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.

[LIVEBLOG] State of the Industry 2019

Hello and welcome to the 2019 liveblog from the State of the Industry panel from Seatrade Cruise Global. Here’s some general info about it: When: Tuesday 9 April 2019 | 9:30 am – 11:30 am What: Topics include,Sustainable Tourism, Innovation,…

Seatrade Cruise Global 2019

Hello from South Beach! I’ll be attending the Seatrade Cruise Global convention that takes place every year in South Florida. This is the first year that it’s back in Miami after a couple of years in Port Everglades. This is…

Carnival Corp. Announces Q1 2019 Earnings

Carnival Corporation & plc announced U.S. GAAP net income of $336 million, or $0.48 diluted EPS, for the first quarter of 2019. First quarter 2019 adjusted net income of $338 million, or $0.49 adjusted EPS, compared to adjusted net income…

Princess Finalizes 2 Ship Order

Caribbean Princess Departing Port Everglades. 11/5/2016 ©CruiseInd

Over a year ago, Jul 23, 2018 to be exact, Princess signed a memorandum of understanding with builder Fincantieri. Last year we knew that an agreement was reached for two ships but not much more. With this contract signing we…

Sunday Viking Sky Update

©Viking Ocean Cruises

In continuation from our previous thread yesterday, here’s an update on what happened over night. CLICK HERE FOR SATURDAY’S LIVE BLOG OF THE EVENT Viking Sky has now berthed alongside Molde and this cruise will officially end here. Passengers will…