Cruise news (money-tagged)

Celebrity Plans $400 Million Fleetwide Renovation
Celebrity Cruises plans spending around US$400 million over 5 years on renovating its cruise ships so they will look more like Celebrity Edge...
October 7, 2017
Cruise Industry
Dream Cruises Announces Partnership With Alipay
Dream Cruises announced its new partnership with Alipay, the largest online and mobile payment platform in the world operated by Ant Financial...
September 28, 2017
Cruise Industry
Princess Increases Price of Alcohol Package
Princess Cruises changed its alcohol-inclusive beverage package and upped its price. Rolling out fleet-wide, these changes were implemented...
September 25, 2017
Cruise Industry
Costa neoClassica Joins Grand Celebration between West Palm Beach and Freeport
Recently, Port Palm Beach District Commission signed a 10-year agreement for addition of a 2nd cruise ship into service between West Palm Beach and...
August 29, 2017
Cruise Industry
Indonesia to Build GBP 150 Million Port Facility
Indonesia is just weeks away from dredging a bay on Bali to create a £150 million port facility in order to attract "the rich guy". ...
August 26, 2017
Cruise Industry
TPG, Apollo and Genting Hong Kong Continue to Sell Norwegian Shares
Apollo Global Management LLC, GHK-Genting Hong Kong (via Star NCLC Holdings Ltd) and funds affiliated with TPG Global LLC are selling 15 million...
August 17, 2017
Cruise Industry
Port Piraeus Becomes a Cruise Hub
Piraeus Port Authority revealed its ambitious plans to expand services and become the prime cruise hub in eastern Mediterranean. The...
May 27, 2017
Cruise Industry
Qatar Sees Incredible Surge in Cruise Ship Visitors
About 50,000 people visited Qatar through a cruise this season, which is an increase of over 1000% from 2016, officials announced. The surge in...
May 24, 2017
Cruise Industry
Fincantieri Signs for the Acquisition of STX France Majority Stake
Fincantieri S.p.A. announced it had signed today a share purchase agreement for acquisition of 66.66% of STX France share capital from STX Europe AS...
May 19, 2017
Cruise Industry
Cruise Industry Contributes $3.2 Billion to Canadian Economy 2016
Cruise ships, along with their crew and passengers, make a significant annual contribution to the economy of Canada. Cruise industry spending...
May 2, 2017
Cruise Industry
Turkey Offers $30 Per Cruise Passenger
The Turkish government is ready to pay cruise lines US$30 per passenger in a bid to win back cruise business after a severe slump in 2016. The...
April 27, 2017
Cruise Industry
Norway to Build a Giant Tunnel for Cruise Ships
Stad Penninsula in Norway might be achingly handsome but it’s also too dangerous for vessels to pass around. To find a solution the...
April 2, 2017
Cruise Industry
Woman Goes on Spending Spree on Cruise With Wrongly Deposited Cash
A devoutly religious woman from Brisbane who took a 30-day cruise and went on a spending spree after nearly USD 100,000 was mistakenly put into...
March 22, 2017
Cruise Industry
Suit Claims Former Norwegian CEO Had Improper Relations with Employees
Two former NCLH-Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings CEOs are duking it out Dr.Phil style in a lawsuit that claims one was fired because of improper...
March 16, 2017
Cruise Industry
Injured Passengers Demanding Cash In Lawsuit
Several injured passengers are currently demanding payment, well over $1 million, after their midnight voyage in Baltimore’s harbor came...
March 12, 2017
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