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Croisi to the Caribbean
Monday | Mar 2 2020CROISIEUROPE is offering a range of new Caribbean itineraries aboard La Belle des Ocean (pictured).
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A third hero cruise
Monday | Mar 2 2020ROYAL Caribbean says it has received such a strong response to its humanitarian Spectrum of the Seas reward cruise for Australia’s bushfire volunteers that it will operate a third departure.
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Aussie inbound operator COVID-19 death
Monday | Mar 2 2020THE first Australian victim of the coronavirus has been identified as 78-year-old James Kwan, who was aboard Diamond Princess off the coast of Japan when the ship became the epicentre of the first outbreak of the disease outside of China.
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Viking adds new information sessions
Monday | Mar 2 2020VIKING information sessions are coming to Perth, Hobart, Newcastle and Canberra, in addition to the previously announced dates in Adelaide, Brisbane, Sydney and Melbourne (CW 14 Feb).
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Porthole 02 Mar 20
Monday | Mar 2 2020P&O Cruises has announced 1980s pop icon Eurogliders will headline its tribute cruise to the decade, aboard flagship Pacific Explorer.
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Cruisefusion shuts shop
Monday | Mar 2 2020CRUISEFUSION, the wholesale division of Cruise1st Australia, has announced it will no longer accept new bookings from travel agents due to current trading conditions and uncertainty around the ongoing impact of coronavirus (CW breaking news).
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CW for Mon 02 Mar 2020
Monday | Mar 2 2020Virtuoso developing cruise tech, Norwegian and Windstar ease policies, Cruisefusion shuts shop, CroisiEurope to the Caribbean, third hero cruise, Aussie COVID-19 death, Viking adds more and much more.
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CW breaking news – Coronavirus forces cruise wholesaler to close operations
Friday | Feb 28 2020Cruise1st’s wholesale division CruiseFusion ceases taking agent bookings. Cruise1st CEO Carl Frier has just advised the company’s…
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Agents hail cruise lines on COVID-19
Friday | Feb 28 2020NEW cancellation and amendment policies issued this week by a number of cruise lines have been welcomed by the travel industry, which is facing a mounting tide of concern from cruisers worried about the COVID-19 outbreak, particularly those with upcoming 2020 European summer bookings.
