South America Cruises News
- Russian ships to Venezuela in show of power Friday, November 21, 2008 @ 11:42AM(By VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV, Associated Press Writer) The voyage of the cruiser Peter the Great, scheduled to arrive in Venezuela next week with a squadron of other Russian warships, was meant to showcase the Kremlin's ability to project naval power abroad and reassert its claim to great power status. But the arrival of the 24,000-ton nuclear-powered vessel and its escorts may mark the end of an era ...
- Russian ships to Venezuela in show of power Friday, November 21, 2008 @ 11:38AMThe voyage of the cruiser Peter the Great, scheduled to arrive in Venezuela next week with a squadron of other Russian warships, was meant to showcase the Kremlin's ability to project naval power abroad and reassert its claim to great power status. But the arrival of the 24,000-ton nuclear-powered vessel and its escorts may mark the end of an era of rising ambitions for the Russian navy, not its ...
- Soft landings Friday, November 21, 2008 @ 7:00AMBABY boomers want soft adventure without sacrificing the finer things in life, according to recent research by NSW-based Bill Peach Journeys, which has carved a niche with its luxury aircruising tours.
- Marriott Rewards Celebrates 25 Years of Rewarding Loyalty - 30 Million Members Strong Thursday, November 20, 2008 @ 5:00AMWhat began as an effort by a few hotels to reward guests for their loyalty has turned into one of the hotel industry's great success stories.
- FHA-Backed Loans: The New Subprime Friday, November 21, 2008 @ 7:08AMAs if they haven't done enough damage. Thousands of subprime mortgage lenders and brokers -- many of them the very sorts of firms that helped create the current financial crisis -- are going strong. Their new strategy: taking advantage of a long-standing federal program designed to encourage homeownership by insuring mortgages for buyers of modest means.
- New cruises put accent on adventure Sunday, November 23, 2008 @ 3:10AMWe stood between a sentinel of Inuit guides armed with rifles on Akpatok Island, an uninhabited outcropping of 700-foot-high cliffs seemingly in the middle of nowhere.
- Russians show off power on high seas Saturday, November 22, 2008 @ 4:14AMThe voyage of the cruiser Peter the Great, scheduled to arrive in Venezuela next week with a squadron of other Russian warships, was meant to showcase the Kremlin's ability to project naval power abroad and reassert its claim to great power status.
- Royal Caribbean International 'Floats Out' Oasis of the Seas Friday, November 21, 2008 @ 9:33AMIn just over one year, Royal Caribbean International's Oasis of the Seas will make her long awaited debut. The ship, under construction at STX Europe in Turku, Finland, reached an important maritime milestone today when she was "floated out" -- moved from dry dock to wet dock -- to begin the final stages of interior work.
- Liner notes: All at sea with John Walsh Friday, November 21, 2008 @ 11:15AMIt was probably pure coincidence that Céline Dion's "My Heart Will Go On" was playing on the PA system as our coach pulled up in Fort Lauderdale harbour and we first laid eyes on the Celebrity Solstice where she lay at anchor like a fat skyscraper. Beside it, the Titanic suddenly seemed pretty small fry. Nobody could look at this massive, towering, sleekly bulky ziggurat of maritime elegance, ...
- Russia tries to flex naval might Friday, November 21, 2008 @ 6:01PMThe arrival of Russia's nuclear-powered vessel, Peter the Great, in Venezuela next week may mark the end of an era of rising ambitions for the Russian navy, not its beginning.