About Cruise Gourmet
About CruiseGourmet.com Magazine
Standby to castoff on a marvelous sea voyage of food, fun, and friends…as CruiseGourmet.com sets sail on exotic voyages, aboard some of today’s finest luxury cruise liners. Join us as we combine the joys of cruising with the fine art of dining on the seven seas. Meet the executive chefs, see the ships they sail on, the ports of call they visit, and share their favorite recipes!
CruiseGourmet.com Magazine is an Internet publication with a focus on food, wine and luxury cruise/destination travel. Renowned cruise writer, travel critic and author, Arnold (Arie) Boris, hosts this lively and engaging web magazine. “CruiseGourmet.com” combines the best of travel with the best of food. We also have a feature section called “Cruising Altitude” with reviews of premium in-flight service and dining on intercontinental airlines. According to a reader survey, almost one-third of all passengers traveling overseas on a luxury cruise, travel in first or business class.
Travel, along with food and wine are the most popular subjects on the Internet. The Travel Industry Association claims that 72% of all travelers, or more than 70 million people consult the Internet for at least some portion of their travel planning process.
Twelve million people chose a cruise vacation in 2006. Close to one million more than in 2005, reflecting the cruise industry’s continuing dramatic growth. In terms of customer feedback, along with price and destination, cuisine is a primary influence on selecting a cruise vacation. Due to a weak currency exchange rate against the Euro in 2007, according to the New York Times, cruising is now one of the most economical ways to visit Europe and has the highest customer satisfaction rate of any package vacation.
Editorial emphasis is on dining at sea and in ports of call, with a focus on recipes, reviews and ratings of restaurants (on board and on shore), food preparation and executive chef personalities. We have recently added an online CruiseGourmet.com Forum where you can post your observations and reviews of cruises, restaurants, recipes and a variety of cruise/dining related subjects…. coming soon a CG membership/subscription series of ‘how to” streaming video/DVD recipes for home cooking.
Bon voyage and bon appetit!
Arnold (Arie) S. Boris
Editor-in-Chief
CruiseGourmet.com Magazine
PO Box 791 Cathedral Station
New York, NY 10025 USA
E-mail: info@cruisegourmet.com
Arnold S. Boris, Publisher and Editor-in-Chief, CruiseGourmet.com Magazine
Mr. Boris (everyone knows him by his nickname, Arie) has extensive experience in the travel industry, including business and sales development in the airline industry, International emergency travel assistance and being involved in a national association of travel agents.
Since 1990, he has been a contributing editor to several print and Internet travel publications, including Fieldings’ Worldwide Cruise Guide and America On-Line. He has also written over 400 cruise reviews.
Along with publishing CruiseGourmet.com Magazine since 2002, Arie devotes a great deal of time organizing and hosting fundraising cruises for various arts organizations and charitable groups.
In 2008, you can join him in supporting a Lincoln Center affiliated arts organization for an exclusive “Cabaret Crossing” April 30 to May 14, 2008 on the Regent Voyager from Ft. Lauderdale to Barcelona featuring a host of Broadway and Cabaret Stars.
June 7 to June 18, 2008, Arie will be hosting a “Classical Recital at Sea” onboard the Crystal Symphony to the Baltic, featuring Mezzo-soprano, Frederica von Stade and a variety of world renown classical artists benefiting Classical Action: Performing Arts Against AIDS.
For details, click on the Cruise Gourmet Voyages.