Sherman's Travel

In honor of Earth Day this past April 22, Holland America Line unveiled their new environmentally sustainable seafood program, an extension of their 3-year-long environmental conservation project dubbed “Our Marvelous Oceans.” The sustainability program is the cruise line’s way of ensuring responsibility for the health of the seas they sail upon. Partnered with Marine Conservation Institute, a Washington-based aquatic environmental group, Holland America’s new strides help secure an onboard seafood selection that is more environmentally conscious. The company predicts that the new menu will satisfy their customers by offering the same quality gourmet fish, while allowing those fish species to be present and prolific in their biologically natural environment. Read more

Cunard Cruise Line is introducing new entertainment, including 3D films, songwriting workshops, and Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA) “street theatre” performances, for its luxury ship the QM2‘s transatlantic cruises. The new 3D movie screenings, thanks to Cunard’s partnership with the leader of 3D technology, RealD, increases movie options for passengers and greatly enhances the cinematic experience onboard. Chris Differ of British 1970s band Squeeze will conduct songwriting workshops certain dates with three other songwriters and musicians in a Professional Insights program. Additionally, actors and actresses from RADA will also perform “street theatre” around the ship, taking the plot lines from well known stories and making them relevant to the onboard experience (think The Cunard Tales instead of The Canterbury Tales).