Cruise Ship News

New cruisers, veteran cruisers, now is the time to book that cruise!  Great deals are everywhere, according to Sue Kovach Shuman, of the Washington Post:
In his 23 years in the travel business, says Alan Fox, chairman of the Houston travel agency Vacations to Go, rates were this low only in the six months after Sept. […]

Okay, how many possible cruise ship ports are ”missing the boat”?   As recently reported by Johanna Jainchill in Travel Weekly: 
“New York City’s cruise industry is booming thanks to ongoing investments in our new and improved terminals, and it is important to do everything we can do to make sure that growth creates opportunities for New York City’s […]

A big “THANK YOU” goes out to Celebrity Cruises.  As reported by freelance reporter, Christina Jonas, talking about the refurbished 12 year old ship Celebrity ship, Century,
“took just five weeks and included adding 14 new suites, 10 staterooms, a specialty restaurant, updated bathrooms, and plasma TVs and wireless Internet access in every room”.
Now the dreams […]

So, if you were designing your “dream” cruise ship, what cool innovations would you include?  Cruise lines are very interested in finding out what their customers want and are competing with each other for your business according to an article titled Cruise lines compete for tourists with innovations by Beth J. Harpaz, of the Jackson Hole Star […]