Clockwise from top: Teri West, Travel Weekly's cruise editor; Jay Schneider of Royal Caribbean Group; and Folo host Rebecca Tobin talk about the latest in private and exclusive cruise destinations.
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We're returning to a subject that we've talked about before on the Folo, but that just keeps continuing to grow and evolve, that's cruise companies' private islands and destinations. On the podcast this week is Jay Schneider, the chief product innovation officer for Royal Caribbean International.
Royal Caribbean has been at the forefront of these discussions with its Perfect Day projects and now is moving forward with a destination in the South Pacific and a hotel in Chile for Antarctica guests on its Silversea brand. In this episode, cruise editor Teri West and Schneider talk about the inspiration for Royal's thrill-and-chill vibes, competition and the evolution of land-and-sea vacations in the Caribbean.
This was recorded May 29 and has been edited for length and clarity.
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