real, while there is no
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