By Eric Goldring
Azamara Cruises, which is the more upscale line operated by Celebrity and similar in many respects to Oceania, has decided to unbundle air from its pricing. According to Dondra Ritzenthaler, Celebrity’s senior vice president of sales, more than half of their guests have opted to take the air credit and
Earlier this week I had the opportunity, and pleasure, to visit Seabourn’s offices in Miami. I had the opportunity to visit with everyone: reservations, marketing, sales, tours and hotels, guest relations, the Seabourn Odyssey “command center”, etc. and, of course, the President, Pamela Conover. It was great putting faces to those
I flew down to Miami yesterday to do a ship inspection of the Oceania Regatta; one of three virtually identical ships operated by Oceania Cruise Lines. I was not really expecting it to be very interesting – from an inspection point of view – since I had previously inspected the
Look for Updated Comments. I was checking over on Cruise Critic to see if there were any issues or topics worthy of comment and low and behold there it was. So I have to ask the question: Why is it so hard for Regent Seven Seas to deliver what it
There has been much discussion on the internet, newspapers and magazines about the prices of cruises. There are so many factors that affect pricing that, dependent on how you look at them different strategies can been seen as the “right” one or the “best guess” as to how to proceed;
OK, today I am cheating a bit. I am working on a post analyzing the various sides to cruise prices and pricign strategies and hoped I post it today. It may be posted over the weekend. But in thinking about it, I remembered my post from October 30, 2008 and
With Regent Seven Seas padding its prices with tours and air (which otherwise might not be used), Silversea padding its prices with large onboard credits (which otherwise might not have been spent), Seabourn has found success in these times by keeping it simple: Seabourn is just pricing its cruises to
It was only a matter of time, but I just read about a group of travel agents and agencies (which shall remain nameless for now) have come up with a new scam. I find it to be deplorable. With the present market having so many price reductions, which usually results
Back on July 21, 2008 I laid out many of the details for the new Seabourn Odyssey. I thought it might just be a good time to repeat some of that content since Seabourn is providing a bit more information about the Seabourn Odyssey on its blog. Here is what
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