Cruise Industry
Brittany Ferries not starting a UK-Portugal ferry route
Brittany Ferries confirmed that it will not operate a UK-Portugal ferry route in summer 2021. Reports first emerged two weeks ago that the French...
May 28, 2021
Oceania announces restart dates for 3 more cruise ships
Oceania Cruises announced the restart dates for 3 more of its ships: Insignia, Riviera, and Sirena, between October 2021-January 2022. Oceania...
May 28, 2021
Princess Cruises enhances "Cruise with Confidence" program
Princess Cruises issued a major update that impacts 2021 sailings in the wake of the pandemic. The Carnival Corporation-owned company announced it...
May 28, 2021
RSSG-Regent Seven Seas Cruises to have all 5 ships back in service by February 2022
The NCLH-owned subsidiary RSSC-Regent Seven Seas Cruises announced that all 5 luxury ships in their fleet would be back in service by February next...
May 27, 2021
Celebrity Cruises to be the first line to restrat from the USA with Celebrity Edge
Celebrity announced that they would be the first company to restart voyages with passengers leaving from the USA, with the Edge ship. Celebrity's...
May 27, 2021
Royal Caribbean's ship Spectrum OTS restarts with cruises-to-nowhere from Hong Kong
RCI-Royal Caribbean International revealed plans to restart its Spectrum of the Seas ship with "portless voyages" out of Hong Kong this summer. Hong...
May 27, 2021- Cruise Industry
NCL-Norwegian Cruise Line redeploys 8 additional ships
NCL-Norwegian Cruise Line announced it will resume operations from additional international and US homeports this fall. Passengers will once again...
May 27, 2021 
Viking Cruises announces new Mediterranean itineraries for summer 2021
Viking OCEAN plans to expand its Mediterranean deployment during summer 2021, adding a 3rd ship with homeporting in Valletta Malta. Part of the...
May 26, 2021
First test cruise in the USA aboard Royal Caribbean's ship Freedom of the Seas
RCI-Royal Caribbean International is the first company to receive approval from the USA's CDC agency (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) for...
May 26, 2021
VIDEO: Crystal Endeavor successfully completes final sea trials
Crystal Expedition Cruises announced the successful completion of the 2nd and final sea trials for its new luxury superyacht Crystal Endeavor, thus...
May 26, 2021
Cruise ships skip Ketchikan if COVID-19 outbreaks continue
Cruise ships will continue to skip Port Ketchikan (Revillagigedo Island, Alaska) if COVID cases remain high, senior city and pandemic response...
May 25, 2021
AIDA Cruises restarts in the Eastern Mediterranean with AIDAblu
On Sunday evening, May 23, AIDA Cruises started into the new cruise season in the Eastern Mediterranean with the ship AIDAblu. Until October 17...
May 25, 2021
President Biden signs the Alaska Tourism Restoration Act
The USA's current President (Joseph Robinette Biden Jr) has signed the Alaska Tourism Restoration Act on Monday, May 24. The law lifts a requirement...
May 25, 2021NCL-Norwegian Cruise Line resumes voyages from the USA on August 7 (Seattle to Alaska)
NCL-Norwegian Cruise Line announced that it expected to resume operations from the United States beginning August 7, 2021, with week-long sailings...
May 25, 2021
AmaWaterways restarts on July 3 aboard AmaDouro in Portugal
One of the world's largest river cruise companies, AmaWaterways plans to restart operations in Europe with select ships, beginning July 3 in Portugal...
May 25, 2021