As Singaporeans become more affluent and well-travelled, a growing number are opting for a different way to revisit familiar spots – via long-haul cruises. Such cruise holidays, typically more than seven nights long, usually attract retirees, couples on honeymoon or …
Shanghai: Chinese travel agency, Spring International Travel, has revealed it has chartered 15 cruises in 2015 to meet the growing demands of cruise tourism in China. Eleven of the 15 charter cruises will depart from Shanghai and the remaining four …
Grand opening planned for Lynnwood Cruise Travel store A grand opening celebration to experience the new Cruise Travel presented by AAA Lynnwood is 10 to 2 p.m. Jan. 6 at 3000 196th St. SW near the Whole Foods shopping center …
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MIAMI, Dec. 17, 2014 /PRNewswire/ — Carnival Corporation plc. (NYSE/LSE: CCL; NYSE: CUK), the world’s largest travel and leisure company, today announced that Christine Duffy has been named president of Carnival Cruise Line, with 24 ships, making it the largest …
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NEW YORK (AP) — Cuba was once a haven for sun-seeking American tourists. Beautiful beaches, lively casinos and late-night dancing made it the perfect getaway, only an hour’s flight from Miami. But the Cuban revolution led by Fidel Castro and …
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December 15, 2014 By: Susan Young For 2015 and beyond, the cruise industry will add more overnights in port, as well as more two-night stays, according to cruise industry sources. // Photo by Susan J. Young Looking ahead to 2015, …
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There was a time, and that by no means remote, when a man who had been round the world was a personage. Schoolboys used to speak in the same tone of Alexander the conqueror and Cook the circumnavigator. But cheap …
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December 15, 2014 By: Susan Young In an update on Monday, Oceania Cruises reported that it’s cancelled Insignia’s next voyage, scheduled to depart Dec. 17 from Miami. The ship’s engine room was the site of a fire while the ship was …
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Let me entertain you. (Photo: Thinkstock) Entertaining people who are on their dream vacation may not be the dream job it seems. In recent years, there have been a number of scandalous allegations of cruise ship entertainers involving drugs, sex, …
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MANILA, Philippines–The Philippines has signed up for the Asia Cruise Fund (ACF), aimed at promoting regional cooperation in cruise tourism, amid surging growth of arrivals to the country. Launched last April by the Hong Kong Tourism Board and the Taiwan …
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