Cruise news (Holland America-tagged)
- Cruise Industry
Holland America Announces More Than 100 Caribbean Cruises 2018-2019
HAL-Holland America Line unveiled more than 100 cruises to choose from between October 2018-April 2019 ranging from 3 to 21 days and sailing on 8 of...
September 20, 2018 - Cruise Industry
VIDEO: Holland America Newbuild to Boast Rolling Stone Rock Room
A classic rock club has emerged via partnership with Rolling Stone magazine onboard Holland America’s newbuild. A 5-piece band is expected to...
September 16, 2018 - Cruise Industry
VIDEO: Nieuw Statendam Completes Sea Trials
Holland America Line’s ms Nieuw Statendam, the 2nd Pinnacle Class cruise ship in the fleet, returned to Marghera shipyard of Fincantieri, Italy...
August 30, 2018 - Accidents
Crew Member Goes Overboard from Holland America Ship
A crew member is missing from a Holland America cruise ship in Alaska. The Coast Guard searched via helicopter in Sitka Sound for a man reported...
August 4, 2018 - Cruise Industry
HAL's ship MS Westerdam heads to the Far East
Holland America Line’s ms Westerdam will be sailing to the Far East between September 2018-April 2019. There will be a total of 10 different...
July 21, 2018 - Accidents
Holland America Cruise Passenger Lost Overboard
A 69-year-old cruise passenger of a Holland America Line cruise ship was lost overboard at Glacier Bay National Park in Alaska. The park announced...
July 15, 2018 - Cruise Industry
Holland America Announces Hawaii Cruises 2018-2019
Holland America offers 9 extended itineraries to Hawaii during fall-2018-spring 2019 period. Sailings aboard ms Eurodam and ms Amsterdam range...
July 15, 2018 - Cruise Industry
MS Prinsendam Leaves HAL
Holland America announced that its ms Prinsendam had been sold and leaves the fleet on July 1, 2019 to become part of the German cruise line Phoenix...
July 3, 2018 - Accidents
Norovirus Outbreak Reported on MS Zaandam
The Centers for Disease Control (CDC) is reporting an outbreak of norovirus onboard Holland America Line's cruise ship in Alaska. 73 people reported...
June 23, 2018 - Cruise Industry
Oprah Winfrey to Serve as Godmother of Nieuw Statendam
Oprah Winfrey will serve as godmother for Holland America next ship, the 2,666-passenger ms Nieuw Statendam, due to debut in December 2018. ...
June 13, 2018 - Cruise Industry
Dufry Signs with Major Cruise Lines
Travel retail giant Dufry signed deals that add almost 2,800 m2 of retail space, in an expansion of cruise ship retail operations. The Swiss-based...
June 2, 2018 - Accidents
Passenger Medevaced from MS Veendam
The Coast Guard has transported a 65-year-old woman from a Holland America cruise ship off the coast of Charleston SC on Thursday, April 26. ...
April 29, 2018 - Cruise Industry
HAL Nieuw Statendam to Boast Stateroom Enhancements
Holland America’s ms Nieuw Statendam is due to debut in December. When the cruise ship sets sail from Fincantieri shipyard in Marghera, it will...
March 17, 2018 - Cruise Industry
“O, The Oprah Magazine” and Holland America Launch O’s Reading Room Fleetwide
Due to its popularity, Holland America is now bringing O’s Reading Room to all of its 14 ships around the world as part of special programming...
February 27, 2018 - Cruise Industry
HAL Unveils Nieuw Statendam Itineraries
Following her inaugural season in the Caribbean, Holland America Line’s upcoming ms Nieuw Statendam will cross the Atlantic in April next year...
February 8, 2018