By Eric Goldring
Last year was rather tumultuous for SeaDream Yacht Club. The financial problems of the person controlling its interest, Atle Brynestad, resulted in Larry Pimental (now heading up Azamara Club Cruises – formerly a part of Celebrity Cruises, but now operated as a separate brand under the Royal Caribbean flag) departing
I have always struggled with Azamara Cruises because it had a pretty solid product, but no direction and nothing that made it distinguishable. Honestly, I have said to its parent, Celebrity Cruises, that with Oceania Cruises having such a solid product with consistently excellent delivery of cuisine, service and itineraries,
For years I have noted, complained and even ranted that the Conde Naste awards were worthless “awards” which were nothing more than the result of the explicit stuffing of the ballot boxes with the knowing consent of Conde Nast Traveler Magazine. This year it makes the elections in Iran and
I guess I asked for this. I pointed a number of my readers to Ralph Grizzle’s Avid Cruiser website as I posted his short video on Seabourn Odyssey’s cuisine. So today I read Ralph’s post about which is the best luxury cruise line. He mentions Seabourn, Silversea, Regent Seven Seas,
You know I hate these “awards”, but I feel compelled to provide the information because some people find them of great interest. The Yachts of Seabourn has won the 2009 Travel & Leisure Magazine Award as the No. 1 Small Ship Cruise Line. What is interesting is that the category
Goldring Travel, as a member of Ensemble Travel Group, is offering a special sailing on SeaDream Yacht Club: The Jewels of the Caribbean a seven night yachting adventure. The cruise departs on January 17, 2010 from Charlotte, Amalie, St. Thomas to San Juan, Puerto Rico aboard SeaDream Yacht Club’s SeaDream II. During
I arrived in Seattle for the American Superyacht Forum (which is annually held in a “yachting” city or hopeful yachting city, such as Newport, Rhode Island, San Diego, California, etc.) Though I had been to the airport I had never actually visited Seattle, so I was looking at this trip
It has been reported in the Norwegian media that CG Holdings, owner of SeaDream Yacht Club, may be filing for bankruptcy imminently. What this means for SeaDream really is not known; especially as their are conflicting reports. According to reports, the Chief Financial Officer of CG Holdings says all of
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
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