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Cruise Shipping Miami Recap
A look at some of my favorite tweets and photos from Cruise Shipping Miami Recap from Cruise Shipping Miami: the world’s largest and most important gathering of cruise industry professionals. Highlights from The 29th annual Cruise Shipping Miami conference and exhibition at the Miami Beach Convention Center March 11-14th, 2013. Video State of the…
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Expedition Cruising with Un-Cruise Adventures
{EAV:30740fc322529dc6} Q&A with Un-Cruise Adventures Catching the cruise buzz at Cruise Shipping Miami with Tim Jacox, Executive Vice President of Sales and Marketing for Un-Cruise Adventures. Q. What exactly is an Un-Cruise? A. Un-Cruise Adventures carves an unconventional path for the adventurer in us all. Wildlife is eye-to-eye; culture is one-to-one; small group explorations are…
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Port Buzz: Valletta, Malta
Information for cruise visitors to Malta Helpful tips and ideas for Mediterranean cruise visitors calling on Valletta, Malta. Described as a city ‘built by gentlemen for gentlemen’, Valletta is home to over 300 places of interest. Imagine sailing into a historic port which hosted famous explorers and traders, from the Phoenicians to the Romans and…
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What the cruise lines are sharing on Facebook for Travel Tuesday
Checking the cruise buzz on Facebook A nod from Norwegian Cruise Line that today is Travel Tuesday. Now I know why this popular St. Maarten beach is called Airport Beach. Great post. Great reminder from Crystal Cruises that St. Patrick’s Day is right around the corner. That reminds me that I need to…
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Norwegian Breakaway Leaves Building Dock
New York’s ship is on her way Norwegian Breakaway floated out of building dock in Papenburg Just in time for Norwegian Cruise Line’s Norwegian Breakaway’s Maiden voyage: April 30, 2013. The largest cruise ship to ever be built in Germany floated out of the building where Meyer Werft designers and shipbuilders have been getting Norwegian…
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Cruise Shipping Miami offers mobile app
The official app for Cruise Shipping Miami is now available To download click here. The app is designed to enhance the experience of the attendee. Highlights are listed below: Cruise Shipping Miami event schedule Speaker listings (look for mine, I can’t wait! Wednesday morning March 13, 2013 click here Social networking – the app integrates…
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Getting around Venice, Italy: Ship transfer, Vaporetto or Water Taxi?
Options for cruise visitors in Venice, Italy Here is the scenario. You are a cruise visitor to Venice and you want to get from the Stazione Marittima to the sights of Venice. What do you do? How will you get around? Option 1: Cruise ship water transfer If you plan on going to St. Marks and…
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Port Guides
Port Guides (updated Jan 2018) There are two necessary steps to planning a cruise: picking a cruise ship and deciding where to go. One way to decide where to cruise is to look at the cruise ports that a ship will call on to decide if that port-of-call is of interest and if that destination…
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Can cruising be the ultimate adventure travel?
Can cruising be the ultimate adventure travel? According to Wikipedia, adventure travel is a type of tourism, involving exploration or travel to remote, exotic and possibly hostile areas. Travelers that like to explore by ship have many opportunities to see remote areas while enjoying some of the finer comforts of life, such as a bounty…
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Carnival Triumph Engine Room Fire
Carnival Triumph Engine Room Fire Passengers sailing on Carnival Triumph are finishing their cruise vacation on emergency power after an engine room fire. Carnival Cruise Lines cancelled the Feb. 11 and Feb. 16 departures of the Carnival Triumph after the ship lost propulsion due to the emergency. Carnival Cruise Lines tweeted about the incident and kept…
