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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...

Cruise Lines Staying Prepared for Possible Pirate Attacks

CRUISE LINE & CRUISE SHIP  DONALD WOOD  MAY 02, 201922034 Custom built for the Chinese market, Spectrum of the Seas will be the largest and most expensive ship in Asia when she sails from Shanghai beginning in June...

Scientologists’ Cruise Ship Quarantined for Measles

File image courtesy Freewinds.org BY MAREX 2019-05-01 20:25:43 The Church of Scientology's cruise ship, the Freewinds, has been quarantined at the port of St. Lucia after the local government learned of a confirmed case of measles on board.