The Hotel Detective has never heard this line: “We are wasting space. That’s our concept.” The speaker is Julian Pfitzner, the head of product development for Hapag-Lloyd Cruises, and he is referring to his baby, the Europa 2, Hapag-Lloyd’s top …
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Is it the journey or the destination? The getting there or the being there that counts? This question has long been a litmus test of one’s travel psyche, and for years the judgment has been that the person who journeys …
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Two cruise ships collided this morning in Vancouver, but there were no injuries in the accident. At 6:50 a.m, the Oosterdam, a Holland America Line cruise ship, was docking at Canada Place when it hit Nieuw Amsterdam, another Holland America …
In a non-descript building in North Miami, two dozen dancers in bouncing yellow skirts are high kicking the can-can, aerialists are spinning perilously high from silk cords and frantic seamstresses are hemming outfits in a 20,000 square-foot costume shop. They …
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Among the lengthy list of banned objects were candles and any “items that generate heat or produce an open flame.” This also included incense, coffee makers, clothes irons, travel steamers, heating pads and hot plates. “Laundry areas were the only …
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Martha Stewart’s empire continues to grow and with her latest partnership with MSC Cruises, shows no signs of slowing down. The lifestyle empresario chatted with us about the new collaboration and where she’ll be setting sail to next. What intrigued …
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PARIS — Chanel is moving forward. Or at least trying to. How else to view the fact that for the first Chanel cruise show since the death in February of Karl Lagerfeld, its longtime designer, the house had reimagined a …
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ABOARD THE NORWEGIAN JOY — Not unlike the twice-daily 747 flights that British Airways used to put on some transatlantic routes during the summer, Norwegian Cruise Line is flooding the Alaska market this season with two of its own “widebodies.” …
After China sojourn, Norwegian Joy updated for Alaska Read more »
Plan your visit: After setting sail from Papeete, Tahiti, you’ll experience totality on day seven, bookended by shipboard lectures on Polynesia culture and visits to Bora Bora, Huahine, and atolls including Rangiroa. As if this trip isn’t bucket list–worthy enough, …