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Cruise Ships Rank Among Germiest Public Places
Staying healthy is largely a game of numbers. Among the 60,000 germs per year, only about one or two percent are potentially harmful. Avoiding germ hotspots can help reduce the risk of becoming ill, and lifescript.com recently published its list of eight such hotspots with Cruise Ships among them.
Cruise ships carrying thousands of [...]
Crystal Cruises Accused of Greenwashing Excursions
18. August 2010
Over on USA Today’s Cruise Log, the comments about Crystal Cruises new excursion called “Go Green,” seem to all be suggesting the company is Greenwashing.
For those unfamiliar with the term, Greenwashing is when a company deceptively uses green marketing “in order to promote a misleading perception that a company’s policies or products (such as goods [...]
A Cruise to Remember: Retracing Titanic’s Itinerary
16. August 2010
To commemorate the 100th anniversary of the sinking of the Titanic, Fred Olsen Cruise Lines is offering a similar cruise on-board the Balmoral – presumably less the icebergs and ensuing horror.
At first, the idea of a Titanic themed cruise sounded a little creepy – with nearly the same Southampton to New York City route, [...]
Carnival Cruise Ship Smoking Bans Ignite Fiery Debate
23. July 2010
Carnival Cruise Line is drawing both criticism and praise this week as news about its smoking-area-experiment aboard three ships is making headlines. Well, at least cruise travel headlines. The trial-run on the cruise ships is over but the debate between smokers and non-smokers is raging on.
Carnival took three ships – the Destiny, Freedom, [...]
Top 4 Last Minute Cruise Deals to Alaska
22. July 2010
Alaska has long been a destination we’d love to visit – and with all the news lately, we decided to compile a few last minute deals from the major lines. We are not a travel agency nor affiliated with one – and all links on this post go directly to the cruise line’s website.
Below [...]
Alaska Cruise Dollars Decline after Tax Hike
19. July 2010
While politicians are debating tax hikes in Washington D.C., the state of Alaska is learning firsthand what increased taxes can do to your local economy and the businesses that operate there. Preliminary results from the Alaska Department of Revenue show a 20% decline in cruise tourism in May from a year ago following tax [...]
Continue reading...How Cruise Lines Can Help St. Thomas Reduce Crime
13. July 2010
Today we’re learning about the death of a 14-year old cruise ship passenger on St. Thomas, an Island in the U.S. Virgin Islands. She was allegedly caught between two gangs in the midst of a shootout while on a tourist bus en route to Coki Point Beach – one of the island’s most popular [...]
Continue reading...Frommer Says Travel Bloggers Are Industry Shills
9. July 2010
While doing research for another post, I came across an article called “Are travel writers shills for the cruise lines?” – an article published on tnooz.com just a few days ago. As a blogger covering cruise news I decided to check it out and found a gross mischaracterization from some unlikely places.
The author of [...]
Carnival to offer Roundtrip Cruises from California to Hawaii
2. July 2010
Taking a Hawaiian cruise just got a little easier thanks to Carnival Cruise Lines. In December of 2011, Carnival will offer a 15-day itinerary to the Hawaiian Islands departing and returning in California.
This is the first time Carnival has offered round-trips to Hawaii, which they hope will provide customers with “a more convenient and [...]
Will Norwegian Epic Entertainment Model Go Industry Wide?
29. June 2010
Norwegian Cruise Line describes their newest entertainment lineup as “revolutionary,” a surprisingly true statement. We’re surprised that it’s taken anyone in the industry this long to ask themselves “could our entertainment stack up against acts in New York City and Vegas?” NCL asked that question, and booked headlining act Blue Man Group [...]
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