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| Your Cruise Your Way Cruise Blog - Best of Cruise |
| A cruise blog dedicated to cruises in the Caribbean, Europe, Hawaii, Alaska, South America and Asia, and cruising for first time cruisers and veteran cruisers, with information about ships, ports, locations, onboard activities, government regulations and warnings, and cruise reviews done by people who have been there. Please feel free to post your reviews for all to see, and learn from. |
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| Oceania Cruises Growth Requires Executive Promotions |
| 2008-01-24 08:25:15 |
Congratulations are in order for a number of executives at Oceania Cruises as their hard work has paid off in increased responsibility at the cruise line. Several key members of its management team have been promoted in an effort to handle the sustained growth period that lies ahead for the line. Oceania is building two new mid-sized 1,260-guest ships at Fincantieri in Italy to handle increased demand for this premium cruise product. Their marketing promotions have paid handsome dividends in recent years, and they are now preparing for the next level. If you consider yourself a discerning, sophisticated traveler in search of world-class cuisine, unparalleled personal service, and an enriching, in-depth, destination-oriented experience, then Oceania Cruises is for you!...
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| Vickie Freed Is New Sr. VP-Sales at Royal Caribbean International |
| 2008-01-23 07:57:33 |
While it comes as no surprise to me that she was going to move somewhere, it was a monumental announcement that it would be Royal Caribbean. Royal Caribbean International named former Carnival Cruise Lines cruise industry veteran Vicki Freed as the company’s senior vice president of Sales. Main competitors for many years, this will be a big shakeup in the cruise industry in the battle between the big two.
Freed joins the company after 29 years with Carnival Cruise Lines, where she spent the last 15 years as senior vice president of Sales and Marketing. Prior to that, Freed served in a variety of sales management positions within the cruise line. From 1998 to 2000, Freed also served as the first, and only, female chairman of the Cruise Line International Association, the marketing and travel agent training arm of the North American cruise industry. ...
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| Norwegian Cruise Line (NCL) Names Top Partners |
| 2008-01-22 20:03:45 |
Norwegian Cruise Line (NCL), the youngest cruise line by virtue of the age of its ships, gave out their Travel Partner Awards presented during Norwegian Gem’s inaugural events in Boston and New York in December 2007. This year NCL expanded the awrd program to more clearly define its partnerships, and therefore presented five awards honoring the cruise line’s most innovative and successful partners. With so much much diversity in the cruise sales arena, it only makes sense to recognize companies who specialize in certain types of marketing....
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| Carnival Cruise Line’s Launches Wild Winners Tournament |
| 2008-01-21 20:05:07 |
If you have a little gambling in your blood, and you like to cruise, then Carnival Cruise Lines may have just the vacation for you. The world’s largest cruise operator is teaming with the Ocean Players Club, a casino rewards program for guests sailing aboard the World’s Leading Cruise Lines, to host its 2008 “Wild Winners” Tournament, comprised of a series of slot, blackjack and poker tournaments. Anyone can enter, and it promises to be a wild time for all. It also doesn’thurt that the prize pool is over $25,000. Come on board and get your share. Read on to see which ships are hosting the tournaments....
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| Carnival Cruise Line Sets Awards Record for 2007 |
| 2008-01-20 19:40:49 |
Carnival Cruise Lines wasn’t standing on its laurels as the world’s largest cruise operator in 2007 alone as it made history by winning a record number of awards during the past year, especially in the final weeks of 2007 with several additional accolades from a variety of esteemed organizations. Just a few weeks ago, I wrote about Carnival receiving a number of awards from Porthole Magazine, but now they have taken it one step further. They have been recognized by at least a half dozen more cruise and travel organizations in one form or another as the best at what they do in a number of different categories....
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| Regent Seven Seas Cruises to Feature Deepak Chopra |
| 2008-01-19 06:08:47 |
With more and more cruisers becoming health conscious these days, and more active, fitness seeking Americans getting out on cruises, more than ever maintaining personal health and fitness in today’s fast-paced world requires innovative strategies from the experts. The world’s #1 small-ship operator by readers of Condé Nast Traveler, Regent Seven Seas Cruises, will provide guests with a means to achieve physical and mental well-being with a June Alaska voyage featuring celebrated doctor, spiritualist and life-extension guru Dr. Deepak Chopra, who will host “Grow Younger, Live Longer” aboard 700-guest, all-suite, all-balcony Seven Seas Mariner®....
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| Crystal Cruises Teams With Pocket MD for Mobile Health Records |
| 2008-01-17 07:57:49 |
Crystal Cruises had added a new service that allows you to take your medical records with you on a cruise, thus enabling you to get emergency treatment without delays obtaining your personal medical records. Crystal Cruises is now partnering with PocketMD, a confidential HIPAA-compliant (Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act) service that uses exclusive, state-of-the-art technology to store your medical information on a pocket-sized CD. ...
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| Princess Cruises Challenges Dinner Impossible On The Sapphire Princess |
| 2008-01-16 15:39:38 |
Chef Robert Irvine is always up for a challenge, and Princess Cruises is always ready to oblige the most demanding cruisers. In one of his first challenges for the third season of Food Network’s , popular series “Dinner: Impossible,” Chef Irvine accepted an Alaska size challenge by Sapphire Princess’ culinary team, the results of which will be revealed Wednesday, January 16 at 10 pm ET/PT. Viewers can tune in to see if the noted chef was successful with his surprise challenge to cook for the 2,900 passengers who were aboard the ship during an Alaska cruise this past summer. Tune in tonight and see what happens....
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| U.S. Government Updates Cruise Travel Requirements |
| 2008-01-15 06:46:50 |
The Cruise Lines Internatiional Association sent it’s membership an update yesterday on the newest changes to traveling on cruises, and out of the country. There are several changes that the U.S. government will be implementing in the coming months that will impact cruisers who will be sailing in the coming months. If you do plan to travel, please review the following information and make sure you comply before your trip. Keep in mind lead times for obtaining certain forms of identification and travel documentation....
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| Princess Cruises Adds New Shore Excursions in Alaska |
| 2008-01-14 20:14:56 |
Princess Cruises is adding 37 new shore excursions to their Alaska 2008 programs,, and have made these tours available in Juneau, Skagway, Ketchikan, Valdez, Seward, Kodiak, and on the Connoisseur Route Tours. Some of the new highlights include whale watching, a five-course Alaska feast, and the art of glass making and promise to make your Alaska trip one to remember for a long time to come. On a Princess Alaska cruise these are just some of the unique “Great Land” experiences available through the line’s shore excursion program in 2008. There are always surprises. On my last trip to Alaska, while eating lunch at a salmon bake, we had the pleasure of seeing a bear cub who had wandered in, and climbed a tree next to the diner and was sitting on the metal roof. Had to ...
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