This is a posting on CC that says Apollo is taking over the management including staffing of food, beverage and housekeeping for Regent. Because, it says, they did such a good job for Oceania they are now contracted to handle duties for Regent.

The service from the food, beverage and housekeeping staff is one of the reasons we sail on Regent. I know some of you have sailed on Oceania. Is there a reason to be concerned that the level of service (not to mention at lot of our friends on the staff) will change?

Jan, I sure hope the wait staff doesn't change, that would be awful!!

A few of the wait staff on Oceania and even kitchen have come from RSSC. Service was impeccable this week on Regatta. Food was excellent and quite similar to Regent.

The only downside of the cruise was the entertainment was more minimal - no production shows, only entertainers were a comedian, a magician and a violinist, their lounge pianist and a string quartet and the entertainment staff who sang with the on board orchestra (all excellent singers)

I've read that Oceania has good food,but I don't think I've ever seen it rated higher than the quality on Regent !! This doesn't sound like a good thing to me??

I thought Regent consistently rated higher than Oceania, on food.

Geez, I hope this doesn't mean all our wonderful waitstaff from Navigator won't be there in March.

Note to Apollo: If it ain't broke, don't fix it.

I would not worry too much here.

It simply says the "management" and probably cost savings to have one management team for both lines.

Does not mean they are changing the staff, just who is in charge of managing the staff.

Ngaire,
As usual, you are right on target. There are major management changes on land happening. How that affects on board food, gift shops, service, eetc remains to be seen.
Lynn

A good Oceania thing is there are teams for cabin attendants - one lead and one assistant. Wait service in the Oceania Grand Dining room was more than comparable to any service in Compass Rose including Arnold, Adorable, and others. The sommliers were outstanding. And food quality was just as good as R. Less variety and not quite as able to substitute as you can on R menu but well prepared.