Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings is suing Florida’s surgeon general to invalidate the state’s law prohibiting businesses from requiring proof of vaccination. The motion, filed in the Southern District of Florida, requests a preliminary injunction on the law in order to enable NCLH’s…
Starting in August, Crystal Cruises will launch cruises to Bermuda from Boston and New York on the Crystal Symphony. The Symphony had been scheduled to do 10-day Caribbean cruises from Antigua and St. Maarten in August, but canceled the season citing airlift…
MSC Cruises will launch a ship from Saudi Arabia this summer, with the MSC Bellissima offering 21 Red Sea voyages from Jeddah from the end of July through late October. And, Scenic Cruises will launch Saudi Arabia cruises this summer from Jeddah,…
Two longtime sales executives are leaving Oceania Cruises and Regent Seven Seas Cruises. Randall Soy, Regent’s executive vice president of sales and marketing, will leave the company at the end of July after 30 years. James Rodriguez, Oceania’s executive vice president of sales…
MSC Cruises will launch a ship from Saudi Arabia this summer, with the MSC Bellissima offering 21 Red Sea voyages from Jeddah from the end of July through late October. The MSC Bellissima will offer three- and four-day cruises to Safaga, Egypt…
Two of Tauck’s executives, each with more than 20 years tenure with the company, will serve as co-godmothers when Tauck’s Andorinha riverboat is christened next month in the Portuguese village of Barca de Alva. Tauck president Jennifer Tombaugh and chief culture officer…
The American Jazz river cruise ship got stuck on a sandbar in Kentucky’s Lake Barkley on July 7, and operator American Cruise Lines said Friday that the effort to free the ship was taking longer than expected. American Cruise Lines said it…
Virgin Voyages postponed the debut of its second ship, the Valiant Lady, from November 2021 to March 2022. The line also delayed the Caribbean launch of its first ship, the Scarlet Lady, by a few weeks. From March 18 through May 14,…
MSC Group has partnered with Fincantieri on the construction of its new cruise terminal at PortMiami, scheduled to open in late 2023. The facility will be larger than the terminal MSC had originally planned. The $450 million terminal, Italian shipbuilder Fincantieri’s first…
AmaWaterways is partnering with Metropolitan Touring to offer a cruise of the Magdalena River in Colombia. In December 2023, the partners will introduce a custom-built, all-suite river ship that will sail seven-day cruises of the Magdalena. Guests will be able to choose…