By Eric Goldring
I was trying to stay away from another concerning post, but the news about Silversea Cruises needs to be discussed. I have said for a number of months that I have concerns over Silversea’s future. In November 2008 I wrote Silversea – Lost at Sea? which was followed by a telephone call
A reader of this blog forwarded to me the following article: http://consumerist.com/5166291/royal-caribbean-caught-infiltrating-review-sites-with-viral-marketing-team . (I am fascinated how timely it is considering our recent discussions.) Basically it discusses Royal Caribbean scouring the internet (and mainly Cruise Critic) for 50 of their most avid, but well written and positive, posters dubbed “Royal Caribbean
Some people are of the opinion that challenging Regent Seven Seas Cruises “Six Star Luxury” claim is, well,biased toward Seabourn or some other line. They even feel that such a challenge is an unfair or cruel attack on them, personally, or their happiness. To the contrary, the star rating system
I have debated whether to pose the question and then whether to post it. Cruise lines are not obligated to permit every travel agent to book clients on their cruises and, after this posting, it may be that Regent will say it is enough of Iamboatman. Or, just possibly, Regent
It is interesting how the media is transfixed on taking any kind of news and putting a negative spin on it. Well, actually it is not interesting, it is exhausting and unrealistic. While it is true that the maiden voyage of the Seabourn Odyssey sold out (actually there was a waitlist
Earlier this week I had the opportunity, and pleasure, to visit Seabourn’s offices in Miami. I had the opportunity to visit with everyone: reservations, marketing, sales, tours and hotels, guest relations, the Seabourn Odyssey “command center”, etc. and, of course, the President, Pamela Conover. It was great putting faces to those
I flew down to Miami yesterday to do a ship inspection of the Oceania Regatta; one of three virtually identical ships operated by Oceania Cruise Lines. I was not really expecting it to be very interesting – from an inspection point of view – since I had previously inspected the
There has been much discussion on the internet, newspapers and magazines about the prices of cruises. There are so many factors that affect pricing that, dependent on how you look at them different strategies can been seen as the “right” one or the “best guess” as to how to proceed;
OK, today I am cheating a bit. I am working on a post analyzing the various sides to cruise prices and pricign strategies and hoped I post it today. It may be posted over the weekend. But in thinking about it, I remembered my post from October 30, 2008 and
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