50 Years Out of Date Memo to the Caisse du Depot: REM is a light metro and light metro is obsolete. Automatic (driverless) railways have issues in the snow. It snows in Montreal, doesn’t it? What Vancouver calls SkyTrain is a light-metro and it was deemed obsolete back in the late 70’s and why it was unsalable. Six marketing names […]
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How to design a luxury restaurant at sea The secret to the success of a restaurant does not lie solely in the taste and presentation of the food, nor in the brilliance of the service, but in the combination of these qualities and the venue’s design.

Good service requires professionally trained staff with the right attitude; guests must be welcomed promptly and with a smile, understood quickly and taken to their table without incident. When serving a dining table, waiting staff must be mindful of guests’ needs but never intrusive to avoid being perceived as impersonal or bothersome. Furthermore, guests – especially those on cruises – like to be recognised and love when waiters know their preferences, so staff shouldn’t be rotated between venues. Staff must be smart, clean and dressed in keeping with the theme and branding of the venue.

Another important aspect of delivering high-quality service is to ensure that there is adequate loose equipment, such as service trolleys or ice bucket stands, for the venue. Clear ...
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River cruise apps evolve to enhance guest experience, finds OnDeck by Sourcetoad River cruise brands are using mobile applications to offer daily schedules, live route tracking and onboard reservations, finds OnDeck by Sourcetoad.

The software company compared six onboard passenger-facing apps – MyAmaCruise by AmaWaterways, A-ROSA by A-Rosa Cruises, AvalonGO by Avalon Waterways, Phoenix Reisen, Viking Voyager by Viking, and Vodohod – for its 2025 River Cruise Mobile Apps Report , which explores how technology is contributing to river cruise guest experiences.

Most apps had daily scheduling including activities, excursions and meal times, personal itinerary, ship tracking, and reservations. However, only a few featured the option for digital check-in, health questionnaires, photo albums and surveys for guest feedback.

Stand-out app features include an art guide on the Viking Voyager app to provide audio commentary of onboard artwork, a mobile drink ordering system on A-ROSA, a guest services chat on Vodohod and an offline GPS navigation on ...
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Worthing Coaches Visit During yesterday afternoon I paid a quick visit to Worthing Coaches’ premises at Spencer Road in LancingA total of five coaches were observed including National Express branded Caetano Levante 3 bodied Scania K410EB6 5560 BV72 XGCAlso present was Mercedes-Benz Tourismo BG22 NTJ, which was new Kings Ferry in August 2022.  It had previously been the Ipswich Town team coach.The three others
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Norwich Sightings Today Regular contributor Dan High provides photos of observations in Norwich earlier today. His first is of  the return to active duty of Wright StreetDeck NewPower EV 71016 W6 FAL on the 25 route between the the Riverside and the University of East Anglia.The second shows former First Leicester Wright StreetDeck Ultroliner 35185 SK16 GVF about to leave Norwich Bus Station with the X2 to
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