How our Bliss Filters work
Whether you're a journalist, blogger or traveler with a social following, here's some information we hope will be useful to you:
Just heard about Cruiseable, a new website with a mission to "make it much easier to discover and book great cruise vacations — and to have a little fun in the process," as co-founder JD Lasica puts it.
A quick look around shows an ambitious site that doubles as a travel publication and a "cruise discovery engine." I thought I'd share some of the things I spotted that might be useful to you in planning your next getaway:
Cruise discovery: Cruiseable lets you browse through thousands of beautiful images of ships and destinations — accompanied by travel journalism instead of marketing hype.
Technology: The website's filters atop any page help you zero in on the cruise that fits your style and budget.
Photo sharing: The Cruiseable team downloaded, organized and optimized more than 40,000 photos from the cruise lines and tourism organizations — and made them available to use or share through the Cruiseable Galleria.
Travel guides: Cruiseable's travel writers and editors have put together about 300 travel guides and port guides, plus ship overviews or reviews of 490 ships. Check out their guides on Cozumel, the Galapagos, Puerto Rico or Bermuda.
Transparency is a core value for us. So here’s what we’re asking of bloggers we've reached out to:
Please kick the tires, register, offer feedback or write a short blog post or post to social media about Cruiseable and help us spread the word. (Remember, we're a startup — without deep pockets — that's counting on word of mouth.)
Here are screenshots of the Cruiseable mobile app, now in the App Store:
If you'd like to tweet about us, here are some ideas:
New in the App Store: Cruiseable, an iPad app to help people discover & plan the perfect cruise.
Now boarding! @cruiseable helps travelers find a cruise that is the PERFECT fit for their vacation. Visit http://cruiseable.com ! #travel
Breath of fresh air! @Cruiseable brings rich visuals, travel journalism to the cruise space at https://cruiseable.com #cruise
Looks interesting! @Cruiseable & its Bliss filters promise new way to find the perfect cruise. https://cruiseable.com Pls RT! #startup
Here's our team. We have a pretty interesting mix of cruise bloggers, travel journalists, technologists and travel professionals.
• Photo of JD Lasica, CEO, editorial director and co-founder of Cruiseable, aboard Princess Cruises' Star Princess
• Photo of Giacomo Balli, CTO and co-founder of Cruiseable aboard Star Princess
• Photo of founders JD Lasica and Giacomo Balli with travel advisor Lisa Theodoratus aboard Queen Elizabeth
• Photo of founders JD Lasica and Giacomo Balli with early team member Nancy Cole in San Francisco
JD Lasica is CEO, Editor-in-Chief and co-founder of Cruiseable. An entrepreneur, journalist, technologist and author, JD has been named one of Silicon Valley's top 40 influencers, one of the top 100 influencers in social media and one of CNET's Top 100 Media Bloggers. He has given talks on four continents and at the United Nations, Harvard, Stanford, MIT, Cambridge and the Cannes Film Festival. In 2005 he co-founded Ourmedia, the world’s first free video hosting site, six weeks before YouTube was born. He was more than 33,000 followers on Twitter @jdlasica. See his profile page on Cruiseable.
Giacomo Balli is CTO and co-founder of Cruiseable. A native of Florence, Italy, Giacomo holds dual US-Italy citizenship. An expert in app architecture, App Store optimization and app monetization, Giacomo has more than 50 applications in the iOS App Store. He is actively involved in the hybrid app movement and teaches a course in mobile development at Ohlone College in California. He is on Twitter @BigBalli. See his profile page on Cruiseable.
Other cruise & travel bloggers include Danielle Fear (Cruise Miss) and Gary Bembridge (Tips for Travellers) of the UK, Carrie Finley (CruiseBuzz) of Irvine, Calif., Mike Faust (Cruise Currents) of Ft. Lauderdale and Valerie Fidan (Ramblist) of San Francisco.
JD and Giacomo are available for blogger interviews. Contact [email protected].
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Here are our social media accounts — let's connect with each other!
ILoveCruiseShips on Facebook
Cruiseable on Twitter
Cruiseable on Pinterest
Out of the gate, Cruiseable supports 30 of the top cruise lines in the world covering more than 95% of all cruises globally. Your readers can contact a Cruiseable travel professional to book a cruise with these cruise lines:
Mass market cruise lines:
Carnival Cruise Lines
Celebrity Cruises
Costa Cruises
Disney Cruise Line
Holland America Line
MSC Cruises
Norwegian Cruise Line
Princess Cruises
Royal Caribbean
Luxury & specialty cruise lines:
Azamara Club Cruises
Crystal Cruises
Cunard Line
Hapag-Lloyd Cruises
Oceania Cruises
Paul Gauguin Cruises
Regent Seven Seas Cruises
Seabourn
SeaDream Yacht Club
Silversea
Star Clippers
Windstar Cruises
River cruise lines:
AmaWaterways
American Cruise Lines
Avalon Cruises
Scenic Cruises
Tauck River Cruises
Uniworld River Cruises
Viking Cruises
Expedition cruise lines:
G Adventures
Hurtigruten
Lindblad Expeditions
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