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Making Waves

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By Eric Goldring

Seabourn Announces: Seabourn Sojourn’s 2010 Inaugural in London

Seabourn Cruise Line has announced that the Seabourn Sojourn, sister to the Seabourn Odyssey, will set sail from London in June 2010 on its inaugural cruise.  The itinerary from Greenwich includes the Faroe Islands, Iceland and the Norwegian Fjords.  With the Seabourn Sojourn’s Maiden Season being in Northern Europe, and

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Banks Mansion Hotel Amsterdam – A Great Place to Stay

I arrived in Amsterdam at 5:15 am this morning in advance of the Global Superyachts Forum, dreading having to wait for anything to open.  I was certain that I would not be able to check-in to my hotel, nothing would be open, and I would be miserable.  Boy was I

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Cruise Value Center Shuts Its Doors! What Next?

On Tuesday I reported a major discount cruise travel agency had gone out of business.  (http://goldringtravel.blogspot.com/2008/11/use-caution-and-common-sense-when.html ). Yesterday the word was out:  Cruise Value Center shut its doors. Cruise Value Center, it is reported from a number of sources, failed to transfer $3,000,000+ in cruise passenger payments to the cruise lines and another

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Celebrity Solstice – A Preview of My Upcoming Pre-Inaugural Cruise

Next week, after my attendance at the Global Superyacht Form  http://www.superyachtevents.com/gsf/gsf2008.asp) in Amsterdam, I am flying to Ft. Lauderdale to board the brand new Celebrity Solstice for a two day pre-inaugural cruise. What I am most interested in, other than the technical innovations such as the use of solar panels,

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Queen Elizabeth 2 Has Minor Grounding Incident

Oh, for the QE2 to exit gracefully!  Today it was reported that on her approach to Southampton she had a minor grounding incident.  She was refloated, escorted to Southampton and, after an MCA inspection, given the all clear to continue on her final voyages.

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Use Caution and Common Sense When Booking Your Cruise

Folks, let’s face it.  There are a number of travel agency business models that just aren’t working in our new economy.  I found out that last evening that one of the largest online agencies has effectively closed up shop with millions of dollars of debt and a number of cash

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