{"id":15069,"date":"2012-11-13T01:00:00","date_gmt":"2012-11-13T09:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cruisingdoneright.com\/?p=15069"},"modified":"2012-11-13T01:00:00","modified_gmt":"2012-11-13T09:00:00","slug":"tuesday-18","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vitaluna.net\/?p=15069","title":{"rendered":"High-end Cruising, High-end Success"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>When the principal shareholder has a reported net worth of $6 billion, it probably shouldn't come as a surprise when one of his offspring — like Windstar Cruises<\/a> — shows an anticipated increase in sales of 60 per cent increase during the first year of his ownership.<\/span><\/p>\n

In such frugal economic times, somebody's doing something right and Philip Anschutz, arguably the world's least-known billionaire, has such a history.<\/span><\/p>\n

Last week, this three-ship high-end ($$$$) cruise line reported sales for 2013 are 60 per cent ahead of 2012. This comes just before completion of the company's $18 million renovation of its ships. If Windstar was in need an upgrade, that wasn't lost on the passengers who are filling the small ships at a time when the cruise industry shows signs of struggling.<\/span><\/p>\n

This is a cruise line that's 28 years old. As recently as two years ago, it was owned by a company in bankruptcy, that after Windstar was sold by Carnival<\/a> four years earlier for an estimated $100 million. Xanterra Parks and Resorts<\/a> (Philip Anschutz) picked it up for as a relative bargain: $39 million.<\/span><\/p>\n

The message in all of this is: If you're interested in sailing on one of these large "yachts" that make their way into small ports, don't wait for a deal.<\/span><\/p>\n

Now that they're looking much better, the Wind Star<\/a>, Wind Surf<\/a> and Wind Spirit<\/a> are hot.<\/span><\/p>\n

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\n\tHolland America Volendam<\/a>
\n\t14 nights
\n\tJanuary 7, 2013
\n\tSingapore<\/a>, Ko Samui, Bangkok, Sihanoukville, Ho Chi Minh City<\/a>, Nha Trang, Da Nang, Hanoi<\/a>, Hong Kong<\/a>
\n\tInside: $870
\n\tCost per day: $62<\/strong><\/span>
\n\twww.hollandamerica.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

When the principal shareholder has a reported net worth of $6 billion, it probably shouldn't come as a surprise when one of his offspring — like Windstar Cruises — shows an anticipated increase in sales of 60 per cent increase during the first year of his ownership. In such frugal economic times, somebody's doing something… Continue reading High-end Cruising, High-end Success<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[832,1101,154,912,72,819,86,35,23,844,1102,1103,1104,1018,762,1016],"class_list":["post-15069","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-stories","tag-asia","tag-asia-cruises","tag-carnival","tag-cruise-bargains","tag-cruise-deals","tag-cruise-news","tag-cruise-ships","tag-cruises","tag-holland-america","tag-holland-america-volendam","tag-luxury-cruises","tag-philip-anschutz","tag-wind-spirit","tag-wind-star","tag-wind-surf","tag-windstar-cruises","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vitaluna.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15069","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vitaluna.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vitaluna.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vitaluna.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vitaluna.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=15069"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/vitaluna.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15069\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vitaluna.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=15069"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vitaluna.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=15069"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vitaluna.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=15069"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}