We spent almost two weeks looking up to Guy Glaeser, and the fact that he’s six-foot-six was only part of the reason. He’s a nice man who runs cruise tours in Alaska for Princess. Being nice doesn’t make him good at his job any more than being six-six makes him a basketball player, but it’s… Continue reading Big Guy in Alaska for Princess
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iPads, Regent Newest Mac Duo
You may have noticed that Apple closed at $381.32 a share on Friday on the NASDAQ. Like all stocks, it’s down these days (from a high of $419). It’s hardly a revelation to say that the Mac world isn’t going away, which our eldest son has been telling us for two decades. It’s taken a… Continue reading iPads, Regent Newest Mac Duo
Royal Brides, Grooms for Cunard?
As custodian of the most regal of all ships in the cruising community for 50 years or more, Cunard has always more or less played by its own rules. It is, after all, British and nobody tells the Brits they have to fall in line by doing this or doing that. So when Cunard announced… Continue reading Royal Brides, Grooms for Cunard?
Celebrity pillows going 'green'
Of all the items we think about being in a landfill…pillows? That means it’s one more item for cruise lines to consider in their ongoing attempts to being environmentally responsible. So, about the pillows. A cruise line with 25,000 beds uses 50,000…and that’s when the customers don’t ask (blush) for an extra pillow. Obviously, pillows… Continue reading Celebrity pillows going 'green'
St. Kitts Report Sign of Times?
Sometimes, an idea begins to grow and take root in the unlikeliest of places. Like the isle of St. Kitts, a tiny tourist stop in the Caribbean Sea, just east of the Virgin Islands and due north of Venezuela. It was there that the St. Kitts government this week released travel statistics concerning both the… Continue reading St. Kitts Report Sign of Times?