By Eric Goldring
Windstar’s Star Legend212 Guests/All Suite Yacht Goldring Travel is excited to announce it will be leading an intimate group on an incredible and immersive fourteen day cruise tour (sea and land) departing March 5, 2019 on an eleven night cruise on the Windstar Star Legend from Hong Kong to Beijing and
Earlier this week Seabourn announced it is building two luxury expedition ships. This follows the announcements by two newcomers to the expedition market, Crystal, Scenic, Celebrity and Hapag-Lloyd, as well as Lindblad, Hurtigruten, Ponant, Quark, Aurora Expeditions, and more. Why the rush and crush in the Expedition market? Today Scenic
Seabourn Cruise Line has announced it is constructing two 264 passenger ultra-luxury expedition ships with deliveries in June 2021 and May 2022. The first expeditions will be in the Arctic before the first ship transitions to Antarctica. These Seabourn Ventures integrated ships will be built to PC6 Polar Classification, which
The Seabourn Sojourn’s arrival in Sitka, Alaska meant it was time for me to host the Ensemble Travel Group complimentary Ensemble Experience visiting the Alaska Raptor Center (which rehabilitates eagles and other raptors), the Fortress of the Bears (which rehabilitates and raises abandoned bear cubs) and Baranoff Island Brewery (a
Ketchikan, Alaska is not one of my favorite ports, but there are some interesting things to do once you get out of town. However, that was not the highlight of my time there as Chef Raj advised me that the staff would need access to my Penthouse Spa Suite at
This being my third cruise in Alaska (the first being on Regent Seven Seas and the second being on Silversea) and only months after my Seabourn Quest cruise in Antarctica I have wondered if the Seabourn experience in Alaska could make me go WOW. I mean can this stuff become
My Alaska cruise on the Seabourn Sojourn will be my third trip visiting the Inside Passage. I previously sailed on the Regent Seven Seas Mariner in 2005 and then on the Silversea Silver Shadow in 2012. Having the ability to compare how the three deliver their luxury experience in Alaska
It was announced today that Royal Caribbean Cruises will acquire 66% of Silversea Cruises, bringing both something each needed. I think it is going to be a very good things for both parties…and that is something that rarely happens. I will, of course, focus on the luxury end of things;
Anthony Bourdain’s suicide is both shocking and something that I could see coming. It saddens me and I wish I had been wrong. Let me explain. People I run across during my travels often comment that my propensity to “get out there” and try truly exotic foods, to really “go
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