If you thought your cruise shares were under water...

...spare a thought for poor Windstar, or more accurately, their parent company Ambassador's International (AMIE on the Nasdaq).

While CCL might be down 50% over the past year, and RCL down 79%, Ambassadors is down a whopping 97% -- sitting at just 37 cents a share as of March 11, 2009 (vs. a close at $11 in 2008). (Link to chart on Google Finance)

What makes this even worse, is that just two years ago, those 37 cent shares were trading at around 45 DOLLARS.

In February, Ambassador's announced a series of major changes: they're shedding all their non-Windstar assets, replacing the senior management team, and consolidating operations in Seattle. So far, this hasn't really helped.



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Cruise holidays have come a

Submitted by meddyji on Thu, 02/04/2010 - 01:26.

Cruise holidays have come a long way since the days where they were the holiday choice of a particular age group, considered expensive or boring. These days cruises are anything but. There are so many different options that you can really tailor a cruise to your individual personality requirementsA cruise offers so much more than a traditional package holiday. It gives you the chance to experience the fresh sea air, enjoy a constantly changing panorama and to feel like you are really getting away from it all and leaving your every-day life behind. Cruise ships these days are built with every modern convenience you could wish for and with some really exciting innovations that you could never have imagined! A cruise holiday gives you the choice of how you want your holiday to be, the opportunity to intermingle lazy days onboard the ship, with the chance to indulge in new activities both on board and ashoreP&O Cruises have some of the most innovative and luxurious ships you will find. They cruise to 225 destinations in 90 countries worldwide. Not only have you got enormous choice of where you want to travel but they all have six magnificent ships to choose from, each with their own individual and unique personalities but all offering rich experiences and a stylish way to travel. Here is a little run down of what each of their ships has to offer.This year P&O Cruises are introducing their brand new ship Ventura. The largest ship ever designed and built for Britain, Ventura offers a vast amount of space to simply do your own thing. P&O Cruises Ventura is extremely child friendly with a huge variety of entertainment for children and young adults, including a circus skills school on the top deck, a giant ‘Scalextrix at Sea’, five pools and even a Rock School Oceana is a fun-loving, sociable and family friendly ship. Its atrium boasts glass fronted lifts, a sweeping marble staircase and palm trees. It is this combination of glamour and fun that appeals to newcomers to cruising in particular. Not only this but families will enjoy the informal feel, colourful childrens clubs and the sports court, imaginatively housed in her funnel.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Simple Beach Breaks. While

Submitted by seena on Tue, 03/02/2010 - 01:32.

Simple Beach Breaks. While cruise lines often offer beach "tours," particularly in Caribbean ports, when visiting very well-known beach destinations it really is more cost effective -- and more freeing, frankly -- to simply hop into a safari bus for the ride to the beach. I wouldn't hesitate to do so at St. Thomas' Magen's Bay, Virgin Gorda's The Rocks, Grenada's Grande Anse, St. Lucia's Rodney Bay, and Grand Cayman's Seven Mile Beach.70-290 exam They offer major services (including eateries) and cab drivers flock there so you'll be assured a ride back to the ship. Where you need to be a bit more careful is with off-the-track beaches (I love any of the beaches in St. John, particularly the little-known Salt Pond, but would not want to count on taxi pick-up).