Tag: luxury cruise

  • The Definition of a Luxury Cruise

    The Definition of a Luxury Cruise

    The title of this article might seem like the slogan of a luxury cruise line, perhaps appearing in a context such as this: Eternity Cruises, the definition of a luxury cruise. (Eternity Cruises is not actually a company – it just sounds like the type of name a luxury cruise line might have.) However, we are after the literal definition of “luxury cruise.” What exactly qualifies a cruise as “luxurious?” Is there any reason for a non-luxury cruise line to pretend as if it is a luxury cruise line? What, in short, is a luxury cruise? Read more […]
  • Oceania Cruises: An Overview

    Oceania Cruises: An Overview

    Oceania Cruises, sometimes called “Oceania Cruise Line” or just “Oceania,” is a luxury cruise line based in Miami, Florida. It is owned by Apollo Global Management, the enormous American private equity firm that also owns (among many other things) another luxury cruise line, Regent Seven Seas Cruises. Oceania operates four vessels and is the largest luxury cruise line in the world. (Although the word “luxury” is somewhat imprecise, so perhaps a larger cruise line that calls itself “luxurious” – an attractive marketing word – is larger.) Like other luxury cruise lines, Oceania Cruises is less well-known than some of the giants of the cruise industry, so below we shed some light on the company and its cruises. Read more […]
  • Costa Cruises Announces Crewmember for the Day Program

    The next ViceVersa cruise sails from Venice on July 7 for a 10-day trip to Greece, Israel, Turkey and Croatia. This will be the maiden voyage of the new Costa Favolosa. The next opportunity is a cruise aboard the Costa Deliziosa from Amsterdam on July 30, to Greenland and Iceland. Read more […]
  • NYK Asia/Pacific Cruise News

    NYK (Nippon Yusen Kaisha) Cruises offer everything form one-night cruises to 100-day world cruises. NYK has a number of operators and they have made several changes on the agenda for 2011. Read more […]
  • Luxury Vietnam Cruises

    Some Vietnam cruises may be part of a short cruise of say 8-days, while others may be part of a larger cruise that can last up to 77 nights or more. Read more […]
  • Luxury Nile Cruises

    Nile river cruises feature smaller crowds so you will feel like you’re getting the same individual attention as you would on a luxury cruise. Read more […]
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