If you’re homeless, going on a cruise is probably the last thing on your mind, and chances are remote they you’ll ever be a customer of any cruise line. Still, these are the people in Genoa that Costa Crociere is choosing to support.
Costa, through the Costa Crociere Foundation, took six apartments in its hometown of Genoa, and renovated them and furnished them, and now 12 homeless people, including a family with two children, have permanent homes.
The complete story appeared in he May 14 edition of Cruise News Daily.
Thursday, May 14, 2015
Wednesday, May 13, 2015
Tauranga to the Rescue
A couple of weeks ago we told you how Royal Caribbean’s plans for part of the inaugural season of Ovation of the Seas may have been scuttled when the Port of Auckland decided they didn’t want to make modifications to a pier to accommodate the huge 168,666-ton ship. Without Auckland as the turnaround port, the entire New Zealand program may have had to be canceled, since other ports on the itinerary just didn’t have the international air lift necessary.
But yesterday it was revealed that the Port of Tauranga has stepped up and is making necessary modifications in time to handle the giant ship during the 2016/2017 (austral) summer season. Passengers will fly in and out of Auckland and sail from Tauranga.
The complete story appeared in the May 13 edition of Cruise News Daily.
But yesterday it was revealed that the Port of Tauranga has stepped up and is making necessary modifications in time to handle the giant ship during the 2016/2017 (austral) summer season. Passengers will fly in and out of Auckland and sail from Tauranga.
The complete story appeared in the May 13 edition of Cruise News Daily.
Career Days in Germany
AIDA is Carnival’s brand for the German-speaking market, and many of their crew members, like their passengers, are German. Consequently, they have a unique way of recruiting their crew.
Two or three times during the summer on turnaround days they have Career Day where prospective crew members actually go down to the dock and board a ship.
Details appeared in the May 13 edition of Cruise News Daily.
Two or three times during the summer on turnaround days they have Career Day where prospective crew members actually go down to the dock and board a ship.
Details appeared in the May 13 edition of Cruise News Daily.
Another Life for Old Friends
TUI, the German travel conglomerate, said today they eventually move Mein Schiff 1 and Mein Schiff 2 from their TUI Cruises brand (which they own jointly with Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd) to their British unit, Thomson Cruises, as part of their plan to modernize the Thomson fleet.
The complete story appeared in the May 13 edition of Cruise News Daily.
The complete story appeared in the May 13 edition of Cruise News Daily.
Tuesday, May 12, 2015
Why You Will Feel Frank Del Rio’s Hand Deeper in Your Pocket
Frank Del Rio (NCLH’s CEO) wants you to end up paying more for your next cruise from NCL. Exactly the same cruise, doing exactly the same thing. He just wants the bottom line price you pay, by the time to get home, to be more. It’s nothing personal; it’s just business. The more you pay without costing the company any more, the more NCL makes, which is good for NCLH.
Del Rio laid out the two-prong (as far as how it affects consumers) approach in an earnings call earlier in the year, and he recapped it in a call last week when he reported how well it was working.
The complete story appeared in the May 12 edition of Cruise News Daily.
Del Rio laid out the two-prong (as far as how it affects consumers) approach in an earnings call earlier in the year, and he recapped it in a call last week when he reported how well it was working.
The complete story appeared in the May 12 edition of Cruise News Daily.
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