Cruise Reviews Online Launches Revamped Website to Provide Cruise Travelers with Innovative New Blog and Social Media Tools

As client's needs change, so has Cruise Reviews Online. The popular cruise reviews site debuts a new look, blog, and social media tools to provide cruise travelers with the best information possible to plan their dream cruise vacation.

—August 27, 2009—In over 10 years of providing relevant cruise travel content on the Internet, Travel Direct Corporation, a leading travel management company, and it's Cruise Reviews Online web site focused on helping guests create their dream cruise vacation through insider information, cruise reviews written by travelers and professional travel writers and insight on where to find the best cruise deals. With the launch of their updated website, Cruise Reviews Online provides new content, hundreds of new cruise reviews and social networking tools focused on information about cruise travel and services to further assist cruise travelers in planning their perfect cruise vacation.

The new Cruise Reviews Online website focuses on providing comprehensive information about the most popular cruise ships and lines and detailed information of the world’s best-traveled destinations. With detailed descriptions of hundreds of destinations, and in-depth cruise reviews, travelers can find the cruise vacation that best fits their needs. Whether a guest is planning a singles, couples, honeymoon, senior or group cruise, cruise and land tour, cultural or theme cruise vacation, Cruise Reviews Online has the information, expertise and experience to help guests successfully migrate through the planning process.

The new site also includes a blog and social media networking platform.

New forums allow travelers to post any question or comment related to cruising. Discuss cruises, cruise ships, cruise lines, cruise reviews, cruising and ports of call. Here they will find.. cruise message boards, cruising info, cruise ship forums, cruise discussion boards, cruise chat, cruise line forums, a cruise message board, a cruise bulletin board, and cruise reviews.

Each registered Cruise Reviews Online member can have their own personal cruise page (PCP). This is sort of like a cruise-oriented "home page" where cruise enthusiasts can network with their friends, family and other cruise buddies. The interface should be familiar to anyone who has used Facebook or Twitter. Members can track their favorite cruise lines, itineraries, ships and reviews. They can post messages to their page, upload photos into albums, track their previous cruise history and post their own cruise reviews.  The new "Rate, Rank and Review" feature lets members share their onboard and onshore experience with others. Members can even link their review to other social media websites like Twitter or Facebook. Members are further encouraged to invite their friends to join and become a part of their network. Only friends can view the Personal Cruise Pages of other friends. Members can also use their personal cruise page as a "cruise blog" where they can document the day-to-day experiences when on their cruise.

Members can join any number of "Fan Clubs". A Fan Club is a group of members uniquely interested in something they find on Cruise Reviews Online. For example, a member might join the Carnival Cruises Fan Club, or the Celebrity Equinox Fan Club. By joining a Fan Club, links to these items will appear in the member's My Favorites section on the personal cruise page. One of the blogs updates regularly with destination insights from around the globe. Written by travel specialists, each blog shares firsthand accounts of premier travel destinations.

Members can "Ask An Expert" - either one of our professional travel writers, a cruise travel advisor as well as a qualified cruise traveler. If a member needs to know about a destination, cruise ship or shore excursion it's easy to get an answer from our team of experts. Just as easy from our knowledgeable past guests, when they submit a question. Or, members can browse other guests' questions, then share their insight by providing answers.

According to Marty Trencher, Managing Director, "The Internet isn't just about cruise deals. It also is about getting rock-solid travel advice, not just from the experts but from fellow travelers. We want to provide innovative content and services that will help guide those travelers through the planning process, from the beginning of an idea through the reservation process, all the way to when they board their ship and beyond.”

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