Share to Facebook Share to Twitter Share to Linkedin Princess Cruises recently partnered with celebrity Kylie Minogue as part of its new Love Line Premium Liquors Collection that features her non-alcoholic beverages, Cruise lines and their partnerships with celebrities go hand-in-hand, just like mega ships, and big anchors. It actually all started way-back-when with the uber-famous Kathie Lee Gifford – and Carnival Cruise Lines . Says Ted Karbo , a cruise travel agent who owns Cruisin’ With Ted in North Carolina: “It all has to do with pairing —- Kathie Lee Gifford was the face of Carnival Cruise Lines in the late Eighties – letting everyone know what cruising was about.
” Indeed – that campaign was SO successful, that even today, when I tell people that I am a cruise writer, they automatically assume that I’m traveling on Carnival. (In other words, to my complete surprise, so many folks out there don’t know about the super-premium, upscale cruise lines, such as Viking , Crystal , or Regent Seven Seas, for example. I have to explain to people all the time, that these luxury cruise ships, which do NOT hold thousands of people, are really five-star-hotels at sea.
Go figure!) However, I do also find that many folks do know about the luxury line Princess Cruises – “Princess connects with multi-generational families, due to the TV show, The Love Boat ,” said Mr. Karbo. “They are not as flashy as the other lines, but they are a dominant cruise line, especia.
