Travel Safety

Major Cruise Lines to Test All Crew and Passengers for COVID-19

DONALD WOOD  OCTOBER 07, 2020 PHOTO: COVID-19 Coronavirus test tubes. (Photo via iStock/Getty Images Plus/solarseven) The Cruise Lines International Association (CLIA) revealed it would mandate pre-boarding COVID-19 tests for all passengers and crew members on ships...

Royal Caribbean adapts mobile app for new health and safety protocols

By Rebecca Gibson Sept 10, 2020 Royal Caribbean Group has adapted its customer-facing mobile app to facilitate new health and safety procedures that will protect guests and crew against Covid-19. First introduced in 2017 and now available on many Royal Caribbean...

Survey Reveals Disparities Between How Men and Women Perceive Travel Safety

JANEEN CHRISTOFF  SEPTEMBER 11, 2020 PHOTO: Travel insurance. (photo via scyther5 /iStock / Getty Images Plus) Berkshire Hathaway Travel Protection (BHTP) released results from its State of Travel Insurance research survey, which was conducted over...

Two cruise giants assembled a panel of health experts to give them a path back to sailing

By Hannah Sampson July 6, 2020 Two of the world’s largest cruise operators have teamed up to assemble a panel of health experts to help them meet the coronavirus-related requirements of authorities around the world. Royal Caribbean Group and Norwegian...

Air travel in six months: What it will look like

By Shawn Baldwin July 3, 2020 Summer vacations used to mean wine tasting in Tuscany, backpacking in Southeast Asia or trips to the Grand Canyon. But fears that airplanes could be a breeding ground for Covid-19 infections have wreaked havoc on...

How Safe Is Flying in the Age of Coronavirus?

By Charlotte Ryan and Naomi Kresge June 18, 2020, 9:01 PM PDT Updated on June 19, 2020, 6:46 AM PDT With many governments loosening travel restrictions to restart economies, airlines have begun restoring flights that were put on hold as the coronavirus pandemic spread. Business is...

CDC debuts color-coded system for identifying cruise ships with recent COVID-19 cases

By Michael Bartiromo | Fox News Video The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has debuted a color-coded system for identifying cruise ships based on their recent history of COVID-19 infection.

More Than 80 Percent of Cruise Ship Passengers Who Had Coronavirus Didn’t Show Symptoms

Researchers say their findings indicate that far more people have been infected with COVID-19 than the numbers show By Julie Mazziotta May 28, 2020 04:09 PM PABLO PORCIUNCULA/AFP...

Your Guide to Hotel Companies’ Coronavirus Safety and Cleaning Initiatives

Cameron Sperance, Skift - May 18, 2020 4:00 pm The world’s major hotel brands are upping the ante on cleaning in an effort to win customer confidence and capture whatever market share exists in the travel industry’s initial coronavirus recovery. Be it ultra...

Carnival Plans to Set Sail Again, or Does It? Behind the Confusion and Controversy

Rosie Spinks, Skift - May 05, 2020 8:30 am This isn’t the first time Carnival has announced a return to cruising in the last month. What’s needed here is specifics on how things will be different (and safer) when ships set sail again.— Rosie S