How To Prove A Point About Frank Del Rio, Sr. and NCL’s Ridiculous Banning of Food To Drive Up Revenue: Blame The Passengers

Goldring Travel June 3, 2015

Last week I wrote an article, How Frank Del Rio, Sr. and the “New” Norwegian Cruise Line Abuse Their Passengers – IT IS ENOUGH and the reaction from both cruise passengers and industry insiders was essentially, “How could you say that, but we are glad you did!” Well today I received a link to a

How Frank Del Rio, Sr. and the “New” Norwegian Cruise Line Abuse Their Passengers – IT IS ENOUGH

Goldring Travel May 27, 2015

Norwegian Cruise Lines has just announced that it ending it’s play at forcing its passengers to pay for room service if they want to eat anything in their staterooms. What is incredibly offensive to me is not that the play to boost onboard revenue was so blatantly obvious, but NCL decided to blame the passengers

Another BIG Shake Up at Norwegian/Regent Seven Seas/Oceania/Prestige Cruise Holdings – The Sheehan vs. Del Rio Result

Goldring Travel January 9, 2015

Kevin Sheehan, the man who transformed Norwegian Cruise Lines (NCL) from a mess to a significant and credible force in the contemporary cruise market and then was central to the orchestration of the purchase of Prestige Cruise Holdings (and its Regent Seven Seas and Oceania cruise line brands) has left (“resigned”) as the President and

Huge Shakeups at Prestige Cruise Holding (Oceania and Regent Seven Seas)…Top Executives Are Leaving and A Ship Is Arriving

Goldring Travel December 1, 2014

On September 2, 2014 I wrote an article about Norwegian Cruise Line’s (NCL) purchase of Prestige Cruise Holdings,which in turn owns Regent Seven Seas and Oceania cruise lines. I pondered: I have to wonder how NCL, and Kevin Sheehan (who is a pretty straight shooter!) will deal with Regent’s false marketing that it is actually

Norwegian Cruise Lines Purchases Prestige Cruise Holdings (Regent Seven Seas and Oceania Cruises)

Goldring Travel September 2, 2014

This morning Norwegian Cruise Lines announced it was purchasing Prestige Cruise Holdings, owner of Regent Seven Seas Cruises and Oceania Cruises for US$3.025 billion dollars including both cash and debt with another $50 million payable to Prestige’s shareholders if certain performance targets are met in 2015. What does it mean from a luxury cruise perspective?

Budget Cruises Pitching Luxury: You Don’t Get What You Pay For, You Only Think You Do…Because You Have a Bad Travel Agent!

Goldring Travel April 3, 2011

Yesterday I performed a ship inspection of the Norwegian Cruise Lines’s Norwegian Gem in New York City. It was, to be sure, both interesting and educational, but more importantly, frustrating and even depressing. I am not talking about the ship or the staff of the Norwegian Gem. Everyone was pleasant…at least the ones that acknowledged

CNBC – Discusses Cruises With Goldring Travel – UPDATED

Goldring Travel March 13, 2009

A couple of days ago I received an email from CNBC letting me know that they read this blog and thought I might find its upcoming show “Cruise Inc: Big Money on the High Seas” of interest, which begins airing on March 24, 2009 at 9:00 pm EDT. They also sent me a link to

Concerns: Apollo Management and Prestige Cruise Holding (NCL, Regent Seven Seas and Oceania)

Goldring Travel October 15, 2008

I have hesitated to write about the effects of this poor economy on the cruise lines themselves because, in large part, we really don’t know what the long term effects will be. While the issues of last minute discounts and more close-in bookings (ala post 9/11) on less than full ships are not beyond possibilities,

Why Do Changes Always Bring Out Those People That Complain? (The Seabourn Experience)

Goldring Travel September 6, 2008

It always fascinates me how anytime a cruise line makes a change it is perceived as an attack on the value of their cruise(s) to be. Whether it is an improvement, the elimination of an underutilized item or an actual cost-cutting measure (as if finding ways to keep prices down is a bad thing!), there

Windstar’s Wind Surf – Caribbean – January 2014

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