Cruise news (cruise industry market-tagged)
- Cruise Industry
Singapore's cruise industry to return to pre-COVID levels between 2023-2024
The STB-Singapore Tourism Board on Friday, July 1, said that the cruise industry of the country was expected to return to pre-COVID levels between...
July 3, 2022 - Cruise Industry
HAL-Holland America removes pre-cruise COVID testing
HAL-Holland America is removing pre-cruise COVID testing requirements for guests boarding select voyages in Europe this summer. In a letter to...
July 3, 2022 - Cruise Industry
Ferry route connecting Thessaloniki (Greece) with Izmir (Turkey) to be inaugurated in July
A ferry route connecting the Greek northern port city of Thessaloniki with Izmir in Turkey is expected to be inaugurated in July 2022, Shipping...
June 29, 2022 - Cruise Industry
SH Vega cruise ship successfully acquisitioned by Swan Hellenic
The Finnish shipbuilder Helsinki Shipyard Oy (Helsinki, Finland), having received bids for the NB 517 auction, announced that Swan Hellenic had been...
June 28, 2022 - Cruise Industry
Construction of the cruise port in Samana (Dominicana) to begin in July
DR President Luis Abinader announced that in July 2022, he would give the first peck to build a cruise port in Samana (Dominicana). In the activity...
June 27, 2022 - Cruise Industry
P&O UK removes pre-departure COVID tests on 5x Iona ship cruises
P&O UK removed its pre-departure COVID testing requirement on selected Iona ship voyages in June & July 2022. Passengers will not need to...
June 26, 2022 - Cruise Industry
Dominicana to host the 28th Florida-Caribbean Cruise Association/FCCA conference in Santo Domingo
On October 11, 2022, Dominicana will serve as host to the 28th Florida-Caribbean Cruise Association (FCCA) conference in Santo Domingo. It will...
June 25, 2022 - Cruise Industry
Carnival Corporation expects bookings for 2023 to be "at the top end of their historical range"
The world's largest cruise shipowner Carnival Corporation on Friday, June 24, forecast a core profit for 2022-Q2, as the company returns to full...
June 25, 2022 - Accidents
DCL-Disney Cruise Line cancels 2nd test voyage for Disney Wish
Following the cancellation of the first test cruise of DCL-Disney Cruise Line’s new boat Disney Wish which was scheduled to begin on Tuesday...
June 24, 2022 - Cruise Industry
Abercrombie and Kent/A&K now owns Crystal Cruises and the ships Serenity and Symphony
A&K Travel Group Ltd (ultra-luxury travel company owned by Geoffrey JW Kent (1942-born, founder of Abercrombie & Kent Ltd) and Heritage Group...
June 23, 2022 - Cruise Industry
Voluntary agreement ‘Venice Blue Flag 2022’ signed to reduce the impact of cruise ship emissions
"Reduce the impact of atmospheric emissions from cruise ships arriving and mooring in the ports of the Venice Lagoon"- with this objective, the Port...
June 23, 2022 - Cruise Industry
Silversea's entire cruise fleet is back in service
The ultra-premium travel brand Silversea celebrated the return to service of its 10-ship fleet by welcoming its Silver Wind ship to London-Greenwich...
June 22, 2022 - Cruise Industry
Swan Hellenic to purchase its own SH Vega ship from Helsinki Shipyard
Swan Hellenic revealed plans to purchase its own SH Vega cruise ship from Helsinki Shipyard (Finland), through the auction process. The Finnish...
June 21, 2022 - Accidents
MV Werften's unfinished Global Dream 2 cruise ship to be scrapped
There is no future for the second Global class newbuild cruise ship which keel was laid at MV Werften's Warnemunde yard in December 2019. While the...
June 20, 2022 - Cruise Industry
Arrested Crystal Cruises' ships Serenity and Symphony auction-sold for $128M
Crystal Cruises' two ocean ships that have been under arrest in Bahamian for 4+ months were auction-sold on Thursday, June 16, for a combined USD 128...
June 17, 2022