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Oct 17, 2024 | 
cruisepassenger.com.au | Tallis Boerne Marcus |Peter Lynch |Alice Williams |David Jones
Royal Caribbean has started to pilot new technology so that parents can track their children after a huge reaction to reports of kids behaving badly onboard cruise ships, Earlier this year, Royal Caribbean’s International President and CEO Michael Bayley said it’s probably time” to think about ways to expand and enforce Royal Caribbean’s kids curfew, remarks that sparked a huge furor with hundreds of comments to the Cruise Passenger and other websites.
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Oct 17, 2024 | 
cruisepassenger.com.au | Peter Lynch |Alice Williams |David Jones |Teresa Ooi
Cruise Passenger > News > Cruise claims $8.43 billion in spending and 26,000 jobs as new port hunt is launched for Sydney WORDS BY . Oct 18 2024 With three ships in Sydney Harbour, the NSW Government today chose to show its love for cruising, claiming the NSW Cruise had a record-breaking $4.41 billion share of the 2023-24 season, up 60.4% from the previous financial year.
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Oct 17, 2024 | 
cruisepassenger.com.au | Peter Lynch |Alice Williams |David Jones |Teresa Ooi
Cruise Passenger > News > Adventure cruising is booming as never before – here’s why you need to book your trip before it’s too late WORDS BY . Oct 17 2024 When Cruise Passenger met up with the head of Silversea’s expedition division in Australia last month, he was brimming with enthusiasm about the potential of adventure journeys in Australia. Conrad Combrink, Silversea’s Head of Expeditions, nominated Australia as a major area of interest. He was particularly interested in South Australia.
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Oct 17, 2024 | 
cruisepassenger.com.au | Alice Williams |David Jones |Teresa Ooi |Bernadette Chua
Cruise Passenger > News > How cruise ships beat European hotel prices by up to 25% in the ultra luxe stakes WORDS BY . Oct 17 2024 Luxury cruise ship suite prices are beating Europe’s top hotels by thousands according to new research and our own investigation. Luxury travel reports on Europe show that more consumers are willing to splurge on the right experiences, and that has led to steeply rising nightly rates.
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Oct 17, 2024 | 
cruisepassenger.com.au | David Jones |Teresa Ooi |Bernadette Chua |Chris Singh
Cruise Passenger > News > Will year-round cruising end in Australia? This expert says it’s anybody’s guess WORDS BY . Oct 17 2024 Former corporate communications manager for cruise lines David Jones gives his take at the start of our 2024/25 season. An ability to “read the tea leaves” is probably a good skill to have these days to understand where the Australian cruise industry is headed.
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Sep 23, 2024 | 
businesstravelexecutive.com | David Jones
American Airlines backed off from parts of its bold new distribution and corporate sales strategies, but the experiment gave everyone a good long look at how carriers want to sell in the future. There are implications for travel management.
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Aug 7, 2024 | 
forbes.com | David Jones
David Jones is Vice President, Technology Portfolio at IDA Ireland. Generative AI could add up to $4.4 trillion to the global economy—not over a decade but annually. The transformational change that's about to happen with AI is similar to the early days of the internet. Indeed, organizations that don't embrace AI today risk losing their market position or becoming obsolete like those that didn't take their business online more than two decades ago.
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Jul 11, 2024 | 
cruisepassenger.com.au | Tallis Boerne Marcus |Bernadette Chua |Teresa Ooi |David Jones
Matt and Deb are now married of a couple of fanatic cruisers. So fanatic that they have a Youtube channel and website devoted to documenting their adventures. However, it wasn’t always that way. Back when they were dating, or “skinny, happy and in love” as Matt puts it, Deb was already a cruise tragic, but Matt had never stepped foot on a ship. As Matt felt ready to pop the question, he devised an elaborate plan to sweep Deb off her feet.
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Jul 10, 2024 | 
cruisepassenger.com.au | Bernadette Chua |Teresa Ooi |Tallis Boerne Marcus |David Jones
In a bold move, Disney Cruise Lines announced overnight their plans to launch a new year-round ship to be based in Japan. The cruise line, as part of the ongoing expansion of Disney’s cruise and entertainment operations, signed a deal with the operator of Tokyo Disneyland and the Tokyo Disney resort. It will be the ninth cruise ship under a licensing agreement between the major resort company and The Oriental Land Company.
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Jul 10, 2024 | 
cruisepassenger.com.au | Teresa Ooi |Tallis Boerne Marcus |Bernadette Chua |David Jones
Whale sharks, Komodo dragons and crocodiles – what more can you ask for if you are seeing them from the comfort of your super-luxe motor yacht, Paspaley Pearl by Ponant. Designed to accommodate only 30 guests with 21 crew to look after your every need, the motor yacht will explore the most bio-diverse regions of Raja Ampat in Indonesia, Rowley Shoals in Australia and Tufi in Papua New Guinea.
