Los Angeles, California-based Crystal Cruise Lines has announced a three-year expansion plan, including three more oceangoing ships, a yacht, a number river vessels, and a luxury aircraft, an article from the Miami Herald reported. This announcement came late in July, months after Crystal Cruises was bought by Hong Kong-based investment company Genting Hong Kong. Crystal […]
Under an agreement with the United States Department of Justice, Miami, Florida-based multinational cruise company Carnival Corp. will be remodeling 3% of its cruise ships’ cabins to make them accessible for disabled passengers. This change will apply to over 60 cruise ships carrying the Carnival, Holland America, and Princess brands, the Justice Department and Carnival […]
As the Freedom of the Seas cruise liner was approaching one of its destination ports in Jamaica on Wednesday morning, a fire was reported to have broken out in the mechanical section of the ship. Though no passengers are reported to have been injured, one crew member sustained first-degree burns during the incident. Once the […]
Newcomer to the cruise industry, the Virgin Group founder Richard Branson announced plans for the launch of three cruise ships based at Port Miami at the Perez Art Museum, according to the Miami Herald on June 23. The company had signed a letter of intent with Italian shipbuilder Fincantieri to build trio of 110,000-ton ships which […]
American registered, multinational cruise company Carnival Corp. announced that four ships of its new fleet will break the current record for passenger capacity, according to the Miami Herald on June 15. Carnival Corp. chairman Micky Arison noted that this announcement was unorthodox for the company, but they released the information since their boats would support the greatest […]
Cruise company Carnival Corp. launched a tenth brand called "fathom" on June 4 marketed towards social responsibility, according to the Miami Herald. The new cruise - although the company is hesitant to even call it that - will feature much of the usual cruise activities, such as wind surfing or hiking, but now passengers also have the chance to plant cacao, […]
A 10-year-old New York girl lost her life on May 18 while onboard a cruise ship - the Miami-Dade County based Norwegian Gem, which is owned by the Norwegian Cruise Line Corp Ltd, the Huffington Post reported. The cruise ship had departed for a seven-day cruise in Florida and the Bahamas. According to a press […]
British-American owned and Santa Clarita, California-based Princess Cruises will be sending a brand new ship to Shanghai, China in the summer of 2017, the Miami Herald reported on May 5. This marks a trend in cruise ships to take advantage of Chinese markets; Royal Carribbean International also sent a 4,180-passenger ship, called Quantum of the Seas, […]
Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. chairman and chief executive officer Richard Fain announced on April 20 that the company adopted a policy starting in March that effectively eliminated the use of last-minute booking discounts on cruises longer than two to four nights in North America, the Miami Herald reported. Fain said that the reason they used to do last-minute […]
Miami,-based British-American multinational cruise company Carnival Corp announced on March 27 that its net income for the first quarter of 2015, or the three-month period ending February 28, reached $49 million, the Sun Sentinel reported. Onboard revenue grew by 4.6% from 2014’s records; however, total revenue dipped by 1.5% to $3.5 billion from $3.6 billion […]
