Amber O’Hara was stuck at sea. But that didn’t ruin her appetite for another cruise. The Golden, Colo., retiree had been aboard the Azamara Pursuit for nearly two weeks when the industry decided to pause operations because of the coronavirus …
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Some folks, well, some folks just like taking matters into their own hands. And putting them on the steering wheel. As the coronavirus continues to wreak havoc on the industry, the demand for travel is slowly—slowly—creeping back up again. But …
SAN DIEGO — In recent weeks, mammoth ocean liners have been moving in and out of San Diego’s downtown harbor, a welcome sign, in normal times, of a thriving cruise industry pumping tens of millions of dollars into the local …
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TOPEKA – The Kansas Department of Health and Environment (KDHE) has added one state to the quarantine list: Maryland, and removed two states from the list: Colorado and Louisiana. This includes removal of the specific Colorado counties listed …
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How long will it be until cruising resumes? The short answer, says Frank Del Rio, the president and CEO of Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings, is maybe in a few months — maybe longer. Nothing is for sure. “I believe it’s …
Has COVID-19 delivered a death blow to the cruise industry? The luxury brand buyout specialists at L Catterton think not. As shares of Norwegian Cruise Line continued to sink like the Titanic—down 80% from the end of 2019 to $12 …
Cruise company Carnival, which operates the PO and Cunard lines, is understood to be planning to cut about 450 jobs at its UK arm, equal to more than one in four of its workforce. The world’s largest cruise company employs …
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That could spell new demand for smaller operators that can weather the storm, such as expeditions and river cruises, according to CruiseTipsTV’s Griffiths. Indeed, Steve Ebsworth, co-founder and CEO of luxury yacht operator Rascal Voyages, thinks the pandemic could accelerate a …
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A bedrock operating principle of cruising is that sailing with 100% occupancy — or as close as possible to 100% — is the way a cruise line optimizes profitability. The only variable is finding the price that clears inventory. But …
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It’s only a matter of time until cruise lines begin rolling out monster deals — right? That’s been the conventional wisdom among cruisers and cruise industry watchers ever since lines began shutting down operations in March due to the coronavirus …
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