Cruise news (policies-tagged)
- Cruise Industry
Virgin Voyages extends the deadline to earn loyalty status
Virgin Voyages extended the deadline to earn loyalty status and sailors now have until March 31st, 2023, to lock in their status through to 2024...
December 30, 2022 - Cruise Industry
HAL-Holland America is the latest cruise line to increase daily gratuities
HAL-Holland America Line is the latest cruise line to announce that it will soon be increasing daily gratuities/“crew appreciation&rdquo...
December 15, 2022 - Cruise Industry
NCL-Norwegian Cruise Line increases daily services charges
On December 6th, NCL-Norwegian Cruise Line announced the increase in daily services charges, providing gratuities to key onboard crew. In a letter...
December 8, 2022 - Cruise Industry
Rockland's City Council considers one-time waiver of cruise ship passenger cap
Next week, Rockland ME's City Council will consider whether to issue a one-time waiver for a cruise vessel to exceed the passenger limit. The City...
December 7, 2022 - Cruise Industry
Uniworld is the first river cruise company to boast verified net zero targets validated by the SBTi
Uniworld Boutique River Cruises (subsidiary of The Travel Corporation) became the first river cruise line to introduce verified net zero targets...
December 6, 2022 - Cruise Industry
CCL-Carnival brings back mandatory mask wearing for passengers on Australian cruises
CCL-Carnival Cruise Line brought back mandatory mask-wearing for all passengers onboard its Australian voyages. The company's updated COVID policy...
November 18, 2022 - Cruise Industry
Star Clippers lifts COVID vaccine mandates for cruise passengers
Star Clippers announced a new set of health & safety protocols with regard to the prevention of COVID for their fleet of tall clipper ships. The...
November 18, 2022 - Cruise Industry
Japan reopens ports to international cruise ships
Japan will already allow international cruise ships to dock at its ports, Tetsuo Saito (country's transport minister) said on Tuesday, November 15...
November 16, 2022 - Accidents
Armed guards board Viking Mars cruise ship passing Aden Gulf
Passengers on Viking Mars received a letter from the Captain advising them about precautionary measures taken against pirate attacks as the vessel...
November 10, 2022 - Cruise Industry
RCI-Royal Caribbean International removes pre-cruise COVID testing requirements
RCI-Royal Caribbean International is making it easier for cruise passengers to sail this fall, eliminating the requirement to test negative for COVID...
November 3, 2022 - Cruise Industry
DCL-Disney Cruise Line removes COVID testing requirements
DCL-Disney Cruise Line announced it is eliminating its COVID testing requirements for passengers starting in mid-November. In an update on Wednesday...
November 3, 2022 - Cruise Industry
HAL-Holland America eliminates COVID testing requirement for unvaccinated passengers
Cruise companies continue to eliminate COVID health protocols and HAL-Holland America is the latest to eliminate their COVID testing requirement for...
October 29, 2022 - Cruise Industry
CCL-Carnival Cruise Line easing COVID restrictions
CCL-Carnival Cruise Line dropped most of the company's remaining COVID restrictions this week. For passengers sailing with Carnival on a voyage...
October 28, 2022 - Cruise Industry
Carnival Corporation's Costa Asia cancels all future Asian cruises
The Carnival Corporation-owned subsidiary Costa Asia (which also targets the Chinese market) is canceling all future departures due to waning...
October 26, 2022 - Cruise Industry
Cruise industry to pursue net-zero carbon cruising by 2050
CLIA-Cruise Lines International Association released the results of its 2022 Global Cruise Industry Environmental Technologies & Practices Report...
October 20, 2022