BELLEVUE, Wash., Feb. 12, 2018 /PRNewswire/ – The top cruise travel agency franchise in North America, Expedia CruiseShipCenters, announced today a milestone-heavy year for the growing brand. The brick and mortar travel agency achieved 12 percent year-over-year growth in gross bookings, …

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West Coast cruising got a big boost late last week as Carnival Cruise Line announced it will home port its new 133,500-grt Carnival Panorama, the line’s third Vista-class ship, in Long Beach, CA, in 2019. It’s Carnival’s first new ship deployed …

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“Carnival’s Long Beach Cruise Terminal, already one of the busiest in North America, with ships docking five days a week, has been operated by Carnival since 2003,” Duffy added. “Three- to 13-day voyages depart from here, usually bound for Mexico, …

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Dear Travel Troubleshooter: My husband and I planned to go on a Princess cruise this fall. He has esophageal cancer, but his last chemo radiation was at the end of 2015, and his doctor deemed him medically stable to take the …

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MIKE AND ANN HOWARD / AP Mike and Anne Howard take a selfie on a trek to Machu Picchu in Peru. The Howards’ book, “Ultimate Journeys for Two: Extraordinary Destinations on Every Continent” grew out of their five-year adventure across …

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