Posted on April 12th, 2010 by Maureen McKeon
Royal Caribbean International is offering suprisingly low prices on cruises to paradise for meetings, incentives and other group events. Your choice of 3-night cruises to the Bahamas from Miami, 4-night Caribbean cruises from Fort Lauderdale, 5-night Bermuda escapes from convenient Cape Liberty (Bayonne), NJ, and fabulous 7-night Caribbean voyages departing from Miami. Virtually all-inclusive meeting [...]
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Posted on April 12th, 2010 by Maureen McKeon
There’s an unwarranted phobia out there that must be exposed and banished forever – Fear of Cruising. Just ask someone who’s never stepped on board a cruise ship what they most worry about, and you’ll uncover the hidden fears. There are the usual suspects – seasickness, Norovirus, collisions (thanks, Titanic!), but these days the media [...]
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Posted on April 9th, 2010 by Maureen McKeon
The Cruise Lines International Association (CLIA) is North America’ s large st cruise industry organization, representing the interests of 25 member cruise lines and 16,000 travel agencies. This week they announced a new Travel Agent Advisory Board (TAAB) that will serve the association through 2012. Created in 2004, the TAAB provides a strategic travel agent [...]
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Posted on April 8th, 2010 by Maureen McKeon
THIS JUST IN FROM DEREK SANTANA, LANDRY & KLING BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT MANAGER: I’m back on land after spending four extraordinary days on the beautiful Sea Cloud II. Jenny de Borja, Regional Sales Manager for Sea Cloud, was gracious enough to invite me as a guest on a familiarization cruise on the five star Berlitz-rated vessel. [...]
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Posted on April 6th, 2010 by Maureen McKeon
TravelMole.com posted a story today by David Wilkenings: “Meeting planners: your ship is inâ€. The article discusses two emerging MICE cost-saving trends: drive-in meetings and cruise meetings. A hotel executive spoke about the uptick in drive-to business, but at Seasite.com, we know that drive-in cruise meetings are also on the rise. We’ve watched the cruise [...]
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