By Eric Goldring
One of the most read articles I have ever written is Seabourn vs. Silversea vs. Regent – Forget Loyalty; Which Provides the Best Luxury Cruise Experience? . The reason is obvious: People want to know what is the difference between the various luxury cruise lines. (Crystal Cruises now that it
Regent Seven Seas Cruises just announced their second quarter financials. Now, I know that for many that may seem irrelevant to their cruising experience, but the fact is that the information can be used to predict the future…and a bit more accurately than tea leaves. Back on May 15, 2012
I know that if you Google “Regent vs. Seabourn” or most things similar my article from September 6, 2010 “Seabourn vs. Silversea vs. Regent – Forget Loyalty; Which Provides the Best Luxury Cruise Experience?” is No. 1 on the search page; not only because is covers so much of the information and
It is fairly common knowledge that Prestige Cruise Holdings is trying to bring Regent Seven Seas public and the most recent financial report out today doesn’t bode well for that as revenue, capacity and passenger counts are up, but profits were cut to a third of what it was a
Oceania Cruises and Regent Seven Seas Cruises (you know the separate cruise lines that are really becoming one cruise line) are implementing a rather draconian (heavy-handed) solution to the problem of extreme discounting. First, what is this about? There is a real problem in the cruise industry where certain travel
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
At this point it seems like a bi-annual event: Mark Conroy, President of Regent Seven Seas, commenting that there are discussions with a European yard for a new 700 passenger, 50,000 gross ton, ship. Yesterday, at the Ensemble Travel Group Annual Convention, Mark Conroy stated that Regent Seven Seas was
When politicians do not want something to be noticed, they announce it over a weekend. If they really do not want you to notice, they do it over a holiday weekend. While I am not really interested in being perceived as bashing Regent Seven Seas Cruises, I cannot let its
When I look for things to write about I admit that I take a gander over at Cruise Critic. I do this not for information, but for inspiration. There is a thread on the Regent Seven Seas board which is about a regular SeaDream guest’s experience on the Regent Seven
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