UAL: 3 Travel Stocks to Avoid
No one is quite sure when travel will return to normal. It is quite possible some cities will shut down once again in the weeks to come, making it difficult for people to go on summer vacations, spend money and …
Category: Cruise
Major cruise lines are paused, but small ships are revving up
Recent headlines about CLIA’s voluntary suspension of sailings through Sept. 15 might lead one to conclude that the cruise industry is dead until fall. But in fact, quite a few small-ship lines plan to resume domestic cruising as early as …
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Alaska was expecting a record 1.4 million cruise visitors. Now it faces a summer with none.
Most summers, Icy Strait Point near Hoonah, Alaska — population 760 — is filled with cruise passengers visiting restaurants and shops, whale watching, exploring on all-terrain vehicles, or hollering down a more-than-mile-long zip-line. The destination expected 450,000 visitors this year. …
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It may seem like a strange time to launch a cruise newsletter. Nearly every cruise line in the world has halted sailings due to the coronavirus pandemic, and many have no plans to restart anytime soon. Even if they do, …
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Travel CEO Wants CDC To Set ‘Clear’ Guidelines As 77% Of Travel Agencies Face Closure
Prior to the COVID-19 Coronavirus pandemic, the travel industry accounted for one in 10 jobs worldwide, and more than 50% in some tourism-centric destinations. With cruise ships mothballed and airline schedules still at minimal levels, Zane Kerby, the president and …
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Norwegian Cruises Launches New Health and Safety Measures For Reopening
Nowegian Cruises has scheduled a tentative reopening sailing on October 1st, 2020. According to the Norwegian Cruise Line (NCL) website, one of the first sailings is a 4 day cruise departing from Port Canveral on the Norwegian Sun to the Bahamas.
Exclusive: Zaandam cruise passengers’ suit calls on Holland America, Carnival Corp. to reform
Leonard C. Lindsay and Carl E.W. Zehner were vacationing on Holland America Line’s MS Zaandam at the end of March, when coronavirus ravaged the ship, beginning a multiple-week saga as the ship attempted to bring its passengers home. Now, Lindsay …
Even people arriving on multimillion-dollar megayachts are subject to Alaska’s COVID-19 travel mandates
The Bravo Eugenia as seen from Douglas Island. (Photo by Elizabeth Jenkins/KTOO) There are no cruise ships in Juneau so far this summer, but recently a giant vessel owned by a Texas billionaire pulled into port — a private cruise …
Saga reveals refund total and praises cruise customer loyalty
Saga has revealed that it has refunded a total of £44m to customers for cancelled holidays up until August. For cruise, “customer loyalty has been exceptional”, Saga said, with advance receipts at the end of May standing at£43m. This is …
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Why can you get on a plane but not a cruise ship during the pandemic?
“Maintaining them on the surface, but also maintaining the air quality around you. And the challenge is proximity. As we know the real challenge is the number of people in an area where the air quality may not be moving …
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