Season 2

“Our Take on Cruise” is on location at Seatrade Med in #Malaga, Spain. What a beautiful destination. They spent the day touring, now it’s all about connecting with their colleagues. Shannon McKee and Roger Blum not only discuss Malaga, they also discuss Seatrade Med and the change in dates and location for Seatrade Cruise Global […]

In this week’s edition of “Our Take on Cruise”, Roger Blum and Shannon McKee take on #SymphonyoftheSeas. What a treat to tour Royal Caribbean International’s 2nd largest ship in the fleet. With so much to do, the biggest problem was where to start. It’s got the #WOWfactor. Guess they’ll have to book a cruise to

In this week’s edition of “Our Take on Cruise”, Roger Blum & Shannon McKee take on the rapidly changing CoVID #pretesting & #vaccination requirements for the #cruiseindustry. It’s happening so fast; it could make your head spin. In fact, mine did! You’ll have to check out the video to see more. The best news from

Just over 2 weeks to go until Seatrade Cruise hashtag#Med! In this edition of “Our Take on Cruise”, Roger Blum & Shannon McKee talk more about the terrific line-up of conference sessions focused on the dynamic #future of the #cruiseindustry. Check out the full conference program here: https://bit.ly/3wu2CfK Some of our favorites include: *Are you

In this episode of “Our Take on Cruise”, Shannon McKee and Roger Blum are excited to discuss WINS for some of their clients. As the cruise industry returns to sailing full speed ahead, their clients are moving even quicker! Tune in for exciting news about the exciting ports of #haifa , #martinique and #Mobile! #cruise

In the latest edition of “Our Take on Cruise”, Roger Blum and Shannon McKee discuss the ever-changing landscape of the cruise industry. Sadly they’ve seen some new brands dissolve, but others such as Virgin Voyages, The Ritz-Carlton Yacht Collection, Margaritaville at Sea and many more have emerged. There was a recent article about a new

In this week’s edition of “Our Take on Cruise”, Roger Blum & Shannon McKee will talk about the pre-boarding CoVID testing requirements from the cruise lines. #GOODNEWs 🎉 is that many of the cruise lines are eliminating pre-testing requirements on shorter voyages of 5 days or less. HOWEVER it is still a little confusing 😒

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