Cruising For Coke and Maritime Mischief
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Skift’s Global Tourism Reporter, Rosie Spinks, joins us from London to pull back the curtain on the cruise industry, drug running senior citizens get busted on a boat in Portugal and a cruise and rescue is successful off the coast of Cuba.   Twitter | Facebook | [email protected]   Want to go deep? (Is a silly water pun in the show notes for a cruise ship episode too much? Probably. But we're making it anyway.)   Okay, back to your regularly scheduled show notes.   Show Notes   First Stop: If elderly outlaws float your boat (oh Lord, another maritime pun), you can read more about the details of the case below. https://nypost.com/2019/09/17/couple-busted-with-1-25m-in-cocaine-on-cruise-ship-blames-jamaican-man/   https://www.ibtimes.com/elderly-cruise-ship-passengers-smuggle-9-kilos-cocaine-onboard-claims-they-were-2827918   And lest you think Alicia is a fledgling drug dealer, here's a link to the drug prices she referenced in this week's episode. http://www.narcoticnews.com/drug-prices/cocaine/   Interview: Rosie Spinks At Skift, Rosie keeps us informed about cruise industry developments, including Venice's attempt to prevent cruise ship overtourism and cruisers' environmental concerns.   Environmental Studies: These two in-depth environmental studies take a deep dive (last pun, we promise) into the issues that most worry environmental advocates. https://www.globenewswire.com/news-release/2019/09/11/1914254/0/en/Cruise-Lines-International-Association-CLIA-Releases-2019-Environmental-Technologies-and-Practices-Report.html   https://www.marinelog.com/news/american-queen-in-new-mississippi-river-water-quality-monitoring-project/   Cruises targeting non-cruisers: Check out how companies are trying to reach millennials and cruise skeptics like ourselves. Do you think it'll be successful? https://www.outsideonline.com/2402162/active-adventure-cruises-blue-world-voyages https://www.cntraveler.com/story/best-cruises-for-non-cruisers https://www.forbes.com/sites/forbestrav   Postcard: Here's a look inside that successful water rescue that closed out the show.
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Published 05/11/21
Published 05/11/21