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		<title>Hello Down There</title>
		<link>http://www.ralphgrizzle.com/2006/12/01/hello-down-there/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 02 Dec 2006 03:55:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ralph Grizzle</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Cruise line executives have long contended that they compete not against one another but against the larger vacation market. That argument, in fact, allowed Carnival Corporation to pass regulatory and antitrust hurdles in acquiring P&#038;O Princess in 2002. In a story that is now well known throughout the industry, Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. was left [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Wave Sends Mixed Signals</title>
		<link>http://www.ralphgrizzle.com/2006/04/02/wave-sends-mixed-signals/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 03 Apr 2006 04:09:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ralph Grizzle</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Will the 2006 Wave Season be recorded as a good sales period for cruises or a disappointing one? The answer depends.
&#8220;There are big Wave Seasons and there are disappointing Wave Seasons, but the Wave Season of 2006 might just go down as the least clear cut,&#8221; reads the industry trade Cruise Week. The Miami Herald [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Surprise From Seattle</title>
		<link>http://www.ralphgrizzle.com/2006/03/02/surprise-from-seattle/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Mar 2006 03:48:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ralph Grizzle</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The surprising news from Seattle earlier this year came not from cruise giant Holland America Line but from tiny Cruise West. The Seattle-based company announced that it not only had acquired Clipper Cruise Line&#8217;s 138-passenger Yorktown Clipper and 102-passenger Nantucket Clipper but also expects 2006 to be its best financial year ever.
Projecting $100 million in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A Princess In Her Prime</title>
		<link>http://www.ralphgrizzle.com/2005/09/02/a-princess-in-her-prime/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 03 Sep 2005 04:01:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ralph Grizzle</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Celebrating 40 years of operation, Princess Cruises awaits its new crown.
Ten years ago, Princess Cruises was gearing up to introduce the 1,950-passenger Sun Princess. The new ship, which made its debut in December 1995, trumpeted not only the start of the race to build ever bigger cruise ships (Sun Princess would be the world&#8217;s largest [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Full Sale Ahead</title>
		<link>http://www.ralphgrizzle.com/2005/04/02/full-sale-ahead/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 03 Apr 2005 04:07:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ralph Grizzle</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Last year in this space, our article was headlined &#8220;Tsunami!&#8221; The story focused on Wave Season, the first-quarter period of intensified North America cruise sales and marketing efforts. This year, the word tsunami has a bitter ring, as it conjures memories of the tragedy that struck so many nations bordering the sea in late December.
Its [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Tsunami!</title>
		<link>http://www.ralphgrizzle.com/2004/03/02/tsunami/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Mar 2004 04:05:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ralph Grizzle</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This year&#8217; wave season produces record swells.
What a difference a year makes. Regular readers of this magazine may recall that last year at this time, we were reporting that the traditionally accelerated North American cruise sales season, known as &#8220;Wave,&#8221; produced barely a ripple for the cruise industry. Cruise execs and travel sellers alike bemoaned [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Advent of Active Shore Excursions</title>
		<link>http://www.ralphgrizzle.com/2003/11/02/the-advent-of-active-shore-excursions/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 03 Nov 2003 04:02:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ralph Grizzle</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I have few friends who express an interest in cruising. Too boring, say some; too confining, say others. I understand their concerns. I know many perceive cruises to be, in the words of that old industry clichÃ©, &#8220;for the newlywed, the nearly dead and the over-fed.&#8221; But I also know that those perceptions are greatly [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Wave Produces No Tidal Surge</title>
		<link>http://www.ralphgrizzle.com/2003/03/02/wave-produces-no-tidal-surge/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 03 Mar 2003 04:04:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ralph Grizzle</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This year&#8217;s Wave produced barely a ripple on the collective shores of the North American cruise industry. Unlike the last few years, one-day booking records went unbroken. Keyboards in the cruise line public relations departments heralded no headlines such as this one last year: &#8220;Carnival Cruise Lines Breaks One-Week Reservations Record Two Weeks In A [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Jumping Ship</title>
		<link>http://www.ralphgrizzle.com/2003/03/02/jumping-ship/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 03 Mar 2003 03:50:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ralph Grizzle</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Now more than three decades old, the North American cruise industry is attracting many fresh faces, some to fill newly created positions, others to replace the old guard. High profiles executives, such as Holland America Line&#8217;s Linda Ehlenberger and Royal Caribbean International&#8217;s Mike Applebaum, recently resigned their long-held posts as vice presidents of sales for [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Awash In Wave Season</title>
		<link>http://www.ralphgrizzle.com/2002/04/02/awash-in-wave-season-2/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Apr 2002 23:07:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ralph Grizzle</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[At an industry           gathering in late November of last year, Norwegian Cruise Line CEO Colin           Veitch advised travel agents to prepare for a tidal surge of new cruise        [...]]]></description>
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