Spring 2015 Letter to Carnival
Mr. Arnold W. Donald CEO Carnival Corporation 3655 N.W. 87th Avenue Miami, FL 33178-2428 Dear Mr. Donald: The location of a new cruise ship terminal in Charleston has been the su ...
The Merchants Are Killing Venice
It’s a chilly Monday morning in Venice, and an icy breeze is cutting through the city’s emerald canals. I’m standing at a busy gondola station, squashed between crowds of tourists, waiting not for a r ...
New terminal site worth a look | Editorial
New terminal site worth a look The Post and Courier Neighbors, preservationists, environmentalists, physicians, the National Trust for Historic Preservation and even the S.C. Supreme Court have sa ...
Planning Commission wants city to find alternative site for cruise terminal
Charleston’s long-awaited tourism management plan got a green light to move forward Monday provided city leaders look for an alternative to Union Pier as the site of a new cruise ship terminal. The c ...
Letter to Planning Commission re. 2015 Update to the Tourism Management Plan, Cruise Recommendations
April 6, 2015 City of Charleston Planning Commission 68 Calhoun Street Charleston, SC 29403 Re: 2015 Update to the Tourism Management Plan, Cruise Recommendations Dear City of Charleston Plan ...
Cruise opponents see dark lining in Sunshine’s arrival
Charleston residents battling the cruise ship industry say Carnival Cruise Lines’ plans to have another cruise ship depart from here next year is proof that their fight is a necessary one. “I think w ...
More container volume, new cruise ship for Port of Charleston
The Port of Charleston is seeing an increase in both cargo and cruise ships. Carnival Cruise Lines announced Monday that it will add five departures in 2016 for its Carnival Sunshine cruise ship. Tho ...
More cruises, more questions
Less than a month before the updated Tourism Management Plan gets its first official airing, the S.C. State Ports Authority is changing the tourism equation in Charleston. The SPA is allowing Carniva ...
A New Tide of Tourism
Ah, the Tourism Management Plan. Well, that got slightly derailed when Historic Charleston Foundation decided it could, in spite of the 2014 moratorium, add candlelight tours in February.(1) Now the ...
Once again, Charleston should learn from Venice….
STARS ALIGNED AGAINST BIG SHIPSLike Charleston, Venice has mixed feelings about the cruise industry. Environmentalists and preservationists — and movie stars — fear large ships will do extensive damag ...