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HAL-Holland America speeding up embarkation with “mBark Facial Recognition” & “VeriFLY Vaccine...
HAL-Holland America is enhancing the preboarding passenger experience and making embarkation easier via adding the use of “mBark facial...
March 20, 2022 - Accidents
P&O Ferries UK lays off hundreds of workers
The British company P&O Ferries laid off 800 people with immediate effect on Thursday, March 17, many of them over video, leading to travel...
March 20, 2022 - Cruise Industry
Brazil 2022-2023 cruise season to begin in October with 19 itineraries
Brazil’s 2022-2023 cruise season will commence in October with a total of 19 itineraries visiting 8 ports/destinations in the Brazilian states...
March 19, 2022 - Cruise Industry
Godmother announced for Emerald Cruises' newest ship Emerald Luna
Travel industry advocate and educator Vanessa McGovern was named godmother of Emerald Cruises’ 9th Star-Ship, Emerald Luna. The christening...
March 19, 2022 - Accidents
Costa Magica cruise ship to serve as a potential floating hotel for Ukrainian refugees
Costa Cruises announced they had offered the Magica ship (currently out of service) to the government of Italy as a potential floating hotel...
March 19, 2022 - Accidents
NCL's cruise ship Norwegian Joy cancels call to Cozumel (Mexico) due to propulsion issue
NCL's liner Norwegian Joy had to cancel her stopover in the Mexican port of Cozumel on March 17 due to technical problems. The NCL-Norwegian...
March 19, 2022 - Cruise Industry
First steel cut for CCL-Carnival Cruise Line's Carnival Jubilee
First steel was cut on Friday, March 18, for CCL-Carnival Cruise Line's Carnival Jubilee which is due to be arriving in Galveston TX in November 2023...
March 18, 2022 - Cruise Industry
MSC Cruises' ship Grandiosa switching 2022 Baltic Cruises with the Norwegian Fjords
MSC Cruises’ ship MSC Grandiosa will be fully dedicated to the Norwegian Fjords for the summer 2022 season. The MSC liner is now offering 7...
March 18, 2022 - Cruise Industry
Katy Perry to serve as Godmother of NCL's newest cruise ship Norwegian Prima
NCL-Norwegian Cruise Line announced that world-popular pop icon and “American Idol” judge Katy Perry would serve as the godmother to the...
March 18, 2022 - Cruise Industry
Ritz-Carlton Yacht Collection expands fleet with 2 newbuild superyachts, Ilma and Luminara
The Ritz-Carlton Yacht Collection announced a fleet expansion project with two new superyachts, Ilma and Luminara, scheduled for deliveries in 2024...
March 18, 2022 - Accidents
The world’s largest-capacity cruise ship - GHK's Global Dream - is unfinished and up for sale
The sale of GHK-Genting Hong Kong's unfinished liner MS Global Dream lured plenty of potential buyers, including the billionaire Lim Kook Thay...
March 18, 2022 - Cruise Industry
ACL's cruise ship American Symphony launched at Chesapeake Shipbuilding in Salisbury MD
ACL-American Cruise Lines announced that American Symphony had been successfully launched last week at Chesapeake Shipbuilding (Salisbury MD). ...
March 17, 2022 - Cruise Industry
Saga Cruises' riverboats Spirit of the Danube & Spirit of the Rhine to be named in Arnhem...
On Saturday, March 19, the two newest riverboats of Saga Cruises UK - the sisterships Spirit of the Danube and Spirit of the Rhine, will be...
March 17, 2022 - Accidents
Passenger jumps overboard from Carnival Horizon cruise ship, body recovered
A body was recovered late Wednesday, March 16, after a man jumped overboard from the CCL-Carnival Cruise Line's Carnival Horizon ship. In a...
March 17, 2022 - Cruise Industry
Viking Cruises names 8 new river ships in Paris (France) and Amsterdam (Netherlands)
Along the Seine River in Paris City, Viking Cruises named 4 new riverboats (another 4 were christened in Amsterdam) in a special christening ceremony...
March 17, 2022