Food buzz:  Crispy Chili Chicken Wings via Holland America Line If you follow NFL football then you know that this weekend is Super Bowl Sunday. Besides watching the 49ers and the Ravens battle it out for the championship, I am wondering what to feed people. When I am in a pinch for deciding what food…

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Avalon Waterways cruise buzz: author Patricia Schultz will launch Avalon Expression Avalon Waterways has named best-selling author Patricia Schultz to launch Avalon Expression, one of two new river cruise ships that will join the fleet in 2013. Patricia Schultz  is a travel writer and author of the best-seller 1,000 Places to See Before You Die. …

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Christine Duffy, President, and CEO of CLIA explains CLIA’s new global CLIA Trade Association. Carrie Finley-Bajak: What is CLIA’s annual Leadership Forum? How have the duties of the leadership team changed over the years? It seems like there is a big push for a global cruise presence this year, would that be accurate? Christine Duffy:  …

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Cruise Foodies Tweet Up with Geoffrey Zakarian Cruise Foodies Tweet Up  the Celebrity Iron Chef, Geoffrey Zakarian from Ocean Blue on Norwegian Breakaway. Did you happen to attend the live #FoodieChats on Twitter last night? In case you missed it, there was quite a party happening at  The Lambs Club with Norwegian’s Ocean Blue Celebrity Chef …

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Norwegian Breakaway to offer cakes by Buddy Valastro Buddy Valastro, Star of TLC’s “Cake Boss,” to Open Carlo’s Bake Shop on Norwegian Breakaway   Coming to New York City in May 2013   Norwegian Cruise Line announced today that Master Baker Buddy Valastro will open an extension of his family business, Carlo’s Bake Shop, on…

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Cruise Ships Launching in 2013 Keep your eyes open to exciting news about these new cruise ships entering service in 2013. New Cruise Ships 2013 Cruise Line  Cruise Ship Capacity Launch Date Uniworld Boutique River Cruise Collection River Orchid 60 Jan-13 MSC Cruises MSC Preziosa 3,959 Mar-13 Viking River Cruises Viking Tor 190 Mar-13 Norwegian…

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Norwegian Breakaway’s Aqua Park and Recreation Area I am sucker for a good water park. So, today when I got a tweet with a link to a Facebook album featuring the new Aqua Park on Norwegian Breakaway, I headed right over.   Norwegian Breakaway Aqua-loop promises an adrenaline rush   The  Aqua Park and Recreation…

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Cruise Line News: Princess Cruises creates new blog Princess Cruises announced today that they are launching a new blog called  “Linked by the Sea.” The stories on the cruise line’s new weblog will feature  stories from passengers and crew members.   “Linked by the Sea”  will chronicle stories of important relationships Forged On Board Princess Cruises…

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