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At least 222 people at the Grand Canyon got sick with ‘explosive’ gastroenteritis, CDC says

Officials believe two different forms of norovirus hit park in outbreak that lasted 3 months According to a new CDC report, a norovirus outbreak on rafting and hiking trips at the Grand Canyon caused hundreds...

An Inside Look at the COVID-19 Outbreak Aboard the Zaandam

PUBLISHED JUL 1, 2022 6:24 PM BY THE MARITIME EXECUTIVE "Cabin Fever: The Harrowing Journey of a Cruise Ship at the Dawn of a Pandemic" gives the public a new inside view of the COVID outbreak...

Stats: Most Americans Still Plan to Visit Europe This Year Despite War

By Matt TurnerMay 13, 2022 06:55am (Photo by 25krunya/iStock/Getty Images Plus/Getty Images) The majority of Americans (61 percent) who have plans to visit Europe this year intend to follow through with their travels despite the war in Ukraine,...

3 American tourists found dead, fourth hospitalized at Bahamas Sandals resort

Christine Fernando USA TODAY Three Americans were found dead and a fourth person was hospitalized Friday at a Sandals resort in the Bahamas, officials said. It remains unclear how they died. Royal Bahamas...

MSC Cruises Unveils 2022 “Cruise With Confidence” Program

Newsdesk Jan 6, 2022 08:46am (MSC Cruises) MSC Cruises has unveiled its summer 2022 campaign under the “Cruise with Confidence” program, confirming that all voyages through summer 2022 will...

Video: Carnival Cruise Ship Rescues Sailors in Gulf of Mexico

Shared from www.maritime-executive.com Carnival Breeze used a launch to transfer three people and two dogs from the sailboat ( Rhonda Brewer/YouTube) A Carnival Cruise Line ship...

Carnival Cruise Line-Approved COVID-19 Home Tests, Explained

September 11, 2021 Shared from Cruise Industry News As the cruise industry is adapting to the new CDC regulation stating that all passengers must test negative against coronavirus no more than two days...

The Six Protocols for Survival, Stability, and Success

by David Giersdorf Summer 2020, I published an article called “An Updated Look at the Expedition/Adventure Cruise Market.” It made the rounds among travel and cruise industry leadership. In the article, I laid out six imperatives for the cruise industry recovery. These...

Cutting The Muster: Will ships’ new electronic drill be up to snuff?

January 21, 2021 Shared from Porthole Cruise Cruise fans have been eager for good news. And there’s a lot of hope hanging on the brand-new way many major megaships are managing the...

Summer Travel Chaos Ahead: Which Airlines Are Your Best Bet

 MIA TAYLOR  JUNE 17, 2019 The airplane is flying towards the sky beautifully. (Photo via flukyfluky / iStock / Getty Images Plus) Between overtourism, overcrowding and millions of flight delays, AirHelp...