Headlines
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NCLH may mandate vaccinations
Monday | Jan 11 2021ACCORDING to American trade media, vaccination of guests and crews may be part of a restart to cruising, Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings (NCLH) has said.
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Key West reforms at risk
Monday | Jan 11 2021A Florida bill could overturn Key West’s cruise ship restrictions passed in Nov (CW 05 Nov).
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RCL lends a hand to travel advisors
Friday | Jan 8 2021ROYAL Caribbean Group (RCL) has confirmed that Australian travel advisors will be included in a new US$40 million (A$51 million) support program announced just before Christmas.
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Ponant adds nine more
Friday | Jan 8 2021PONANT has announced its “commitment-free” registration for nine new Australia and New Zealand luxury expeditions is now available.
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Murray operator demands rule changes
Thursday | Jan 7 2021MURRAY River Paddlesteamers is demanding the federal and state govts make changes to pandemic-related legislation to help save the peak season for rural Victorian tourism operators.
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Carnival stops & starts
Thursday | Jan 7 2021IT has been a mixed 24 hours for Carnival Corporation, with Costa Cruises confirming a restart date of 31 Jan, but Holland America Line and Princess Cruises pausing their cruise vacations through to 30 Apr and 14 May respectively.
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P&O furthers NZ pause
Wednesday | Jan 6 2021P&O Cruises Australia has extended its pause in operations in NZ to departures on and before 25 Apr, planning to commence a 150-day season in Jul.
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L’Occitane hits the sea
Wednesday | Jan 6 2021ATLAS Ocean Voyages’ World Navigator will feature the first-at-sea SeaSpa by L’Occitane en Provence.
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MSC announces 2022 program
Tuesday | Jan 5 2021MSC Cruises has revealed its northern hemisphere summer 2022 program, offering 124 ports of call in 47 countries across 83 itineraries.
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Octantis floats out
Tuesday | Jan 5 2021VIKING has taken a big step toward the highly anticipated launch of its new expedition cruise products (CW 17 Jan), with the float out of Viking Octantis (pictured) from Fincantieri’s VARD shipyard just before Christmas.
