October 15, 2013 By: Ruthanne Terrero New Crystal President Edie Bornstein is greeted by Serenity’s senior dining room executives.   We met with Edie Bornstein, the new president and COO of Crystal Cruises this week when the Crystal Serenity visited …

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A critically ill British grandmother died after a bungled cruise ship rescue plunged her into the icy North Sea in just her nightdress. Janet Richardson, 72, of Ousby, near Penrith, fell into the water as crew members tried to transfer …

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The Amadeus carries 128 passengers, so crowding was not on this ship’s radar. It belongs to an Austrian line, and we shared the trip with Italian, Spanish, and German guests. Docking parallel to other luxury cruise ships, we observed similar …

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Larry Fishkin, a pioneer in cruise-only retailing, died Sept. 25 in Florida after a three-year battle with cancer. He was 65. One of Fishkin’s agencies, Yellowbird Travel, was one of the first agencies to use a toll-free number to sell …

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Metro Cruise Services has been awarded a four-year contract to operate the Brooklyn Cruise Terminal by the New York City Economic Development Corp. The redeveloped terminal is one of three cruise ports in the New York harbor, along with facilities …

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October 14, 2013 By: Newswire Travel Agent Effective October 16, in addition to naming cruise industry veteran Edie Bornstein to the position of president and COO, Crystal Cruises promoted its executives, Thomas Mazloum and Jack Anderson. Mazloum will become EVP, and will report …

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