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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 year go over the same
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 agencies are so discounting the
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 things have continued to impress
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 looking at a possible 2014
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 use of this same tactic
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 Seas Navigator and the differences
There was an interesting article in the Wall Street Journal MarketBeat today discussing the amount of money which has recently come available in the junk bond market. It noted, “The Leveraged Commentary & Data people at Standard & Poor’s are tracking several more issuers trolling the market today, including Regent Seven Seas…” This is not
I know that many people, including Mark Conroy, have been a bit bitter and off-put by my claims over the past two years that Regent Seven Seas Cruises pretty much no longer exists as a DISTINCT entity/brand and that it is, little by little, being subsumed within Oceania Cruises. Today that process has gone yet
I have been steadfast in my assertions over the past two years that (a) Regent Seven Seas Cruises is a premium, not luxury, cruise line; and, (b) Oceania is essentially taking over Regent Seven Seas and it will not exist as a distinct product. Along those lines, Regent Seven Seas Cruises has just announced that it
As many of you know I have withheld my opinion of the new Oceania Marina until she is truly operating under normal day-to-day conditions. There is no question that master marketer, Frank Del Rio, knows how to put on a show and to create buzz. That is not only because of his talents, but because
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