Cruise Line Builds Trop...

Filed under: North America , Dominican Republic , Transportation , Cruises , Caribbean To many cruise travelers , “cruising” means “Caribbean” and a growing number have sailed to and around the warm blue waters there many times. Tiring of the same ports, those...

Sailing With Costa, Pos...

Filed under: Europe , North America Images of sinking ships aren’t normally the best advertisements for cruise lines, but after watching the Discovery Channel’s documentary on the ill-fated Costa Concordia, it made me want to book a cruise. And not just any cruise – a...

News and Deals: May 8, ...

Olympics bring bumper year to London’s hotels but nightmare to consumers Washington Post It’s months before athletes hit the Olympic track, but time is running out for those in another fierce competition: The scramble for a place to stay in London. Some innkeepers will be charging...

Cruise Vacations: 10 Th...

Filed under: Europe , North America , United States , Cruises , Caribbean , Luxury Travel Cruise vacations come in all sizes and shapes. Gigantic new ships have everything from gourmet cuisine created by celebrity chefs to amusement parks. Smaller ships get up-close and personal with...

When Cruise Ships Plug ...

Filed under: North America , Canada , Transportation , Cruises Having the ability to ” plug in ” to cleaner shore-based electric power , rather than burning diesel fuel when in port, allows cruise ships to eliminate a jumbo-sized carbon footprint . At a number of ports in the...

Photo Of The Day: Meet ...

Filed under: Photos , North America , United States , Photo of the Day , Transportation , Cruises , Luxury Travel Who is the fairest of them all? It’s a tough question for guests aboard the new Disney Fantasy cruise ship, who spend their days surrounded by dozens of Disney’s...

Australian Billionaire ...

Filed under: Cruises An Australian business man announced plans to build a replica of the Titanic this morning, with all the luxuries of the former ship but none of the design flaws. Calling the ship the “Titanic II,” Clive Palmer has enlisted the help of a Chinese shipyard...

Family Travel, England ...

Filed under: Hotels and Accommodations , Luxury Travel Luxury travel agent network Virtuoso has released their annual “luxe” report. Generally, we’re fans of anything luxurious and travel related, so this was one we couldn’t wait to get our hot little hands on....

Grounding Of Costa Conc...

Filed under: Europe , North America , Israel , United Kingdom , United States , Cruises , Luxury Travel , Travel Security After the grounding of Costa Concordia in January, the governing organizations of the cruise industry ordered an Operational Safety Review both in response to the...

Cruise Line Snags Olymp...

The Olympics in London this summer is a hot ticket on land and now at sea. “It’s estimated that more than one-billion people will tune in for this year’s Olympic Games in the host city of London , and Celebrity Cruises has arranged the rare opportunity for guests...