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Year: 2011
Port Profile: Incheon for Seoul, South Korea
Incheon (for Seoul) South Korea Cruise ships will dock at Incheon Cruise Terminal when calling on South Korea’s capital of Seoul. Incheon, lies on the coast west of Seoul at the mouth of the Han River, only 18 miles south of the demilitarized zone (DMZ). The Incheon Regional Maritime Affairs and Port Office is the…
Keeping it sustainable with AdventureSmith Explorations
Todd Smith, visionary founder of AdventureSmith Explorations, is leading the way in sustainable travel. It is not an easy task to find companies, cruise lines, tour operators, and hospitality organizations willing to step into the spotlight to talk about their sustainability plans. While compiling my roundup of sustainability leaders, I ran across Todd Smith. Expedition…
Cruise Shipping Asia Conference 2011
Cruise Shipping Asia – November 2011 Cruising in Asia is the focus of the Cruise Shipping Asia conference held in Singapore at the end of November 2011. Expanding beyond North American cruisers, many cruise lines and suppliers are banking on the emerging Asian cruise market. Conference Topics include State of the Asian Cruise Industry Destinations:…
Sustainable Tourism Cruise Chat Recap
Sustainable Tourism – the topic that keeps on giving laranicotra Lara Nicotra We interrupt this #cruisechat to bring you…an earthquake?! Just when we were settling into another fun #CruiseChat, I see this tweet…. There was a moment when I wondered if I should cancel #CruiseChat because of the earthquake. But then people stopped tweeting about it…
European Barge Cruising
Barge Connection jumps into the #CruiseChat Spotlight Join us August 30th at 2pm on Twitter to learn more about barge cruising with Barge Connection in the #CruiseChat Spotlight. Since 1998, Barge Connection has been sending individuals to Europe for unique barge vacations. As a tour operator, Barge Connection serves as the go-between for vessel owners…
Sustainable tourism: cruising and beyond
Travelers have more options to support sustainable travel efforts Come to #CruiseChat on Tuesday, August 23 to explore Sustainable Tourism Thanks to CrociereUK for helping me co-host the conversation. Whether supporting a hospitality organization (like InterContinental) with a sustaiability plan or choosing a cruise because of it’s low impact on the environment (like Windstar), there are a…
Best of Star Clippers Cruise Chat Recap
Star Clippers sails into the sunset leaving behind a wake of good times The biggest surprise for me was realizing that I really can’t wait to go sailing on Star Clippers‘ Royal Clipper. When I was selling cruises I did not know enough about Star Clippers. Now that I write about cruising, I am glad…
Princess Cruises renews lease in Santa Claritia
Princess Cruises renewed their lease in Santa Clarita, CA One thing about cruise lines is that they tend to move around. So when I saw that Princess Cruises has renewed the lease for its headquarters location in Valencia Town Center, I was thrilled. I actually drove to headquarters once for a meeting at the…