Disney Cruise Line’s Newest Ship Completes Keel-Laying Ceremony
Disney Cruise Line today marked a major milestone in the construction of its newest ship, the Disney Wish, with a traditional keel-laying… Read More »
Florida Suing US Government Over “Unlawful” Cruise Industry Shutdown
The Governor of Florida announced the state has filed a lawsuit against the United States government over the “unlawful” shutdown… Read More »
Royal Caribbean Extends Suspension of Sailing, Announces New Itineraries
Royal Caribbean International has extended the suspension of sailings for its global fleet through June 30, 2021, the cruise line announced in an… Read More »
Silversea to Introduce New Silver Moon In June From Athens
Silversea Cruises plans to operate voyages aboard its new flagship, the 596-guest Silver Moon, starting June 18 from Athens, Greece, for… Read More »
Carnival Cruise Line To Resume ‘Why Use A Travel Advisor’ Parties
Carnival Cruise Line will resume its “Why Use a Travel Advisor” (WUATA) campaign that is designed to help agents find new clients and… Read More »
Virgin Voyages Announces Summer Sailings From UK, Cancels US Voyages
Virgin Voyages has joined the long list of cruise lines that are moving their sailings outside the United States due to ongoing… Read More »
CLIA Execs Ask Travel Partners To Lobby For The Return Of US Cruising
Top officials of the Cruise Lines International Association (CLIA) joined Vicki Freed’s Coffee Talk for travel agents to urge them to lobby… Read More »
Carnival Corp. Discusses Leaving US Homeports, Rising Sales
Carnival Corporation & plc addressed the possibility that Carnival Cruise Line, initially planning to stick with U.S. ports, might book homeports outside of… Read More »
Norwegian Cruise Line To Launch Docuseries About Cruise Restart
Norwegian Cruise Line is preparing to return to service on July 25, 2021, and has created a new docuseries called “EMBARK… Read More »
CDC Signals Some Cruising Could Return By Midsummer
For the first time, the Centers for Disease Control & Prevention (CDC) has signaled that some cruising could restart from… Read More »
Carnival Cruise Line Officials Threaten To Sail Outside US Ports
Officials from Carnival Cruise Line announced they are considering moving their ships out of ports in the United States due… Read More »
Riviera River Cruises To Require Full COVID-19 Vaccination or Negative Test Results
Riviera River Cruises today announced that it will require all passengers to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 or present a negative test prior… Read More »
Seabourn Approved To Relaunch Luxury Cruises From Greece in July
Luxury line Seabourn and the Greek government are developing plans to restart cruises in the Mediterranean with a series of sailings round-trip out of… Read More »
Carnival Cancels Cruises From US Through June 30, 2021
Carnival Cruise Line is notifying guests of additional cruise cancellations and is canceling all operations from U.S. ports through June 30, 2021. Booked… Read More »
Viking Expands Restart With New Cruises From Bermuda, Iceland
Viking is expanding its return to cruising with a collection of sailings around Bermuda and Iceland beginning in June 2021. The company already… Read More »
Disney Cruise Line Extends Suspension of Operation Through June 2021
The CDC released guidelines for the next phase of cruising this past Friday. As a response, many of the major cruise lines… Read More »
2021 Travel Restrictions: The Latest Restart Dates for Every Major Cruise Line
Cruising’s Long-Awaited Return It’s been an entire year since cruise lines were forced to suspend operations due to the onset… Read More »
Norwegian Cruise Line Announces Return to Service in Caribbean, Europe
Just hours after sending a letter to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) requesting approval to restart U.S…. Read More »
Cruise Industry Frustrated By ‘Burdensome’ CDC Requirements
The mood in the cruise industry on April 2 was one of frustration and even anger that the path to… Read More »
NCLH Submits Plan To CDC To Restart Cruising From US Ports July 4
In a bold move to resume cruise operations from U.S. ports, Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings Ltd. sent a direct letter… Read More »
Crystal Cruises To Start Cruising in July With Luxury Iceland Expedition
Crystal Cruises will deploy its newest and most expensive ship, the Crystal Endeavor, on its first Crystal Expedition Cruise, a ten-day… Read More »
Royal Caribbean Unseats Carnival as Cruise Line With the Largest Fleet
Royal Caribbean has just come to dominate the ocean-going cruise scene by surpassing longtime industry leader, Carnival Cruise Line, in terms of… Read More »
CDC Releases Next Phase of Its Conditional Sail Order for Cruise Industry
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) let slip more news today, this time announcing its issuance of… Read More »
CDC Says New Cruise Guidelines Coming Soon
Miami-Dade Mayor Daniella Levine Cava announced Thursday that officials from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said they… Read More »
Quark Expeditions Takes Over New Ship, Ultramarine
Quark Expeditions took ownership today of the highly-anticipated polar vessel, Ultramarine. The official handover of the technologically advanced ship took… Read More »
Celestyal Cruises To Resume Sailing May 29 From Athens, Greece
Celestyal Cruises plans to resume sailing May 29 with the 1,200-passenger Celestyal Crystal from Athens, Greece. The seven-night “Idyllic Aegean” itinerary… Read More »