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I just booked a client on a Carnival ship, but the ship doesn’t sail for 3 weeks. He did his check-in online today and also made a significant FunShop purchase for pictures, alcohol and other items. I just got a call from the client that Carnival had already charged his …

You’ve probably heard by now that a 15 year old teenager from Virginia “traded” his SnapChat handle “carnivalcruise” for a cruise on the brand new Carnival Horizon. This super fan deserves it! Check out the full story from FoxNews by clicking on the link below: http://www.foxnews.com/travel/2018/03/28/carnival-cruise-offers-virginia-teen-luxurious-trip-in-exchange-for-his-snapchat-handle.html      

The BBC is reporting, “Carnival Corporation, the cruise firm that owns P&O and Cunard, is facing a boycott from LGBT travellers after halting gay weddings on some ships. The company was forced to stop allowing same-sex unions on its ships that are registered in Bermuda. The British Overseas Territory legalised …

TheRealDeal.com has a great story about updates to Royal Caribbean’s private island CoCoCay. “A perfect day on CocoCay costs Royal Caribbean International $200 million to build. The private island in the Bahamas has been owned by the cruise liner for more than three decades, however a major overhaul is now …

  Just when you think you’ve heard it all, FoxNews is reporting, “A Canadian woman who recently pleaded guilty to smuggling cocaine aboard a glamorous ‘round-the-world cruise admitted in court on Wednesday that she was partly doing it for Instagram likes.” I want to get as many “likes” on social …

Many of my friends ask me why I don’t actively sell NCL cruises. I sailed on the Pearl twice, and found that the cruise line nickel and dimes guests over and over and over again. NCL just announced a price increase for gratuities. I hope that the other cruise lines …

Taiwan News is reporting, “After a 9-year break, the Tainan City Government announced earlier this week that cruise ships are once again going to be docking in the historic Port of Anping this year. Two large cruise liners are scheduled to arrive in March and May this year and the …

While news reports detail how internet speeds are increasing on cruise ships, Sir Richard Branson seems to have a better idea. In the CNBC article below, the title is, “Billionaire Richard Branson says this is the key to happiness and success.” That key is to unplug and to get in …

Egypttoday.com is reporting, “Egypt, Cyprus and Greece have reached an agreement on cruise tourism on Friday, announced Egypt’s Minister of Tourism Rania al-Mashat in a statement. In a meeting held on the sidelines of the IT travel trade fair in Berlin, Mashat and her Cypriot and Greek counterparts, Yiorgos Lakkotrypis …

ABCNews is reporting,  “A cruise ship passenger is lucky to be alive after she fell overboard from a mega ship in the Bahamas, Tuesday night. The woman, who has not yet been identified, fell from the massive Norwegian Epic while it was sailing and rescue efforts were launched immediately, Norwegian …