A Smaller Slice

The cruise industry is like a giant pie. When one market’s slice of the pie gets bigger, someone else’s gets smaller. Even if the pie itself gets bigger, some markets’ slices get smaller.

We have written frequently about how the cruise industry is sending additional ships to Australia and China, but we haven’t written about the market whose slice is getting smaller - strangely it’s a market that used to be one of the strongest.

The complete story appeared in the January 25 edition of Cruise News Daily.

Raising the Bar

A new menu is coming to Holland America Line, but not the one you think of in the dining room.

This is a new bar menu, thanks to a new partnership with Master Mixologist Dale DeGroff.

The complete story appeared in the January 25 edition of Cruise News Daily.

A Nose Worth Its Weight in Coke

When Royal Caribbean’s Jewel of the Seas arrived in San Juan Sunday, US Customs and Border Protection agents were doing a routine inspection of the cabins when the canine alerted to a piece of luggage in one of the cabins. They ended up finding 24.25 pounds, valued at more than $300,000, and detaining seven people connected to the luggage.

Details appeared in the January 25 edition of Cruise News Daily.

Will the Last Line to Leave Turkey Please Turn Out the Lights?

The brands of Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings - Norwegian Cruise Line, Oceania Cruises and Regent Seven Seas - said today they were suspending all calls at Turkey through 2016.

The complete story appeared in the January 22 edition of Cruise News Daily.

A Day Late and ....

Royal Caribbean International is delaying the turnarounds of two ships in the Northeast (US) this weekend due to the snowstorm burying the region under tons of snow.

Grandeur of the Seas will now turn around Monday (instead of Sunday) at Baltimore, and Anthem of the Seas will delay its turnaround at Cape Liberty (Bayonne) until Tuesday (instead of Monday).

Details appeared in the January 22 edition of Cruise News Daily.