Norwegian Getaway Cruise Line will incorporate fun, Miami-themed features in their next new ship. The cruise line’s new ship will first tour passengers in January of next year. It will feature the Miami Beach-inspired Tropicana Room and the Flamingo Bar & Grill, both of which are free of charge for guests. The restaurants will serve Latin American […]
Japanese-based cruise line Crystal Cruises, a liner which sails two all-inclusive ships, is under new management with the former head of sales and marketing at Miami-based Azamara Club Cruises Edie Bornstein. Poised to assume a higher-profile role on Wednesday, October 16, Bornstein is set to become the president and chief operating officer of the Los […]
To be successful in today’s market cruise line, CEOs underlined the importance of adapting and sometimes taking tips from one another, industry executives said in Thursday, September 19 panel discussion with travel agents at the Hyatt Regency Miami. The heads of Miami-based Royal Caribbean Cruises and Norwegian Cruise Line, and Viking Cruises talked about onboard experiences […]
Celebrity Cruises will be changing a dysfunctional propulsion motor on Celebrity Millennium so that the ship can begin making trips again on September 22. Celebrity Cruises spokeswoman Tavia Robb said both the Millennium’s 2,158-passenger vessel and the 250-ton Rolls Royce Mermaid pod will be retired to the Grand Bahama Shipyard from Rotterdam. Since the electrical issue […]
Princess Cruises, part of Miami-based Carnival Corp., will be headquartering its cruise ship Sapphire Princess in Shanghai, China in May 2014 and will take advantage of the opportunity at the same time to introduce the most recent addition to its line of cruise ships, called the Princess Class. A spokesperson from the Shanghai Municipal Tourism Administrative […]
According to the Miami Herald, the cruise line Celebrity Cruises, which is a division of Royal Caribbean Cruises, cancelled four cruise trips in August and September on the cruise ship Celebrity Millennium due to propulsion errors. The trips scheduled to leave on August 23, August 30, September 6 and September 13 were cancelled in mid-August […]
Until recently, the only information available to the general public concerning cruise ship crime data came from the FBI. Unfortunately, this data only concerned crimes that had been closed, meaning that reported but unsolved crimes were not included. Recently, though, three large cruise ship companies – Norwegian Cruise Line, Royal Caribbean Cruises, and Carnival Corp. […]
The family of a nine year-old boy who suffered a serious brain injury on a Royal Caribbean cruise ship has filed a lawsuit against the company. The injury occurred after the family took their son, Leo, to the ship’s entertainment area, where he participated in a recreational activity organized by the ship’s staff. During the […]
After sustaining a serious injury while on board an Azamara cruise ship, Tampa, Florida resident Dodge Melkonian and his wife Jill were stranded in Turkey on August 22. The ship was in the Black Sea when Dodge fell and broke his hip. Due to the gravity of Dodge’s injuries, the ship’s crew decided to drop the couple off […]
After experiencing repeated mechanical issue with its propulsion system, the Celebrity Millenium cruise ship has returned to port in Ketchikan, Alaska, canceling its current voyage and postponing several future trips. This week’s seven-day cruise, which began in Vancouver on August 16 and would have ended in Seward, Alaska, is not the first time the Millenium’s […]
