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While regular cruise ship rooms are nice, balcony rooms can feel extra luxurious. Balcony rooms give you the opportunity to escape the crowded decks and unwind on your own private terrance. This all sounds great, but the truth is that …
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It’s WAVE season, and cruise bookings are top of mind. Travel insurance is a high-margin commission opportunity, so as you’re booking your next cruise and offering travel insurance, be sure to recommend policies that are right for your clients. Here …
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There’s something about these mass shootings that requires us to try to find a pattern in them, even when there doesn’t seem to be any good explanation. And the pattern emerging from the Jan. 6 rampage at the Fort Lauderdale/Hollywood …
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Carnival Cruise Line has added the private Bahamian destination of Princess Cays to the itineraries of six different Carnival ships, with sail dates beginning in May 2017. Carnival Cruise Line ships are expected to make 40 calls to Princess Cays …
Its menus are laden with lobster, caviar, foie gras and escargot. The main dining room is lit by a $200,000 chandelier of hand-blown glass; its walls are decked with $7 million in art. And the entire front of Deck 14 …
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Welcome to Travel Talk, the place to get all the answers to your travel questions. From cruises to land vacations, tours, all-inclusive resorts, let’s talk travel! Wondering which cruise line is best for multi-generational families or what is the best …
Cargo cruises take a small number of passengers around the world on all-inclusive, one-of-a-kind voyages. Darren Whiteside/Reuters The INSIDER Summary: • Cargo cruises offer a super cheap way to see the world. • They’re not as popular or luxurious as …
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Carnival Corp. has created a new Bluetooth-enabled disc that will replace and augment plastic key cards on future ships and be the underpinning for a variety of new ways of doing things on cruises. The disc, called the Ocean Medallion, …
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Before the end of 2017, it looks like there will be a worldwide duopoly in the business of building cruise ships. Can this be good for cruise lines, their customers or travel agents? It would come about if Italy’s Fincantieri …
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