The maiden voyage of Norwegian Cruise Lines newest ship, the Epic, took place from Miami on the 8th July and was met with some mixed reactions. This uniquely designed ship offers everything you can possibly imagine on a cruise ship including wave-like cabin designs instead of the ordinary box shaped ones, as well as plenty [...]
Travel Jobs
Travelling might be one of the things on your list when you graduate, or even throughout your life. The problem is that when we have work every day of the week from 9 to 5, travelling does tend to get left on the side lines. This means that only when we retire do we start [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
In November 2009, South Africa’s only cruise liner company, Starlight Cruises, will launch the newest member of its fleet, the luxury MSC Sinfonia. This will be the largest luxury cruise liner to operate out of South Africa and will set sail on its maiden voyage from Durban to the islands and coasts around the Indian [...]
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 [...]
On the 8th March 2009, the Pacific Asia Travel Association named the top travel destinations in the Asia Pacific area, with Australia, Hong Kong, and Japan right at the top for the year. In a recent survey done, most travelers would prefer to travel to Asia Pacific over the next 2 years. The survey consisted [...]
A recent year-long study off the coast of Alaska in the Outer Continental Shelf by the University of Alaska Anchorage’s Institute of Social and Economic Research and Northern Economics Inc, has revealed that a new development could create 35 000 jobs throughout the state every year. This Outer Continental Shelf Development will offer much needed [...]
Many cruise lines promote their service and features, but one of the top offering passengers state of the art facilities and luxurious accommodation is none other than Celebrity Cruises. If you are looking to travel in style and explore some fascinating sights the world over, Celebrity is the cruise ship fleet of choice. If you [...]
The Mediterranean is one of the most interesting and safest yachting destinations in the world and the perfect place to start your yacht crewing career. You have a choice of 22 countries surrounding the Mediterranean that you can explore, making this the best base possible for travel enthusiasts. Aside from the countries that you can [...]
