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Carnival Cruise Line bans ‘offensive clothing’

Katia Hetter, CNN • Updated 8th January 2020 (CNN) — Think your profanity-laced T-shirt would be fun to wear on your next cruise?Carnival Cruise Line says no.Guests should "ensure their clothing and accessories are respectful to fellow guests," reads Carnival's website FAQ.That means nothing...

U.S. Coast Guard and Navy Team Up for Long-Range Medevac

Shared from The Maritime Executive Grand Princess (file image) On Wednesday, the U.S. Coast Guard and U.S. Navy teamed up to medevac a 69-year-old passenger from the cruise ship Grand Princess about 210 miles northwest of Hilo, Hawaii. 

Is technology ruining travel?

Opinion by Michael Bociurkiw Fri December 27, 2019 CNN (CNN)With many of us unlocking our phones almost 50 times a day and devoting five hours of our day to screens, I suppose it was inevitable that revenue-hungry airlines would enable our...

Liability of cruise lines in question after deadly New Zealand volcanic eruption

CBS NEWSDecember 13, 2019, 7:50 AM Some of the victims of Monday's volcanic eruption in New Zealand were passengers from a Royal Caribbean cruise ship. That's now raising questions about the liability of cruise lines and the excursion companies they contract with.

Volcano deaths highlight perils of adventure tourism

By Jack Guy, CNN (CNN) The deaths of at least five tourists in a volcanic eruption in New Zealand have raised questions over whether tour companies are taking enough precautions to keep visitors safe -- and whether tourists are aware...

Two Americans on Carnival Cruise trip dead, five injured in Belize tour bus crash

BY DEVOUN CETOUTE NOVEMBER 29, 2019 11:10 AM  After traveling to Belize on a Carnival Cruise Line ship, two Americans were killed and five were injured in an independent tour bus crash Wednesday. Riding in a Dodge passenger van, Jacqueline Abad,...

Robbers disrupted Hurtigruten cruise

November 29, 2019 A group of robbers in southern Chile stole around 200 pieces of luggage that were being transported to one of the new Hurtigruten ships embarking this week on an expensive cruise to Antarctica. None of the passengers themselves was robbed, but around 15...

Viking Sky Came Within a Ship’s Length of Grounding

BY THE MARITIME EXECUTIVE 2019-11-13 The Accident Investigation Board of Norway (AIBN) has issued a short interim report about the cruise ship Viking Sky which had a black-out near Hustadvika, Norway, on March 23, 2019 in stormy conditions.  The accident led to 479 passengers...

U.S. Travel Urges Media to Warn About REAL ID Deadline for Air Travel

James Shillinglaw, Nov 14, 2019 Just days ago things seemed to be a little more hopeful. The U.S. Travel Association praised a U.S. Department of Homeland Security effort to make it easier for travelers to get their new REAL IDs online. These IDs, which...

Woman Dies After Falling From Hurtigruten Ship In Norway

David Nike Senior Contributor One of the fleet of Hurtigruten coastal cruise ships operating along the Norwegian coastline.GETTY A woman who fell from the...