Inside Cruise Vacations
Cunard Line has a long, distinguished history with the military. During World War II, the Queen Mary served as a British Royal Mail Ship, the original Queen Elizabeth was a troopship and Winston Churchill credited Cunard with ending the war one year early due to the troop transfer services that
Costa Deliziosa is a cruise ship operated by Costa Cruises and sister ship to Costa Luminosa. Ordered in 2007 as part of a five-ship expansion of the Costa Cruises Fleet, Costa Deliziosa was constructed by Fincantieri, launched in March 2009. In this tour we see much of what the ship
It was a Friday the 13th to remember for sure when luxury cruise liner Costa Concordia was grounded off the coast of Italy, one year ago today. In the aftermath of the near-disaster, cruise lines have come together to put systems and procedures in place right now that may prevent
Costa Cruises global strategy for the 2013-14 winter season focuses on supporting development of emerging markets as well as continuing to offer the line’s most popular cruise destination. To do that, Costa Cruises is offering six new itineraries for the 2013-14 winter season that span the Canary Islands and North
Even the youngest passengers will enjoy the many special features aboard Princess Cruises’ new 3,600-passenger Royal Princess when the ship debuts in June. This week, the line revealed the amenities and expanded space for youth centers, just for kids and teens. “It’s always important to us that passengers of all
Not all that long ago, predictions of dark times for the cruise industry seemed to be coming from all directions. When the grounding of Costa Concordia occurred on January 13th, waves of shock went through the world of cruise vacations as would-be passengers backed off on booking and those with
A long time ago, a friend gave me a piece of advice about business saying “Don’t put all your eggs in one basket” encouraging me to create separate, stand-alone income streams that were not dependent on one another. The idea was that if something bad happened to one business, I’d
Coming up November 20, Costa Cruises is bringing back a taste of Italy to the tropics this winter when 2,144-guest Costa Mediterranea repositions to Miami to sail the Caribbean. Sailing a 10-day itinerary that features six ports of call and covers an expanded area of the region, Costa Mediterranea is
