When cruise lines get the chance to grow these days, they don't take the opportunity for granted. With each new class of ships, the stack of decks lined with balcony cabins seems to multiply. Not willing to cede anything to rivals, lines must compete in the size war or get left behind. More»

Bob Dickinson discusses his new consulting position with Carnival Corp. More»

Jamshyd Sethna has always loved the mountains. After his school days in Darjeeling, India, he would often camp in the Indian Himalayas, where he would admire the mountain views and find peace in the area's remote surroundings. More»

The Germans have a word, gemutlichkeit, that so defies direct translation, it's simply been adopted, wholesale, into English. One dictionary defines the term as "middle-class niceness or coziness; hospitality." More»

Eben Peck offers three reasons agents should care about government affairs. More»

Other industries long ago moved to graphical user interfaces, or GUIs, but many agents have continued to rely on so-called green-screen technology. The rise of ancillary fees may soon change that. More»

It's a question that has been debated for years in the luxury travel world: Do rewards programs work for luxury or are they too pedestrian? More»