Silversea Cruises – Refurbishment of the Silver Shadow: A Photographic Update

Goldring Travel March 18, 2011

Earlier I posted some of the planned refurbishments for Silversea’s Silver Shadow in my article: Silversea Cruises – Refurbishment of the Silver Shadow: A Move Toward Consistency. I just received some additional photos showing some “after” shots. Grand Suite Main Bar La Terrazza Reception Reception If you are interested in sailing on this newly

Silversea Cruises – Refurbishment of the Silver Shadow: A Move Toward Consistency

Goldring Travel March 18, 2011

Earlier this week I spent some time with the folks at Silversea Cruises and my favorite topic was discussed: Consistency of Product. I believe it is essential in the luxury cruise market that even with different ships there must be a consistency between them so that repeating guests have a sense of “home” and new

Seatrade Cruise Shipping Miami – What the Cruise Lines Have to Say…And What You Need to Know.

Goldring Travel March 17, 2011

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 conference and I believe that

Revisiting Silversea Cruises: With Good Things Being Done By Good People, Silversea Just May Be Worth A Closer Look

Goldring Travel February 28, 2011

Is it time to revisit Silversea as a true luxury cruise option? I think it just may be. After all I have had to say that wasn’t so nice, why would I be saying this now? Silversea is listening….and doing much to improve what needs to be improved. On Friday I flew down to Fort

Regent Seven Seas Pricing – It Is Out of Control…Seriously, Why Pay That Much?

Goldring Travel January 6, 2011

WARNING: This is NOT an advertisement. This is a continuation of what seems to be an ever increasing disparity of pricing between Regent Seven Seas and virtually any other cruise line considered by anyone to be “luxury”. So a man walks into a bar…I mean my office…looking at a 10 day Regent cruise on the 700 passenger

Regent Seven Seas – A Lack of Class…Again. Silversea Cruises – Quite Another Thing

Goldring Travel October 25, 2010

Attitude, product delivery, responsiveness, etc. all starts at the top and trickles down. Who would you do business with: The company that seeks to substantively engage you or the one that arrogantly seeks to embarrass a competitor and to increase conflict? Let me explain why I “ask” (the answer is pretty obvious, isn’t it?). I

Seabourn – Dining and Other Changes? Service and Cuisine Remains Uncompromised!

Goldring Travel September 17, 2010

Seabourn has, without much grace or coordination (so you think I am not impartial?!), begun tweaking the use of the The Restaurant (main dining room) and its larger ships. It has also begun making some other small changes. I will detail these in a moment. But before I do I want to provide you with

Silversea Cruises – When Charity Becomes a Cheap Marketing Ploy.

Goldring Travel July 1, 2010

Recently I have tried to not say anything negative about Silversea Cruises, but it just keeps giving me reasons to warn people off. The latest fiasco is, to my mind, absolutely inexcusable. Silversea is now making an automatic charge to each guest’s onboard account to pay money to the Maruzza Lefebvre D’Ovidio Foundation under the

Mitsubishi Outlander vs. Cadillac SRX – What Does This Have To Do With Luxury Cruises?

Goldring Travel June 29, 2010

This past weekend I drove my children 325 miles to Vermont where they will spend four weeks at sleepaway camp…without cell phones, texting, computers, iPods, video games, air conditioning or fashion. It may seem like a horror to some, but my kids can’t wait to get back to probably their favorite place on earth. At

Silversea’s Prince Albert II Impounded For Unsafe Operations

Goldring Travel May 11, 2010

If there is one thing Iamboatman cannot tolerate it is operating a passenger vessel in an unsafe manner. Yesterday the MCA (Maritime and Coastguard Agency of the UK) impounded Silversea Cruises Prince Albert II for two reasons: Overloading and apparently senior officers not receiving enough rest time. Overloading a ship is in excusable…and, frankly, hard

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