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FAQ – Health on Cruise Ships

Cruise lines continuously focus on providing clean and sanitary environments aboard their ships for the health of all on board. Should the need arise, cruise lines are equipped with medical facilities for guests and crewmembers. All of CLIA’s oceangoing members must adhere to “Health Care...

Safe at Sea

by James Alan Fox, Crime and Punishment The cruise industry has been a favorite target for Congress and the media whenever bad things happen on the high seas, even though these occurrences are fairly rare. The latest attack from Washington, and Sen. Jay Rockefeller (D-WV)...

Overnight Cruise Stays Banned at Sydney’s White Bay Terminal

By Tom Stieghorst of travelweekly.com Overnight stays by cruise ships at the White Bay Cruise Terminal in Sydney, Australia, have been banned until new regulations controlling the use of low-sulfur fuels are enacted. The Port Authority of New South Wales suspended overnight stays as of May 27, a spokesman...

Today’s Solo Traveler

Solo travel is changing. In the past, solo traveling was tied to single's travels. The “solo” market was the young single person traveling on their own, or the wealthy widow. Travel companies who based their cost (and their pricing) on double occupancy, commonly charged a 100% single supplement fee...

Medical Centers on Cruise Ships

The Medical Center on a cruise ship is one of those things that are taken for granted until the need arises. Like most things we take for granted, we hear little about it unless we have a negative experience. We expect high standards in our medical care, after all...

8 Things You Need to Know About Cruise Ships and Safety

By cruising.org The cruise industry is highly regulated, scrutinized, and transparent—more so than many other sectors of travel and hospitality.  A new “app” from ProPublica.org, which compiles all of the publicly-available information about cruise ships into a single database, is clear evidence of that truth. Unfortunately, the alarmist tone...

How to Get Over Your Fear of Cruising

by huffingtonpost.com Despite the fact that cruising can be an affordable, interesting and a stress-free way to vacation, it faces its fair share of scrutiny from travelers and health and safety officials. Recurring news stories of Norovirus outbreaks and engineering malfunctions have left some consumers wary of setting...

CLIA Norovirus Communications Toolkit Now Available

The CLIA Cruise Forward Team just released an incredible Cruise Safety resource: the Cruise Forward Norovirus Communications Toolkit. The toolkit includes the following two PDFs: The Norovirus Fact Sheet provides the latest research on how truly rare norovirus outbreaks are and describes the numerous practices in place on cruise ships...