Goldring Travel Revisits Regent Seven Seas Cruises (Seven Seas Voyager: Rome to Barcelona – August 1, 2017) – Getting There and First Impressions

Goldring Travel August 5, 2017

This 10 day cruise on the Seven Seas Voyager from Rome to Barcelona is my first one on Regent Seven Seas Cruises in quite a few years. To be honest, I have had a number of issues with Regent’s marketing and changes to its product (i.e. everything is “free” such as airfare, hotel and tours,

Goldring Travel Revisits Regent Seven Seas Cruises (Seven Seas Voyager: Rome to Barcelona – August 1, 2017)

Goldring Travel June 7, 2017

Goldring Travel will be sailing on the Regent Seven Seas Voyager on its 10 night August 1, 2017 sailing from Rome to Barcelona. Yes, I know: Shocking! But as I am open to experiences pretty much anything (sometimes even not within reason!) I was asked to host an Ensemble Travel Group sailing and thought: “Let’s

Mark Conroy – New Head of Silversea Cruises Miami Office. Huh? Does He Matter?

Goldring Travel February 4, 2016

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 Office To be honest, it

Oceania Cruises and Regent Seven Seas Cruises – The Differences Are Fewer and Fewer. Is “OLife Advantage” A Good Thing?

Goldring Travel July 8, 2015

Oceania Cruises has just announced “The OLife Advantage” program provides 2-for-1 pricing, “free airfare”, pre-paid gratuities and “complimentary” shore excursions and unlimited internet, for all spring, summer and fall 2016 voyages in Europe, Alaska and Canada/New England for those booking a veranda or better by September 30, 2015. This may be a good deal (and

Regent Seven Seas Explorer – Is It The Most Luxurious Cruise Ship Ever Built…Or Are Staterooms Being Sold As Suites?

Goldring Travel February 3, 2015

I know it may be shocking to some that I am actually writing an article on Regent Seven Seas, but here I am doing it. Why? Because its design raises a number of interesting questions that I have begun to ponder. It also telegraphs that Regent Seven Seas has decided to further advance the its

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?

Regent Seven Seas Cruises – Reported Earnings for Second Quarter 2014: A Lesson In Making the Bad Seem Good

Goldring Travel August 12, 2014

Today Regent Seven Seas Cruises, the world’s most expensive (and purportedly most inclusive) cruise line, announced its earnings for the second quarter of 2014. I find it interesting that in its press release Chairman and CEO, Frank Del Rio stated, “We are pleased with our financial results, including record revenue… In July, construction began on

Double Standards – Why Was Regent’s Sanitation Failure Buried and Now Downplayed (When Silversea Problems Were Highly Publicized)?

Goldring Travel August 31, 2013

I am baffled as to how Goldring Travel seemingly was the first outlet publishing that the Regent Seven Seas Navigator significantly failed its Centers for Disease Control (CDC) Inspection. On August 26, 2013 I wrote the article: Regent Seven Seas Navigator Fails CDC Inspection on June 16, 2013 – Why Was This Not Reported? Regent

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