Way back when I was young and cute, I wrote to Cunard Line asking about the new Queen Mary 2. I used to write to loads of cruise lines and get quite a few free stuff, postcards, caps, etc. (Any of the photos you click on will get bigger đ ) On New Years Eve, Just… Read More Queen Mary 2 Ship Visit
In 2000 Costa Atlantica debuted as the first of the Spirit Class. Built by Aker Yards the ship was not record-breaking in any way shape or form, or particularly innovative, but it did however allow for flexibility, being suitable to fit down the Panama canal and also had a significant amount of balconies. The Vista Class,… Read More The Sepdecuplets : The 17 Ships of the Spirit & Vista Class
Cunard is cruising royalty, and the Cunard Queens are the monarchs of the sea. However at the start of the 60’s with the growth in air travel and an aging Queen Mary, Cunard planned a new Queen to serve along with the Queen Elizabeth. The ship would have been 75,000 carrying 2270 passengers in three classes, A… Read More Cunards Uncrowned Queen: The Q3 Project
All Leisure Group PLC, the largest British cruise operator, which own Swan Hellenic, Voyages of Discovery and Hebridean Island Cruises has announced a change in its line up. Voyages of Discovery, which operates the former Love Boat ‘Discovery’ is to be joined by former Alexander von Humboldt of Phoenix Reisen. The ship was acquired by auction follow the collapse… Read More Voyager joins Voyages of Discovery
Our last blog, On Where does Princess fit? made me us think about how cruise lines have moved an developed their brand positioning. In Bob Dickinsons ‘Selling The Sea’ [We’ve got a blog for that] it covers how Norwegian Cruise Line has changed it’s brand positioning. From Memory we would say that Norwegian has had the most logos of… Read More Cruise Line Brand Positioning
Now this make come across as a strange article, but Carnival Corporation & PLC has not developed how we expected. Following the merger of P&O Princess Plc and Carnival Corporation we expected Princess Cruises to be sold or dissolved into other brands. This belief was held by a belief that Carnival, P&O, Holland America, Costa… Read More Where does Princess Fit?
A three funnelled, British flag, British built ship sailing out of New York in the 30’s, 40’s, 50’s & 60’s? Any Ideas? No Its not the Queen Mary, It is of course the Queen of Bermuda. Entering Service in February 1933 the Queen of Bermuda was one of two ships nicknamed ‘the Honeymoon Ships’ &… Read More The Queen of Bermuda
Liverpool will see one of its best years of cruise ship visits next year, and we have complied the list of cruise ships visiting in 2012. Cunard’s Queen Elizabeth will return and P&O will have Arcadia and Adonia calling. Feel free to right click and save it for your reference. Sorry about the lack of blogs… Read More Liverpool Cruise Calls 2012
For those of you who are twitter, this weeks #cruisechat is on sustainable tourism. We along with CruiseBuzz will be hosting this #cruisechat. If you don’t know about Sustainable Tourism, you can check our blogs below; – Can the Islands Cope? – Green Cruising – Sustainable Tourism and Cruising – Talking Sustainable Tourism with Windstar Cruises… Read More Sustainable Tourism #cruisechat
On 14th August 2010 I hosted my first business endeavour, LiverBoat. It is probably my greatest achievement so far but it is also my biggest failure. I didn’t really want this blog to be about me, and what I’ve done, but I think you will find this story interesting. In February 2010 I spoke with some… Read More LiverBoat : My First Adventure with a Vessel Charter
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