Cruise co-branded partnerships continue

August 20th, 2008 I blogged about the potential for cruise lines to co-brand and partner with land based destinations.   The concept isn’t new.  For example, Royal Caribbean joined with the Johnny Rockets restaurants chain on its cruise ships, including the Sovereign...

Cruising toward retirement

Last week I heard an amazing story. Evelyn Thaw, a Delray Beach, Florida Cruises Inc. travel agent, shared with me one of her clients encountered and elderly lady onboard a recent cruise.   That in of its self isn’t so amazing, what was striking was the lady was on...

Luxury Lapse

Recently gathered responses from over 300 randomly selected travel agents point to luxury cruise as the “least hot” of the cruise segments. This is in contrast to previous speculation about economic recessions – the idea that “wealth would hold up.”   In October, when...