Greg Dragonetti

Greg Dragonetti

Greg (he/him) is the founder and editor of CruiseInd. He has been writing about the cruise industry since 2009 and studying it since 1998. His first ship was the Norwegian Majesty.

Royal Caribbean Dissolves Two Major Stockholders

  (Photo Credit: Flickr user GoboNdc via Creative Commons license) From FAIRPLAY24 ROYAL Caribbean’s two largest owners – Norway’s Wilhelmsen family and America’s Pritzker family – have dissolved their shareholders agreement, the cruise giant confirmed. The Wilhelmsen family, through A…

[UPDATE:THURSDAY] CruiseInd Hurricane Center: Hurricane Irene

THURSDAY: No new alterations today. It looks like weekend turnarounds in New York may be in jeopardy. __________________________________________________________________________ Carnival Carnival Pride, will sail Port Canaveral, Tuesday; Freeport, Wednesday. Carnival Triumph, will sail a western instead of Eastern with stops in…

Carnival Breeze on Facebook + New Photos

Props to Carnival for hitting up Facebook BIG TIME! Social media has always seems to be overlooked in terms of a marketing strategy so its nice to see them utilizing all the tools Facebook offers. Visit www.facebook.com/carnival to view their…

Carnival To Create New Dominican Port [w/Pics]

Dominican Republic Tourism has announced the construction of a new $65 million cruise terminal in Maimon. Carnival Corporation will be an investor, according to media reports. Plans call for the terminal to berth two vessels and accommodate around 4,000 passengers…

American Queen Sold and given new life

  See if you can make her out in the above photo.   Great American Steamboat Company has agreed to purchased the American Queen steamboat. Plans are to have her sailing again starting April of 2012. Voyages will leave out…

Finance Friday: NCL Q2 2011 Report

Norwegian Cruise Line reported results for the three months ended June 30, 2011. Adjusted EBITDA for the second quarter ended June 30, 2011 increased 29.0% to $123.5 million from $95.7 million in the same period of 2010 on improved revenue…