News
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Cruise jobs scam
Thursday | Nov 12 2020SEABOURN Cruise Line has issued a warning about an Indian-based company which has been carrying out illicit recruitment drives for the company via ads on social media and online job sites.
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Seadream scare
Thursday | Nov 12 2020SEADREAM Yacht Club has swiftly reacted to the preliminary diagnosis of COVID-19 in a passenger aboard its SeaDream I which just last week became the first vessel to resume cruising in the Caribbean.
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Crystal rant
Thursday | Nov 12 2020AN internet domain-name entrepreneur has weaponised his collection of high-profile online addresses against Crystal Cruises, after being unable to obtain a US$83,000 refund for a 19-day European voyage in the owner’s suite.
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AIDA €400m loan
Thursday | Nov 12 2020CARNIVAL Corporation’s European offshoot AIDA Cruises has applied for a 400 million loan from the German Economic Stabilisation Fund, noting that talks with the government are “ongoing”.
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Porthole 12 Nov 20
Thursday | Nov 12 2020IT wasn’t quite Noah’s Ark, but in a similar vein a man in Rochester, New York, has gone all out to celebrate Halloween by building a full scale pirate ship in his front yard.
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CW for Wed 11 Nov 2020
Wednesday | Nov 11 2020Celebrity revamps pricing, Royal Caribbean extends pause, NCLH plots Jan trial, Golden Horizon record, Viking, Hurtigruten, Oceania incentive and much more
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Celebrity “always included” pricing
Wednesday | Nov 11 2020CELEBRITY Cruises says it’s ushering in a new era of simplified pricing for its voyages, with a new approach called “Always Included”, meaning every fare will now include wi-fi, drinks and gratuities.
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NCLH plans US trial cruises by Jan
Wednesday | Nov 11 2020NORWEGIAN Cruise Line Holdings (NCLH) believes it could be operating trial voyages in US waters under the new Centers for Disease Control (CDC) protocols (CW 02 Nov) as early as Jan 2021, but CEO Frank Del Rio has stressed that “it’s not a race”.
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Ocean cruisers to convert?
Wednesday | Nov 11 2020RIVIERA Travel River Cruises research has found 34% of ocean cruisers are considering a river cruise next year.
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Carnival out longer
Wednesday | Nov 11 2020CARNIVAL Cruise Line has extended its ongoing pause in operations to include all Australian Carnival Splendor voyages until 02 Mar 2021.
