By Eric Goldring
I was invited to join the celebration yesterday of the Queen Mary 2’s “Remastered” upon her arrival in New York at the Brooklyn Cruise Terminal. Honestly (am I any other way?) I love the ship…even more so with her $175,000,000 worth of renovations. (They actually cost more, but with Brexit
A Fathom Travel Experience to the Dominican Republic or Cuba is different; different in ways that try to make you think about yourself and the world differently. It is, in reality, a “holistic experience” presented through a team of “impact guides”, messaging, interactive workshop experiences (both subtle and “in your
You want a great deal on a last minute luxury Seabourn cruise? Tallin, Estonia Goldring Travel has one for you! We are combining a Seabourn-On-Sale cruise on Seabourn Quest June 11, 2016 (seven day sailing from Copenhagen, Denmark to Stockholm, Sweden) with a complimentary Exclusive Elite Ensemble Experience in Tallin,
Seabourn continues to work to makes it’s product better and, in typical Seabourn fashion, it has been doing this rather quietly and without hype. And, of course, while everything cannot be identical with Seabourn having two classes of ships, it is working to assure a consistent product across the fleet;
Seabourn has a number of promotions right now on a number of this year’s sailings that are well and truly great values. But before I get to them, you are probably asking, “Why?” The answer is simple: Across the industry sailings in Europe are softer than expected this year and,
Over the past years I have heard all the arguments for travel agencies charging service fees, which apparently 81% of travel agents now charge. The rational for these fees come down to three basic reasons: Travel agents should be compensated for his/her time; There are people that want to have
Mark Conroy and I have a history; and not a good one. It has been a few years and things may have changed, so I enter this new era at Silversea Cruises (or is it?) with an open mind and the hope of improvements. Mark ConroyNew Head of Silversea’s Miami
Skift describes itself as “The largest industry intelligence and marketing platform in travel, providing news, information, data and services to all sectors of the world’s largest industry.” My experience with Skift shows it is something far less than “intelligent”, though to be sure it is a “marketing platform”…for itself. Skift
Note: Immediately after originally posting this article, Dennis Schall, Skift News Editor, chose to engage in an infantile Twitter war with his first response being “@GoldringTravel nattering nabobs of negativism, not us.” and then, “@GoldringTravel I was just quoting you Spiro Agnew…” Obviously when a publication immediately goes to infantile
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