Topic: Cruise experts share travel tales and advice

Princess Cruises launched its 50 Essential Experiences blog this week, featuring a weekly post for the next 50 weeks by long-serving Princess employees.

The bloggers have all had over 15 years of experience aboard Princess vessels and will be writing about memorable journeys and destinations that can all be found on Princess routes.

It's a real mixed bag of writers, including staff from itinerary planning, ship operations and marketing departments, and even captains, cruise directors and hotel managers will be asked to contribute their stories to the blog.

Crystal Morgan, director of market planning, is the author of the first blog post, recalling the details of her grandmother's first visit to Rio de Janeiro's Christ the Redeemer monument.

The blog is expected to generate interest in the cruise operator and inspire readers to book cruises to some of the destinations featured in each week's entry.

Can I assume then that this is to be a sort of travelogue and not an insight into the life of a member of staff at sea?. ....Neil