Cruise Ships

By Fran Golden (Bloomberg) — The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention offered a rare glimmer of hope for the cruise industry this week,

By Jonathan Levin and Molly Smith (Bloomberg) — Carnival Corp.’s bookings are accelerating, reflecting pent-up demand for cruising even as the

By Chen Lin (Reuters) – Singapore currently accounts for a third of the world’s cruises its tourism body said on Wednesday, owing to the roaring

By Fran Golden (Bloomberg) — On the fancy, new, 245-passenger American Countess riverboat, passengers sip complimentary mint juleps on a top

By Nivedita Balu April 5 (Reuters) – Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings Ltd said on Monday it wrote to U.S. health authorities asking to restart trips from

By David Shepardson WASHINGTON, April 2 (Reuters) – The U.S. Centers for Disease Control (CDC) and Prevention on Friday issued new guidance to

By Joyce Koh (Bloomberg) — Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. is extending the season for one of Asia’s largest cruise ships, because of what it said

By Angelo Amante ROME, April 1 (Reuters) – Italy’s government has ruled that large cruise ships and container vessels must not pass close to

German cruise ship builder Meyer Werft has signed a contract for the construction of a new cruise ship marking the first newbuilding order in the sector since

March 24 (Reuters) – The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said on Wednesday it would keep its stringent framework for a resumption of

March 19 (Reuters) – Some of Royal Caribbean Group’s cruises will resume sailing in the Caribbean in June with vaccinated adult guests, ending a

In the early days of the pandemic, cruises had become the face of coronavirus super-spreader events as shipboard outbreaks left passengers and crews

by Kanishka Singh (Reuters) – Carnival Corp ($CCL) Chief Executive Arnold Donald has said that shrinking its fleet due to the pandemic will slow its

Alaskan Senators Lisa Murkowski and Dan Sullivan (R-AK) have introduced legislation to help the Alaskan tourism industry by providing a waiver of Passenger

By Fran Golden (Bloomberg) — After a year of isolation and lockdowns, four months on a ship is looking pretty good to cruise super fans. The Covid-19

by Praveen Paramasivam  (Reuters) – Royal Caribbean Group said on Monday it was seeing an uptick in future bookings, following a disastrous year for the

Feb 22 (Reuters) – Royal Caribbean Group lost $1 billion-plus in the fourth quarter as the coronavirus crisis kept its cruise ships ashore, but pointed

By Salvatore R. Mercogliano, Ph.D. – The recent announcement by the Canadian government to suspend all cruise ship visits until February 2022 due to

By Jonathan Levin and Christopher Palmeri (Bloomberg) — Canada is extending its ban on cruise ships through February 2022 because of Covid-19,

by Fran Golden (Bloomberg) When Royal Caribbean announced it was looking for volunteers to help test its post-pandemic health and safety protocols, Melody