NY Times Travel Show…At IPA and IMPress Magazine we are all about travel. With the addition of our newest website Travel Pavilion, a website built for our travel agency business and a website that offers our own articles, photos, and videos from our own travels. We spend even more time covering more travel destinations, cruises […]

IMPress Magazine covers the American inaugural cruise on the world’s largest cruise ship the Harmony of the Seas. The article contains stunning photos and videos of our coverage of this cruise. Things you want to know when considering a cruise on this impressive ship.

The Azamara Journey From Venice to Croatia We decided it was time to take a cruise on one of the Azamara ships.  The two Azamara Club ships are known as  boutique ships because of their size and elegance.  Azamara is also an upscale cruise line that began in 2007 as part of the Royal Caribbean […]

Our History With Royal Caribbean Many of my readers know from my past articles, videos and photos that I love to cruise.  RCL happens to be my favorite cruise line because I am not 18 years old and not over the hill either. Booze cruises and belly flop contests are not what I would call […]

Article and Photos by: Len & Gladys Rapoport This is the  Ultimate Guide to the Independence of the Seas. At the bottom of each are the links to the other pages.  Scroll down to see them. My wife and I have traveled to many countries and every continent over the past 50 years.  We have […]

As part of its 2012 Alaska CruiseTour program, Holland America Line has introduced three new options, including the industry’s only three-night Denali experience and CruiseTour departures featuring one-night Denali adventures. Ranging in total length from 10 to 20 days, all CruiseTours combine a three-, four- or seven-day Inside Passage Holland America Line cruise with in-depth […]

  or over 40 years I have traveled the world and taken many cruises, but never on a Holland America Lines ship.  With the expansion of our latest online publication IMPress, I felt it was important to broaden our coverage and be a bit more inclusive in the reviews I was writing for IPA. My […]

  have received a number of letters from various cruise lines regarding the recent tragedy in Italy with the Costa Concordia.  Both Carnival and other cruise lines are now in their damage control mode.  If the letter comes from Carnival, then it is apologetic, caring and will discusses their plans to remedy a similar situation […]

  Navigator Of The Seas RCL’s Private Beach at Labadee, Haiti  This wasn’t going to be another assignment, I thought.  Over the past few months we were so busy with two of my son’s weddings, Andrew and Sara married in May in New York (video) and Evan and Leona married in November in Montego Bay, Jamaica (video).  At […]