The Demand For Cruising Continues To Rise
As countries like Israel and the United Kingdom begin preparing to cruise again, albeit slowly and with proper safety measures, the demand for cruising… Read More »
Royal Caribbean Extends Singapore Season on Quantum of the Seas
Royal Caribbean International, which began sailing Quantum of the Seas from Singapore in December 2020, will extend its season through October 2021…. Read More »
Royal Caribbean Accepts Delivery of Odyssey of the Seas
Royal Caribbean International took delivery of its 25th ship, the 169,000-gross-ton Odyssey of the Seas, on March 31, and planned an… Read More »
Windstar Cruises Will Require COVID-19 Vaccination To Sail
Windstar Cruises will require proof of a current COVID-19 vaccination for all guests, until further notice. The small-ship operator is planning for a… Read More »
Pressure Ramps up on US Government To Restart Cruising
U.S. Travel Association President and CEO Roger Dow has issued a statement echoing other organizations such as CLIA and ASTA calling on… Read More »
Galapagos To Welcome Back Cruisers This Summer
Galapagos is one of the few destinations in the world set to welcome travelers by cruise ship as early as… Read More »
Lindblad Expeditions to Resume Cruising in June
Lindblad Expeditions announced that it will begin to resume expeditions to Alaska and the Galápagos this June. Guests will be… Read More »
P&O Cruises Extends Pause in Cruising Through June
P&O Cruises Australia has extended its pause in cruising until the end of July and canceled all of its cruises… Read More »
Which Cruise Lines Have COVID-19 Vaccine Requirements?
Vaccination Required? Few commercial sectors have been battered by COVID-19 as badly as the cruise industry, which came to a… Read More »
Bookings Now Open for Holland America Line’s 2022 Canada & New England Cruises
Along the East Coast of North America, the sun-kissed skies of summer collide with the jewel-toned hues of autumn, and… Read More »
MSC Virtuosa To Debut in United Kingdom
MSC Virtuosa will now make her debut in the United Kingdom for several mini-cruises for British guests. The newest MSC Meraviglia-class… Read More »
Celebrity Cruises Announces Return of UK Sailings
Celebrity Cruises announced it would set sail from the United Kingdom this summer. The cruise line will offer the staycation… Read More »
CLIA Makes Appeal To Public To Help Lift Conditional Sailing Order
The Cruise Lines International Association (CLIA), the industry’s powerful lobby group, is appealing to the public to help lift the… Read More »
Windstar Postpones Some Cruises, Plans to Restart in June
Windstar Cruises postponed a number of sailings while releasing a timeline that shows it plans to restart in June with two ships in… Read More »
Florida Gov. Threatens Legal Action Over Cruise Restart
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has had enough. DeSantis and Florida Attorney General Ashley Moody said Friday that unless federal regulators… Read More »
Cruise Industry Lobbies To Undo Key West Vote
Last November, the citizens of Key West, Fla., troubled by the number of cruise ships and tourists descending on their… Read More »
AmaWaterways’ Rudi Schreiner Provides Updates on River Cruise Operations
AmaWaterways’ founder and co-president Rudi Schreiner joined Travel Leaders Group president John Lovell for its latest virtual Fireside Chat. Schreiner… Read More »
Carnival Will Maintain US Homeports, Uncertain on Vaccine Mandate
Carnival Cruise Line is not developing plans for voyages entirely outside the U.S., as some other lines are, President Christine Duffy said in… Read More »
Disney Cruise Line Announces New UK Staycation Sailings
Disney Cruise Line announced a series of brand-new Disney Magic at Sea “staycation” sailings from United Kingdom ports this summer. Disney… Read More »
Cruise Lines Battling for High Seas Return
Desperate to embark from U.S. ports after more than a year of inactivity, cruise lines were once again disappointed this… Read More »
Royal Caribbean Plans Greek Isles Cruises From Cyprus
Royal Caribbean International will operate new seven-night cruises to Greece and Cyprus on the Jewel of the Seas starting July 10…. Read More »
American Cruise Lines Introduces Last-Minute COVID-19 Vaccine Requirement
American Cruise Lines is requiring all passengers to be vaccinated against COVID-19 in order to board its initial sailings this spring. The last-minute… Read More »
Celebrity Cruises Sets Summer Debut in Greece for Celebrity Apex
Celebrity Cruises will resume cruising in Europe this summer with the brand-new, 2,910-passenger Celebrity Apex, the second ship in the ground-breaking… Read More »
CDC Sticks To November Timeline for Conditional Sailing Order
Trade groups did not make much headway after calls for the CDC to lift its Framework for Conditional Sailing Order… Read More »
Royal Caribbean CEO Provides Updates on Vaccines, the CDC and More
Royal Caribbean Group Chairman and CEO Richard Fain addressed a variety of questions from travel advisors during the March 24… Read More »
CLIA Latest To Call on CDC To End Cruise Restrictions
The Cruise Lines International Association (CLIA) has joined a growing list of trade groups calling on the Centers for Disease… Read More »