The market for expedition cruises is bullish, now QUARK , subsidiary of TUI Group , was anouncing a new ship to be added to its expedition fleet for the season 2018/19. Some are predicting a collapse for this bullish market. But as long as we see a steady growth in the mass market, where the companies swamp the usual ports with its "screaming cargo", and the cruise offers more and more becoming like shore resort vacancies, the desire for special destinations and a more sophisticated vessel, cruise feeling, better service, food&beverage, is rising. The sophisticated traveller/cruiser who has done it all, what is on the pannel and is a bit better on his feet - financially, is turning to the new offers. by Earl of Cruise Rendering of WORLD EXPORER published at Cruise Industry News - courtsey QUARK EXPEDITIONS It may be another reason existing for the demend for expedition cruises - I think of those into the regions of " endless ice ". Some stupid ignora...
s s / te NORMANDIE starting from cold Owners: COMPAGNIE GÉNÉRALE TRANSATLANTIQUE BUILDERS: PENH Ö ET, St. Nazaire, France by Stephen Carey © , editing by Earl of Cruise This document is almost exclusively about the engineering aspects of NORMANDIE , mainly on how to start her up from cold. If you are looking for photos of the passenger spaces, there is a plethora of them on the web, in Facebook groups - Admirers of the ss Normandie , ss Normandie photographic file , The French Ocean Liners / Les Paquebots Fran ç ais , ss Normandie , GREAT LINERS OF THE PAST & PRESENT , and others, Pinterest and in articles about NORMANDIE here in the blog, please see at the end of the article. Using "ss" for NORMANDIE is quite incorrect, as NORMANDIE was a Turbo Electric vessel and not a steamship, therefore NORMANDIE should be adressed as "te". by Earl of Cruise te / ss NORMANDIE berthed in Le Havre, Gare Maritime May 29th, 1935 - colouring courtesy ...