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.

NCL Reports Q3 2019 Earnings

Norwegian Pearl departing Miami ©CruiseInd

Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings Ltd. reported financial results for the third quarter ended September 30, 2019, as well as provided guidance for the fourth quarter and full year 2019. Highlights The Company generated GAAP net income of $450.6 million or EPS of $2.09 compared to $470.4 million or $2.11 in…

Lindblad Reports Q3 2019 Financial Results

Third Quarter 2019 Highlights: Lindblad Expeditions Holdings, Inc., a global provider of expedition cruises and adventure travel experiences, today reported financial results for the quarter ended September 30, 2019. Tour revenues increased 16% to $101.0 million Net loss available to…

Royal Caribbean Cruises Reports Q3 2019 Earnings

Allure of the Seas Departing Port Everglades ©CruiseInd

Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. today reported record third quarter US GAAP earnings of $4.20 per share and adjusted earnings of $4.27 per share which include a $0.13 negative impact from Hurricane Dorian.  The company also updated its full year Adjusted EPS guidance to a range of $9.50 to $9.55 per…

Tour Holland America’s Oosterdam

Our first tour of a Holland America Line ship! I had the opportunity to be onboard Holland America Line’s m/s Oosterdam. The 82,820gt ship was built in Italy at Fincantieri’s Marghera yard. She’s the second in Holland America’s Vista-class ships…

First Look: HANSEATIC inspiration

German Hapag-Lloyd Cruises newest ship has just entered service. The HANSEATIC inspiration is the second ship in their luxury expedition class. VIEW HANSEATIC INSPIRATION DECK PLANS Hapag-Lloyd is mainly known for their 222 ‘box ships’. This is their huge fleet…

Introducing Viking Expeditions

via Viking Ocean Cruises

More details have emerged from Viking Cruises new sub brand. Not to be left out of the burgeoning expedition market, Viking ordered two expedition vessels to be built at VARD last April. The two sisterships will be named Viking Octantis…

A New Twist on the Flying Clipper Saga

Star Clippers

It appears the ship has changed names. According to her AIS (as well as speculative reports in local news), the ship, formerly known as as the s/v Flying Clipper, as been sailing around the Adriatic as the Brodosplit 483. (Brodosplit…