There are two news items that continue to make the rounds this week which are not especially flattering to the cruise industry. One… A Holland America ship, the Veendam, arrived back in Fort Lauderdale from a cruise with more than 100 passengers ill with norovirus. Comment: As we have long pointed out, this gastrointestinal sickness… Continue reading Things That Aren't Going Well In Cruise Industry
Category: People
How 'Daddy' Makes A Little Traveler's Day
Today's blog is about something that has nothing directly to do with cruising. It may never have anything directly to do with cruising…but hopefully it will. That could be up to you. Or up to us. You'll see after you read a story that, sometimes, is just too good to pass along. This one is about… Continue reading How 'Daddy' Makes A Little Traveler's Day
Disastrous Fallout From Cruise Ship Death
And then there's the story about the cruise line that appears to know nothing about public relations, not to mention human decency… In a story that is all over TV and newspapers in Great Britain, a rogue wave smashed into a British "cruise ship" during a storm in the English Channel last week, breaking windows… Continue reading Disastrous Fallout From Cruise Ship Death
The Century That Lasted Two Decades
What do Mariano Rivera, Derek Jeter and Celebrity Century have in common? They all say good-bye with a one-year victory lap. The classiest of New York Yankees are Rivera and Jeter, and some would say the same about the Century. Rivera walked away from an illustrious career after making the rounds to almost all of… Continue reading The Century That Lasted Two Decades
Olympians Beware: It's Like A Cruise Ship There!
We've been watching a lot of television, some delayed and some live, from the Olympic Winter Games in Russia this week. Last night (well, it was "last night" somewhere), Mexico's lone athlete was on the tube, even though he isn't really from Mexico, but that's another story. He was talking about being in the Olympic… Continue reading Olympians Beware: It's Like A Cruise Ship There!