In an era when every-day baseball statistics now are WHIP, WAR and OBP, it probably shouldn’t come as a surprise that measuring success for the cruise industry now includes statistics from Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. For example: Norwegian is publicizing the fact that in one 20-day period on the Escape, its customers logged 576,896 Facebook… Continue reading Cruise Advertising From Customers
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Cruise Prompts Costa Rica Re-visit
One of the nice things about cruising is that when you stop in a country for the first time, it gives you a sense of whether you might like to go back. A taster, as it were. It happened to us with Costa Rica. While cruising on the Norwegian Sun, we first visited Costa Rica… Continue reading Cruise Prompts Costa Rica Re-visit
Norwegian, The Frank Del Rio Way
When Frank Del Rio became CEO of the company that owns Norwegian Cruise Line, everybody who has seen him in action knew there would be more action to see. Outgoing, perhaps even flamboyant, gregarious and entertaining, he seems to stand still for nothing unless it’s for the next idea to pop into his head…within minutes,… Continue reading Norwegian, The Frank Del Rio Way
Only Azamara Cruisers in Normandy on D-Day
Tomorrow, on the shores of northern France, the free world will remember. It will remember that 70 years ago, armies of four nations (Great Britain, France, Canada and the U.S.) stormed the beaches of Normandy in what turned out to be the beginning of the end of World War II. D-Day. The armies left behind… Continue reading Only Azamara Cruisers in Normandy on D-Day
Cruise Lament: The Queen Has Left New York
Sadly, we had an email from a good friend who was going across the Atlantic on Cunard's Queen Mary 2 this week. Sadly, because he "was" going. Our friend had a flight into New York on Friday morning. Because of weather and heavy traffic in the New York area, his flight was cancelled. No problem.… Continue reading Cruise Lament: The Queen Has Left New York