¡Viva Mexico! The exclamation points represent arms thrust into the air in utter bewilderment. Our home port construction progress is facing yet another delay. This one even more bazaar than the rock quarry not producing the size stones needed as originally planned. This time, although, thankfully, just another delay is caused by a lack of […]
Since our blog on the Home Port, Part XV, last month, the weather has controlled fully one third of the construction time. High winds causing sizeable waves out towards the end of the jetty have prevented the heavy equipment from pouring the smaller rocks needed as a foundation for extending the jetty…
Even with only 30 of the world’s 2000 cruise ports, North America remains the dominant market with a global share of 55.5%. The U.S. truly drives the world’s cruise market, contributing $44.1 billion to the U.S. economy generating 363.133 US jobs paying wages of $18.3 billion. The cruise industry impacted the economies of all 50 US states in 2013…