The much anticipated Oasis of the Seas from the Royal Caribbean International’s fleet will make its maiden voyage in December 2009. This cruise ship is larger, longer, heavier, bigger, and more costly than any other. In fact the journey just to reach the stern is a quarter of a mile. With the advanced infrastructure and [...]
Cruise Liner Jobs
If you are getting more worried about the economic climate and you are finding that jobs are just not what they used to be, you should think about switching to the cruise industry, where its smooth sailing. The cruise industry is not taking strain under the struggling economies of the world and to cement this [...]
If you are in search of a shore based cruise job and want to explore the wonderful city of Sao Paulo in Brazil, then you might be in luck. Royal Caribbean Cruises has just opened an office there as part of its expansion of the cruise industry in the area. In the past 7 years [...]
During 2009, the cruise company Costa Crociere from Italy, introduced the largest of their fleet, Costa Pacifica to the cruise industry. This luxury cruise liner is one of the largest in the world, with a capacity of up to 3800 passengers. It docked for the first time in Tunisia last Thursday (11th June 2009), which [...]
If sailing the seas while you serenade guests in a sultry song sounds like just the thing for you, then you should think about the various entertainment jobs you can apply for on the newest cruise liners for the rest of 2009. Any talent that you have will be most welcomed on cruise ships, who [...]
Cruise ships all over the world offer various exciting shore excursions at all the ports that they visit, and this means that if you want to get paid to lead tour groups into interesting and exotic locations, you can simply apply to one of the many cruise lines. There are various shore excursion jobs that [...]
Costing about $72 million, the Smith Cove Cruise Terminal in Seattle, Washington opened on Friday the 24th April 2009, docking its first cruise ship the Amsterdam, the flagship of Holland America Cruises based in Seattle itself. This 2 berth cruise liner terminal has been constructed to assist Seattle in coping with the huge influx of [...]
Various cruise line companies have opened their 2010 – 2011 schedules for bookings with many showing a renewed interest in American ports. Royal Caribbean International is offered plenty of Caribbean round trips and lots of stops in at Florida’s ports. Cunard has shown an interest in Southern Californian Ports with the Queen Victoria sailing to [...]
In the world of luxury travel, everyone will tell you that “bigger is better”. Certainly the Royal Caribbean believes this is true, because over the past few years they have set the precedent for launching the largest cruise ships in the world. In 2006 they launched the Freedom of the Seas weighing in at 154, [...]
With people trying to save money as the economic crisis continues, Carnival Cruise Lines is actually reporting its best net booking week in history up 10 percent from 2008. This is due to the great value for money received and the special offers that Carnival Cruise Lines is offering to try and boost business. This [...]