Cruise Awards: Oceania Big in UK

  When "awards" are given in the cruise business, just like in any other business, they have to be taken with a grain of salt water. Voting being voting, it's always subjective because the results are based on opinions from people who are unlikely to have been on more than one or perhaps two of… Continue reading Cruise Awards: Oceania Big in UK

Cruising's Newsy Norwegian

While we were away — Alaska, now that you ask — the busiest newsmaker in the world of cruising has been Norwegian. Even everybody’s favorite whipping boy, the Epic, was in on the action. As everyone knows, there will never be another Epic, which some of us lament, but there will be a Breakaway and… Continue reading Cruising's Newsy Norwegian

Cruise Clear Thinking in Cloudy Time

And this is why cruise lines, as with other businesses, hire companies to handle public relations… Just over a year ago, six months of planning was about to reach a climax with the launch of the new Celebrity Eclipse in Southampton, an hour south of London. Coincidentally, the ash cloud from a volcano in Iceland… Continue reading Cruise Clear Thinking in Cloudy Time