By Eric Goldring
Here is a good discussion of Seabourn’s new website: The Gold Standard Luxury Travel Forum • View topic – Seabourn’s new website You will read about how the website is up and only partially running right now because the new reservations system needs a place to put information…information that the
This afternoon I took a tour of Seabourn’s new offices and chatted with a number of the Seabourn staff, both old and new. Actually, I was the first official visitor of Seabourn’s new offices! They are still unpacking boxes, but the offices are up and running. (I even had a
I am so happy to be able to announce that Captain Geir-Arne Thue-Nilsen has officially been named the Master of the Seabourn Quest. He will be boarding the Seabourn Quest on June 3, 2011 (the same day I board her) and will take the keys to his ship (‘er, I
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
Yesterday I let you know about an article on Seatrade’s Cruise Community concerning Seabourn’s former president, Pamela Conover, reflections on Seabourn’s recent past and enormous growth. Today, in contrast, Seatrade has an article about how Rick Meadow’s Seabourn’s new president is committed to honoring the Seabourn brand…a brand that he actually developed year
There is an interesting article in Seatrade’s Insider today that is worth a read wherein Pamela Conover reflects upon her time at Seabourn’s helm: http://www.cruisecommunity.com/News/News-Headlines/Conover-recaps-highlights-challenges-as-Seabourn-winds-down-in-Miami.html Tomorrow Seatrade will be featuring an article about Seabourn’s future as seen through the eyes of Rick Meadows, Seabourn’s President.
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
I am very excited to announce that I had a bit of a jump on the 2012 European itineraries and have designated Goldring Travel’s 2012 Food & Wine Cruise to be the Seabourn Pride’s September 22, 2012 sailing. It is an incredible itinerary with overnights in Le Havre (for Paris) and
I have just returned from Cruise Shipping Miami, the most important conference in the cruise industry, and can report that nothing really dramatic came out of the sessions I attended or the new products that I saw (though MTN’s new application I previously wrote about was not ready for the
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