The Daily Cruise and Travel News ”Podcast” with Tom Drake

NCLH boss Chidsey will join the Seatrade Keynote panel.
Adam Goldstein still has influence at NCLH, even though he is not on the board.
Royal Caribbean will start pimping credit cards!
Do we need to be told not to go to the Middle East?

 Royal Caribbean's new mega-mother will have eight neighborhoods!
Air Canada's CEO is out the door because his French was lousy!
The US is sending people to the moon on Wednesday, and they left politicians behind!
The girl will be sitting with the rest of the press at SeaTrade Cruise Global. A milestone in his comedy career.

Villa Vie Residences is now a ship of peace?
The new president of Norwegian Cruise Line needs to be less pessimistic.
The Houthis are back to being annoying!
The Guru is not ready to embrace Skillcation.

Today's top stories from the guru. Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings cleans out the board. Appoints five new members. After Congress goes home for the weekend, President Trump finds a way to pay TSA workers! Be careful in Florida. A cruise ship crew member who was caught shoplifting was immediately deported. Norwegian Cruise Line christens their new ship. The Godmother is in the witness protection program.  

Today's Top Stories with Commentary! Explore journeys cancels its Middle East cruises next winter. Too soon. President Trump will sign an executive order to pay the TSA workers as part of a National Emergency declaration. British Airways flight attendants placed a woman who had passed away on a heated floor for 13 hours. Smart? The Guru received his press credentials for Seatrade Global. Oh boy!

The top stories from the guru this morning: The guru thinks United's couch in economy is stupid! The new "flighty" app should be called Let's Catch the Airlines Lying app! TSA screeners are so good that they can tell a Mac from a PC. Yeah....sure! The Guru puts major-league baseball in Tommy's doghouse!  

Here are today's stories with a little bit of commentary! The guru loves that Zac Brown is partnering with Margaritaville at Sea to present some great new Nashville entertainment. No surprise here. The new cruise terminal in Philadelphia will not be ready for the first Norwegian cruise. Yo, somebody go rent a tent. The Azamara World Cruise will also be a bourbon experiment if the guests don't drink it all!

Here are the top stories from the Guru! Norwegian Cruise Line grabs some cheap publicity by giving away $10,000 for a painting of an ugly bear. Travel advisors are working hard to convince clients that Mexico is safe because they're only shooting at cartel members! Travel advocate Elliot gets it all wrong about Norovirus. Hear the real story from the Guru! Hotel operators continue to whine about the state of their business. Try to improve your properties!

The Guru accepted an invitation to spend the night at Mar-a-Lago. During this podcast, you will hear what it's like to enjoy dinner two tables over from the most powerful man on the planet, who is also DJing during dinner. In a completely unrelated story, the Guru talks about a Carnival guest who is suing Carnival  because the tour boat bench she was sitting on collapsed, and she never got to see the pigs on Pig Island! Lots of stories, lots of commentary, a few laughs, and a little bit of music.   

The first of the Four Seasons yachts sails on its inaugural! Hot air at sea! Oceania tells its World Cruisers they will skip the Suez! Jet fuel prices have jumed 57%, but no one has stopped booking! The Las Palmas cruise port is now the largest in Europe thanks to privatization!