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In today’s “Our Take on Cruise” Shannon McKee and Roger Blum discuss the upcoming Seatrade Med in Malaga. They will jointly moderate “The Intricacies of Sustainable Itinerary Planning.” This session will be very interesting for ports and destinations to understand how sustainability is now a major factor in itinerary planning. They’ll discuss shore power, alternative […]

In this week’s edition of “Our Take on Cruise” they stopped by University of Miami (Roger Blum’s nemesis school😉) to talk about their #prognosticating skills in the #cruiseindustry. “Professor” Shannon McKee and Roger Blum discuss the CDC dropping the CSO (did you see it coming?), the future of Crystal Cruises. They also discussed Abercrombie &

In this week’s edition of “Our Take on Cruise”, Roger Blum and Shannon McKee stopped by the Royal Caribbean Group offices. That’s the benefit of living in #Miami! They are just a few minutes from the world headquarters of so many cruise lines. Access Cruise, Inc. & Cruise and Port Advisors, Inc. are both #consulting

Check out this week’s edition of “Our Take on Cruise”! Roger Blum & Shannon McKee discuss the purchase of Crystal Cruises brand, plus databases and ships along with the transfer of several Costa Crociere S.p.A. ships to the Carnival Cruise Line fleet. There’s never a dull moment in the #cruiseindustry. There’s lots of news about

In this episode of “Our Take on Cruise”, Shannon McKee and Roger Blum celebrate summer – a great time to relax, vacation and take a cruise! Please tune in as they discuss why this is the most important season of the year for the cruise industry. #cruisenews #cruise #cruiseexperts #cruiseprofessionals #wearecruise #ourtakeoncruise #cruisedestinationexperts

“Our Take on Cruise” with Shannon McKee and Roger Blum modify a famous question once asked by William Shakespeare – To Fam or Not to Fam, that is the question! We think it’s nobler to Fam, so please tune in and hear why. In this week’s edition we once again have the opportunity to film

This week in “Our Take on Cruise”, Roger Blum and Shannon McKee talk about some of the great #milestones the #cruiseindustry has reached since resuming. Of course, there are still challenges, but the industry is #resilient and #creative. Where there is a will, there is a way. They had the opportunity to film at a

In this week’s edition of “Our Take on Cruise”, Roger Blum & Shannon McKee take on all the regional cruise conferences. What a great way to connect with the #cruisedestinationcommunity! There are so many to choose from. To name just a few happening now and over the next month…Cruise Europe, MedCruise, Florida-Caribbean Cruise Association, #CruiseCanadaNewEngland.

In this week’s edition of “Our Take on Cruise”, Roger Blum and Shannon McKee talk about even more high level executive changes happening in the #cruiseindustry. #Congratulations to Albino Supino di Lorenzo, Lynn Torrent, #MichellePaige and #AdamCeserano for their new appointments! They also discuss the cruise line earnings and occupancies. What do you think? Is

In this edition of “Our Take on Cruise,” Shannon McKee and Roger Blum see “eye-to-eye” as they wrap up this year’s Seatrade Cruise Global, review & recap the highlights of the conference. It was a very busy week, meeting with friends and cruise stakeholder from around the world. For us, the highlights were that discussions