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Cruise "Tweets" You Need to Follow

I’ll admit it. When a friend first told me about Twitter, a social media website, I just didn’t get it. The company says it’s a “real-time short messaging service.” In fact, the messages you can send and receive via Twitter are limited at 140 characters. The cruise industry is embracing Twitter and it’s time you learned more about it.

Basically, you are broadcasting short and sweet bits of information to the people who “follow” your tweets. (Tweets are the messages you send via Twitter.) You hit “send” and your message shows up in the Twitter feeds of those who are following you. You may also send private direct messages.

I was skeptical, but I joined because there are a lot of terrific travel and cruise website experts who tweet on a daily basis. Cruise lines, airlines, destination departments of tourism and resorts are tweeting too, and some are even offering special discounts to their “followers”. It took a few weeks to get used to this new way of communicating, but now I love the easy access to so much cruise-related information.

With just a few clicks of your mouse, you can read the latest cruise and travel news and link to interesting stories across the web. If you’d prefer not to join Twitter, you can always read my “tweets” on the right-hand side of the Luxury Cruise Bible homepage.

Cruise Tweets to Follow

@Luxcruisebible, that’s the Twitter handle for yours truly. I tweet about luxury cruise lines, worldwide vacation destinations, and the occasional offbeat story on behalf of Luxury Cruise Bible.

@CruiseEditor the latest Cruise Critic news, follow the tweets of editor-in-chief Carolyn Spencer Brown.

@Cruise_Critic is another Cruise Critic Twitter feed to follow. These tweets usually focus more on the website while Carolyn’s tweets tend to comment more on cruising in general.

@CruiseLog Sloan, cruise editor for USA Today, keeps followers up-to-date on the stories he’s following. He also retweets some interesting links of interest to any cruise fan.

@CruiseIndustry are the official “tweets” of trade magazine, Cruise Industry News. Get your fix of just-breaking cruise news here.

“@CruiseDiva:“http://www.twitter.com/cruisediva—Aka Cruise Diva, Linda Coffman has been writing about cruising for years. She is the author of Fodor’s The Complete Guide to Caribbean Cruises, co-author of Fodor’s The Complete Guide to European Cruises, and contributes to Fodor’s Caribbean Ports of Call, Alaska Ports of Call, European Ports of Call, Bermuda, Greece, and Greek Isles guidebooks.

@CruiseMates Motter is the editor-in-chief of CruiseMates website and he tweets about the industry in general.

@ShipCritic you read the ShipCritic blog, you already know Anne Campbell. As a journalist, she’s covered the cruise beat since 1993.

@AvidCruiser is Ralph Grizzle’s handle and he’s definitely worth following. You probably know Ralph from his terrific articles and video interviews for The Avid Cruiser magazine.

@ExpertCruiser Durham-Potter is ExpertCruiser and she’s a weekly columnist for MSNBC and Tripso.

Cruise Lines That Are Tweeting

@crystalcruises addition to its newly redesigned website, Crystal Cruises is now tweeting.

@LindbladExp love the tweets from Lindblad Expeditions. Links to photos and videos are often included.

@PaulGauguin Gauguin Cruises, the line taking over management of m/s Paul Gauguin in 2010, is now tweeting.

@seadream_sd1 I_ from SeaDream Yacht Club tweets from each port.

@seadream_sd2 II_ from SeaDream Yacht Club tweets from each port.

@YachtsSeabourn--

Give Twitter a try and connect with these and hundreds of other cruise and travel experts.

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