By Eric Goldring
Being as skeptical and critical as I am, I did not board the brand new Celebrity Solstice for my Pre-Inaugural Cruise with any expectation other than it would be a solid, but similar, Celebrity product but in a megasize. I was very wrong! The Solstice impresses from the moment you
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
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
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,
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.
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
Seabourn announced today that it has listened to me. OK, maybe they didn’t, but it was something I have been speaking to Seabourn about for quite a few months. Quoting from the Seabourn Odyssey blog: For many luxury travel enthusiasts, the most fun part of sailing on Seabourn is the
Regardless of the economic pressures, or possible because of them, we all want to take a cruise. But with job insecurities, retirement accounts depleted and general tendencies not to spend money on anything but necessities, the concept of taking a cruise seems so “pie in the sky”. The reality is…and
I was reading my daily email from The American Scientist and, when I saw the two articles one right after the other, I thought of our recent Food & Wine Cruise: Scientists to Measure Effects of Earthquakes on Acropolisfrom the Chicago Tribune (Registration Required) ATHENS, Greece (Associated Press)—For thousands of
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