By Eric Goldring
I have, to be sure, been quite harsh about what is going on with Seabourn’s Seattle office approach. But I have also been quick to remind you that the staff and crew on the ships remain the best at sea. Both the Seabourn Staff smiles and the Caviar are
When Seabourn was placed under the Holland America umbrella I was confident that things, while clearly different, would be just fine. And I was personally assured of same…repeatedly. There were things at Seabourn before the move that needed addressing and, to be sure, many of those things have been addressed;
The past weeks have been quite disturbing and conflicted for me. And, while I usually can just sit down the write articles, this one has been quite a struggle. But my attendance at the Seatrade Cruise Shipping Miami Conference this year – always an incredible place to learn and network
Seabourn quietly had changed the way it handles guarantee bookings. You know the ones: The ones you have all considered to be like a lottery ticket. You book a suite in a category (say the lowest category, an A Oceanview suite). And then you wait…and wait…and wait…until about 30 days
In 2008 I saw a trend starting just after Apollo Management purchased both Oceania Cruises and Regent Seven Seas Cruises and put them under the Prestige Cruise Holdings umbrella. I called it the “Oceania-fication of Regent Seven Seas Cruises”. And, over the past few years, I have written about how
On Friday I spoke at The New York Times Travel Show and while that was an enjoyable experience, it was not nearly the highlight of the day; though the highlight would not have been possible without the show. Just prior to the presentation I met one of the two other
The New York Times Travel Show is an annual event (held this year March 2-4, 2012) at the Jacob Javits Convention Center in New York City. It is a huge event where both the travel trade and traveling public can explore over 500 different destinations in one place. As part of
“World’s Most Trusted Travel Advice” or “Worlds Largest Travel Site“? In the United Kingdom the Advertising Standards Authority, is an independent organization which is recognized by the government and various regulatory authorities, whose charge is to be sure advertisements are “Legal, decent, honest and truthful” and it has been doing
One of Seabourn’s signatures is free-flowing caviar. Seabourn’s Signature Caviar in the Surf Over the past few years, with Caspian Sea caviar being extremely limited due to the fishing bringing the sturgeon from which it comes to be a candidate for extinction, Seabourn had to find appropriate alternatives without its
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