As travel advisors say business is booming, they and cruise analysts say cruise prices are softening. As the industry tries to rebuild to full strength nearly a year after resuming operations following a pandemic pause, complications from Covid regulations, geopolitical strife, stock…
Carnival Cruise Line said that it extinguished a fire inside the funnel of the Carnival Freedom on Thursday morning while the ship was in port in Turks and Caicos. And it was dispatching another ship to pick up passengers while the Freedom…
Norwegian Cruise Line has scrapped a season of Asia cruises on the Norwegian Sun “due to challenging and developing regulations regarding international travel and cruising in Asia,” an NCL spokesperson said. There has been uncertainty in Asia regarding port access as the…
Whether you know Budapest as the gateway of river cruising, the capital of the Danube or the Hollywood of Europe, the one thing the Hungarian capital wants to be known as is an A-list travel destination. Back in March, I visited Budapest…
MSC Cruises CEO Gianni Onorato has big goals for the American market. With plans in the coming years to double the number of ships calling in the U.S., homeport in New York year-round and open a $350 million cruise terminal in Miami,…
American Queen Voyages has become the only overnight cruise line to dock at Chicago’s Navy Pier. A city that has long been limited to sightseeing cruises, Chicago is now a port for multiday cruises with the Ocean Navigator’s maiden arrival from Toronto…
Celebrity Cruises will sell its first nonfungible tokens (NFTs) next month, offering a collection of motion art pieces featuring a sculpture of two doves installed on the new Celebrity Beyond. Titled “Peacemakers Sunset,” the NFTs feature the rotating sculpture hovering above moving…
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MSC Group’s new luxury lifestyle cruise line, Explora Journeys, has appointed seven people to its commercial team to support travel advisors. Its first ship, Explora I, is due to enter service in May 2023. Chief sales officer Chris Austin said the new…
ONBOARD NCL’s PRIDE OF AMERICA — Bring those little ones onboard this summer, says Norwegian Cruise Line. All its kids clubs will be open, fully staffed and ready to welcome them. In a “casual conversation” with about 50 members of the international…