Blogs
Uniworld jumps on Mekong bandwagon (Cruise Lines)
River cruise company Uniworld is moving in on the Mekong after chartering Pandaw River Cruises' new 60-passenger vessel River Saigon. The one-week cruises, sailing between Kampong Cham in Cambodia and My Tho in Vietnam, start in early January 2012 and...
Cruise Industry In Vacation Inspiration Mode
The cruise industry has apparently decided it is time to expand their market by pushing non-vacationing Americans into vacation mode with travel and cruise
Big Buddhas and cable cars (Cruise Lines)
Nha Trang was the second stop in Vietnam on this South-East Asia cruise on Spirit of Adventure. I had done my homework on Saigon, but had no idea what to expect of this city. It turned out to be a...
Zowie! Fred unveils 65s birthday package (Cruise Lines)
You know you're getting old when over-60's darling Fred Olsen starts talking about your favourite singers and bands. David Bowie, Ronnie Wood, Elton John. No they are not performing on a Fred ship (that would be just too unreal) but...
Win a cruise with Princess (Cruise Lines)
Princess Cruises is offering a free cruise for two in a balcony cabin, including flights, to the Facebook fan who comes up with the best travel experience. It's all linked in with the cruise line's 50 Essential Experiences bucket list...
Fred changes fuel supplement charge (Cruise Lines)
Fred Olsen Cruise Lines is changing the way it calculates its fuel supplement. From Wednesday January 19, it will be charged as a percentage of the cruise fare instead of as a per person per day rate. The cruise line...
Higher cruise fares? In your dreams (Cruise Lines)
Carnival Corp chief Micky Arison speculated during a recent earnings call that this winter's bad weather will have a positive impact on cruise sales, with winter-weary folk rushing to book a holiday in the sun. Logic says that should also...
The naked truth about Silversea (Cruise Lines)
I had to smile at this. Eric Goldring, owner of US-based Goldring Travel, fears Silversea is compromising its all-inclusive product by charging passengers on its newest cruise ship Silver Spirit $18 to rent a soft porn movie.
Royal's Wave gets the elbow (Cruise Lines)
P&O Cruises is launching its start-of-year Wave discounts a month early, on December 1, hoping people will start thinking holiday and cruise as the snow starts to fall. I suspect they could be right. I certainly am! But over in...
Thomson to bid farewell to Cuba cruises (Cruise Lines)
Thomson Cruises has decided to axe its cruises to Cuba in 2012 - before this winter's Cuba cruises have even started. Thomson Dream, which joined the fleet in April from Costa Cruises, is sailing 14-night cruises between Barbados and Cuba,...
