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Two Holland America Line Ships Depart Port Everglades on Grand World Voyage

As the cruise industry returns to its normal operations with the lifting of COVID restrictions, two Holland American Line cruise ships recently embarked on their first Grand World Voyage since the cruise industry pause. Zuiderdam and Volendam left Port Everglades in Fort Lauderdale on the same day, with Zuiderdam on a 128-day journey circumnavigating the globe and Volendam taking a 74-day South America/Antarctica voyage. The two itineraries will combine for 202 days visiting 43 countries and 95 ports of call before returning to Fort Lauderdale. 

“With overnight stays in Panama, French Polynesia, Australia, South Africa and the Netherlands, this itinerary truly lives up to the name grand,” Gus Antorcha says, president of Holland America Line. “This is our first world cruise since before the industry pause, and our teams and guests have been planning for this day for a long time.” 

Some interesting facts about the voyages:  

      • Meals Served: 900,000
      • Specialty Coffee Drinks Brewed: 35,000
      • Gallons of Ice Cream Served: 29,000
      • Cocktails Shaken and Stirred: 155,000
      • Bottles of Champagne and Wine Poured: 81,000
      • Eggs Used: 1,100,000
      • Nautical Miles Sailed: More than 52,000 (enough to drive from Miami to Seattle and back nine times)
      • Live Performances: 2,500

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Drew Limsky

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Drew Limsky joined Lifestyle Media Group in August 2020 as Editor-in-Chief of South Florida Business & Wealth. His first issue of SFBW, October 2020, heralded a reimagined structure, with new content categories and a slew of fresh visual themes. “As sort of a cross between Forbes and Robb Report, with a dash of GQ and Vogue,” Limsky says, “SFBW reflects South Florida’s increasingly sophisticated and dynamic business and cultural landscape.”

Limsky, an avid traveler, swimmer and film buff who holds a law degree and Ph.D. from New York University, likes to say, “I’m a doctor, but I can’t operate—except on your brand.” He wrote his dissertation on the nonfiction work of Joan Didion. Prior to that, Limsky received his B.A. in English, summa cum laude, from Emory University and earned his M.A. in literature at American University in connection with a Masters Scholar Award fellowship.

Limsky came to SFBW at the apex of a storied career in journalism and publishing that includes six previous lead editorial roles, including for some of the world’s best-known brands. He served as global editor-in-chief of Lexus magazine, founding editor-in-chief of custom lifestyle magazines for Cadillac and Holland America Line, and was the founding editor-in-chief of Modern Luxury Interiors South Florida. He also was the executive editor for B2B magazines for Acura and Honda Financial Services, and he served as travel editor for Conde Nast. Magazines under Limsky’s editorship have garnered more than 75 industry awards.

He has also written for many of the country’s top newspapers and magazines, including The New York Times, Washington Post, Los Angeles Times, Miami Herald, Boston Globe, USA Today, Worth, Robb Report, Afar, Time Out New York, National Geographic Traveler, Men’s Journal, Ritz-Carlton, Elite Traveler, Florida Design, Metropolis and Architectural Digest Mexico. His other clients have included Four Seasons, Acqualina Resort & Residences, Yahoo!, American Airlines, Wynn, Douglas Elliman and Corcoran. As an adjunct assistant professor, Limsky has taught journalism, film and creative writing at the City University of New York, Pace University, American University and other colleges.