“There are very few cruise retailers out there that solely focus on the luxury end of the market and we believe we are the first business to present its offering in these four categories.” Instead of online bookings and automated …
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Those who are 70 or over have been deemed to be clinically vulnerable to the illness. So have those with asthma, heart disease, diabetes, those who have a BMI of 40 or above, are pregnant or are taking steroids. The …
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How long can a cruise line survive without revenue coming in from sailings? For Birka Cruises, the answer turned out to be about three-and-a-half months. The Sweden-based cruise operator on Friday announced it was shutting down due to the financial …
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Start-up cruise company Kontiki Expeditions plans to launch operations with small yachts along the coast of Ecuador in December. The company was founded by Carlos Nuñez, a private investor and travel-loving entrepreneur with experience in the seafood industry. Viking Announces …
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Birka Stockholm which had operated cruises from Stockholm By The Maritime Executive 07-03-2020 06:52:42 The Scandinavia passenger shipping industry became the latest segment to respond to the financial pressures created by the coronavirus pandemic. Birka Cruises, part of the Finish …
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The European Union this week issued a document that it says should serve as the guidelines for the cruise industry’s restart in Europe. The guidelines, called Healthy Gateways and published in full here, include a number of health and safety …
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The decision to set sail in Taiwan is largely thanks to the nation’s low COVID-19 figures. Taiwan has suffered just seven deaths during the pandemic, and of 447 confirmed cases 435 are reported to have fully recovered. “After months of …
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Costa Cruises has suspended its pause for all sailings until August 15 and canceled of all its cruises in Northern Europe for the remainder of the 2020 summer season, the Carnival Corp. subsidiary announced Friday. The company also confirmed the …
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(6:30 p.m. BST) — The Foreign Office announced it will ease travel exemptions for 67 countries as of July 4, paving the way for a restart for cruise tourism from the UK to ports of call in Europe and beyond. …
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“Oh, wow, it’s Paxton Hall-Yoshida!” This spring, actor Darren Barnet broke through with his role as the high school dreamboat on the sweet Netflix comedy Never Have I Ever, in which his character’s name was repeated about 10 breathless times …