Cruise news (Las Palmas de Gran Canaria Spain-tagged)
- Cruise Industry
AIDA Cruises' ship AIDAnova marks the successful start of Canaries and Madeira season
The first dialogue series with local partners came to an end on the AIDAnova ship this week. To mark the start of her cruise season in the Canary...
December 2, 2022 - Cruise Industry
GPH-Global Ports Holding receives acceptance for the concessions of 3 Canary Islands cruise ports
GPH-Global Ports Holding announced that GPCI-Global Ports Canary Islands, which is an 80:20 joint venture between the Holding and local partner...
August 10, 2022 - Cruise Industry
TUI's full fleet (7 cruise ships) is back to service
On Sunday, April 3, TUI celebrated a major milestone as the company marked the return to operation of the final vessel in the fleet. The...
April 4, 2022 - Accidents
MSC Seaside cancels 2 port calls in the Canary Islands due to engine issues
MSC Cruises' ship MSC Seaside made adjustments to her current transatlantic cruise to Europe from Brazil due to technical issues. The vessel...
March 30, 2022 - Accidents
Nicko Cruises cancels the current voyage on Vasco Da Gama due to COVID-positive crew
Mystic's brand Nicko Cruises announced the line had canceled the current voyage on its oceangoing Vasco Da Gama ship, due to positive COVID cases...
February 24, 2022 - Cruise Industry
Bookings open for CCL-Carnival Cruise Line's newest ship Carnival Jubilee
Bookings opened for the inaugural 2023 & 2024 schedule of CCL-Carnival Cruise Line's ship Carnival Jubilee from Port Galveston (Texas USA). CCL...
January 25, 2022 - Accidents
4 COVID positives force TUI to cancel the Mein Schiff 4 cruise in Gran Canaria
Due to COVID on TUI's cruise ship Mein Schiff 4 (4 affected passengers), TUI Cruises decided to disembark all guests at Port Las Palmas de Gran...
December 20, 2021 - Cruise Industry
AIDAnova restarts from Hamburg (Germany) as AIDA Cruises' 10th ship to return to service
Monday morning, December 13, 2021, AIDAnova arrived at the port of Hamburg (Germany) for the first time. Upon arrival, the crew sent a message of...
December 14, 2021 - Cruise Industry
MSC Orchestra heading to Durban (South Africa) despite COVID's Omicron variant
MSC Cruises is going ahead with South African itineraries, despite travel bans in the country due to the Omicron variant of COVID. MSC Orchestra is...
December 1, 2021 - Cruise Industry
Port Authority of Las Palmas awards preferred bidder status to Global Ports Canary Islands
Global Ports Holding Plc (GPH) announced that, following a public tender process, the Las Palmas Port Authority had awarded preferred bidder status...
November 14, 2021 - Cruise Industry
AIDA Cruises to deploy AIDAnova in the Canary Islands winter 2021-2022
The Carnival Corporation-owned German subsidiary AIDA Cruises announced it will deploy the 2018-built AIDAnova ship in the Canary Islands in winter...
September 24, 2021 - Cruise Industry
Azamara Cruises launches Europe 2023 fleet deployment
The boutique-style, ultra-luxury travel brand Azamara announced the launch of its Europe 2023 deployment across a full fleet of cruise ships for the...
August 21, 2021 - Cruise Industry
P&O Aurora ship to offer Caribbean and Portugal-Canaries cruises in 2022
Two new UK roundtrip cruises (to the Caribbean, and Portugal and Canary Islands) on P&O Cruises' ship Aurora replace World Voyage 2022. Both...
July 8, 2021 - Accidents
P&O UK cancels Aurora ship's World Cruise 2022
P&O UK replaced its 2022 world voyage with a 40-night journey to the Caribbean and a 12-night sailing to Portugal and the Canary Islands...
July 2, 2021 - Cruise Industry
AIDA Cruises' gradual restart continues with AIDAstella on July 29
AIDA Cruises announced it continued the gradual restart with another vessel, AIDAstella, resuming voyages from July 29. The cruise ship will operate...
June 10, 2021