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May 24, 2013

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Episode 142 – Cruise Secrets Revealed + Review of HAL Veendam

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On this show we talk to Paul Motter, editor-in-chief of CruiseMates.com on a recent article on Cruise Secrets Revealed. Scott is down in South Florida with Kevin Sheehan, ceo of Norwegian Cruise Lines, we’ll touch base with him about the upcoming Norwegian Breakaway. Marcy Bucy reviews Holland America’s recent sailing out out of NYC aboard [...]

Episode 141 – Shore-side power + Carnival Conquest review

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This week we are joined by Mike Watts, VP of Marine Development with Cochran Marine. Mike talks to us about shore-side power and how it’s making cruise ports greener, one port at a time. TripInsurance.com is giving away $5,000 for a vacation of your choice — no strings attached. Enter to win here! Listener James [...]

Cruise line included on ’100 Best Corporate Citizens’ list

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Congrats to Carnival Corporation & plc for placing in this years “100 Best Corporate Citizens” by Corporate Responsibility (CR) Magazine.  Not only did Carnival place #52 on the list, up from #69 last year, but they’re the only cruise line to make the list. CR Magazine ranks on seven different areas: environment, climate change, employee [...]

Luxury cruise line Seabourn expands loyalty program

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The luxury small-ship cruise line Seabourn has announced a major expansion of the benefits it offers to loyal guests returning to its award-winning ships. Seabourn Club benefits, which already included a milestone award of a complimentary cruise after sailing 140 days, have always been the most valuable in the cruise industry. Now the line has [...]

Luxury cruise line expands menu items for Patio Grill

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Seabourn has expanded the variety of menu options served at dinner time in the Patio Grill aboard Seabourn Odyssey, Seabourn Sojourn and Seabourn Quest. The popular casual poolside eatery now offers an additional three new themed menus, more than 40 new appetizing dishes, and features a different pasta dish and pizza every day. “The Patio [...]

Montreal cruise port to see record passenger counts

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The 2012 cruise season will set a record: 55 500 passengers are expected to visit Montréal, which will represent a 46% increase over last season. These excellent results were announced this morning during a press conference with many industry partners in attendance, including Tourisme Montréal and the Montréal Port Authority (MPA). This timely event marks [...]

Sweet Suites Top Hot Cruise Promo List

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Cruise promotions seem to be happening all the time.  It seems that some cruise line has this itinerary or that ship on sale with bonus amenities, discount prices and other offers all the time.  It gets to where “on sale” doesn’t really mean all that much in many cases but when it comes to top-end [...]

Cruise line expands menu in popular poolside dining venue

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Seabourn has s newly expanded menu of options served at dinner time in the Patio Grill aboard Seabourn Odyssey, Seabourn Sojourn and Seabourn Quest. “The Patio Grill has been a huge hit among our guests, so much so that many of them want to dine there multiple nights during a voyage,” said John Delaney, Seabourn’s [...]

Off the shore: 10 questions with Ralph Grizzle of AvidCruiser

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Every month we feature a rock star in the travel industry and give you a closer look into their lives. This month we feature journalist, videographer, and photographer Ralph Grizzle of Avid Cruiser. 1. Where does your love of travel come from? As a kid (in many ways I still am one) I loved looking [...]

Barcelona cruise port has record breaking 2011

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Cruise numbers are on the rise for the port of Barcelona who reported their 2011 figures earlier today. In 2011 the cruise port saw 2.6-million cruise passengers, up 13% from 2010. 8,007 ships called in Barcelona last year, 881 of them being cruise ships making cruise ships 11% of overall traffic. Barcelona continues to serve [...]

Holland America Line and Seabourn both named to 2012 World’s Most Ethical Companies list

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Holland America Line and Seabourn have both been recognized as one of Holland America Line and Seabourn have both been recognized as one of 2012 World’s Most Ethical Companies by Ethisphere Institute, the leading business ethics think-tank. This is the first year that the companies have been honored for promoting the highest of ethical standards. [...]

Holland America Zuiderdam: Embarkation Day

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When I got to Fort Lauderdale this morning I went and did laundry at a local coin laundry facility as it’s much cheaper than paying $2 per article of clothing on a cruise ship. I wound up paying $2.75 and had all my laundry washed and dried (the facility was a couple minutes from the [...]

Carnival brands conduct internal safety audit after Costa Concordia accident

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Following the sinking of Costa Concordia, the Miami-based parent company Carnival Corporation plc., ordered a comprehensive audit and review of all safety and emergency response procedures across all of the company’s ten cruise lines. “However, this tragedy has called into question our company’s safety and emergency response procedures and practices,” said Micky Arison, chairman and [...]

Three back-to-back full house days for Port Everglades

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Expect to see a full house at Port Everglades over the next three days, January 6-8, 2012, as the South Florida seaport will host eight major cruise ships plus the daily cruise ferry to the Bahamas each day on Friday, Saturday and Sunday. If lined up bow to stern over the three-day period, these passenger vessels would be [...]

Popular port in Honduras reaches 1-million cruise passengers

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Just last week the popular cruise port Mahogany Bay in Roatan, Honduras, reached their one-millionth cruise passenger. The $62-million dollar shopping, excursion, and dining facility hosts Carnival brands: Seabourn, Costa Cruises, Carnival, Princess, Holland America, P&O Cruises, as well as non-Carnival brands. “Achieving our one millionth visitor in less than two years of operation is [...]

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