By Eric Goldring
On Sunday I am traveling to Seattle for the 2009 American Superyacht Forum. It is an event that I look forward to every year, but this year the economy has me wondering. The fact is that the superyacht industry is hurting. While there are those that are seemingly immune to the
David Morris and Marilyn Conroy, who were recently fired from Silversea Cruises as the heads of marketing and sales have started a new venture, David Morris International which is going to market to the…yep…cruise industry. Apparently Mr. Morris is going to be finding ways to have land and cruise vacations be
One of my readers pointed out a thread on CruiseCritic where a rather infamous Regent poster commented that she is hesitant to cruise Silversea, but might change her mind if, in part, Silversea “perhaps ha[s] more people from North America on board”; noting she “prefer[s] luxury hotels and cruise lines that
Seabourn announced it had its single busiest day of sales this past Monday with 830 calls in 11 hours. It also noted bookings have risen by 40% over the prior month and there remains a very high level of first time guests. Now, keeping it real, while there is no
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
Last week I posted that Silversea was going to institute a Children’s Program ala Regent Seven Seas Cruises: Silversea is Robbing The (Regent Seven Seas’) Cradle. The information was not posted or confirmed anywhere else that I am aware of. At the time I said “Silversea is making a big
There have been grumblings within the travel agent world that Virtuoso has become a less attractive option for many of its member travel agents with, it is reported, significant numbers jumping ship to Signature and other consortiums. (Full disclosure: I am a member of a “competitor”, Ensemble Travel consortium.) Yesterday Virtuoso
It was reported today that Ambassadors International, the parent company of Windstar’s owner, Ambassadors International Cruise Group, LLC, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Ambassadors Cruise Group, LLC, missed a $1,800,000 interest payment on the notes (loan) it used to purchase Windstar. Ambassador warned that if it cannot sell its non-Windstar assets
Seabourn Cruise Lines reported yesterday that it recorded record bookings for the first quarter of 2009. Remember though, the term is “bookings”, not “sales” or “revenue”. There is a significant difference, but…and it is a big “but”…in the longer term, it just might be better news than record sales. In a
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