Happy New Year – 2011 Chinese (Cantonese) Gung hay fat choy Chinese (Mandarin) -Xin nian yu kuai Danish -Godt Nytår Dutch – Gelukkig nieuwjaar Farsi – Aide shoma mobarak French – Bonne année Gaelic – Aith-bhliain Fe Nhaise Dhuit German – Gutes Neues Jahr Greek – Kali hronia Hawaiian – Hauoli Makahiki Hou Hebrew –…
Year: 2010
2010 Year in Review | Cruise Ships
Keep those new ships coming! Over the last couple of years it seems like if a cruise line was not delivering a new ship, they were putting their girls into dry-dock for some serious work. The end result? An abundance of bedazzled cruise ships offering numerous shipboard enhancements to keep the cruise public happy. New…
Merry Christmas from Cruise Buzz and Disney Cruise Line
Happy Holidays. Let the vacations begin… Have you ever wondered how to say “Happy Holidays” in multiple languages? Check out this video from our friends at Disney Cruise Line. Let me know how many languages they use to say “Happy Holidays.” Here is a rundown on how to say Happy Holidays in some more languages:…
Cruise Daily recap
Happy Eve before Christmas Eve…. Enjoy the posts from this morning’s Cruise Daily.
Social Media and cruising
Although it is not an easy task, those of us that participated on today’s cruise chat covered a broad topic: social media. Thanks to all those that participated. Here are the numbers for #CRUISECHAT via HashTracking.com: 440 tweets generated 1,863,125 impressions, reaching an audience of 165,386 followers within the past 24 hours. Top 10 by number of impressions…
Top 25 Online Cruise Vacation Influencers
This from BRILLIANT TRAVEL MEDIA. Click on their link to see the updated list. Brilliant Travel Media compiles a lot of various lists of online rankings and influence in social media. Thanks to them for letting me benchmark some numbers here on the site. The Top 25 Online Cruise Vacation Influencers RANK — USER KLOUT…
Social Media and Cruising #CruiseChat
Social media: the big race Social media and you. Are you treading water, drowning, or cruising to the finish line? Welcome to another edition of #CruiseChat, our fun place to talk about cruising on Travel Tuesdays. This chat is dedicated to the very broad topic of social media. Today’s topic is brought to us by…
Cruise Daily recap from Twitter list
Today’s top cruise stories as reported on the Cruise Daily compiled from my Twitter list: Weather Shakes Up Royal Caribbean Cruise, Causes Minor Injuries cruisecritic.com – December 12, 2010 Weather Shakes Up Royal Caribbean Cruise, Causes Minor Injuries (2:30 p.m. EST) — Several passengers were injured early Sunday morning when Royal Caribbean’s Brilliance of the Se……
Luxury Travel Expo and week in review
This was a fun week for those of us at Cruise Buzz. A team from our office (my sister and me) drove to Las Vegas to attend the Luxury Travel Expo at Mandalay Bay. There were many highlights, but here are my favorite memories from the week: 1. Hanging out with Wendy Perrin, Director of…
A brief history of cruising in Europe
European waterways essential to life and trade The rivers and seas of Europe have always been essential to life and trade. But, until the mid-1800s, European boats and ships were only concerned with moving cargo or hauling in the day’s catch – not with passengers or their comfort. In 1835, Arthur Anderson, a sailor from…