With no concrete end in sight to the pandemic, travel advisors are nonetheless optimistic, albeit guardedly, about the industry’s comeback this year. That optimism, however, comes with caveats – most notably the distribution of COVID-19 vaccines and the Centers for …
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WHY IT RATES: The cruise industry is preparing for a restart and the CLIA is shuffling its executive structure to be ready.—Donald Wood, Breaking News Senior Writer. Pierfrancesco Vago, Executive Chairman of MSC Cruises, has been appointed to a two-year …
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The Ritz-Carlton Yacht Collection will launch operations in July with the 298-guest Evrima, currently under construction in Spain. The first voyage will now set sail on July 24, 2021 from Venice, Italy to Athens, Greece. “The safety and wellbeing of our …
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MSC Cruises‘ Pierfrancesco Vago has been named global chair of Cruise Lines International Association (CLIA), the cruise industry’s trade association, effective immediately. Vago, executive chairman of MSC Cruises, a Geneva, Switzerland-based cruise company, was appointed by CLIA to a two-year term. …
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Download your copy of Skift Megatrends 2025. We recently released our annual travel industry trends forecast, Skift Megatrends 2025. Because of the havoc that the pandemic triggered, we wrote Travel Megatrends 2025 as a vision of how travel industry dynamics …
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PORT CANAVERAL, Fla. — Carnival on Friday became the latest cruise line to cancel all its sailings in the United States through at least April. Carnival also moved the start date for Mardi Gras from Port Canaveral to May 29, …
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“The future of river cruising is bright. We’ve seen more of a shift from cruise loyalists who usually take larger ocean cruises to now trying smaller ships, like river cruises,” Ellen Bettridge, president CEO of Uniworld Boutique River Cruises, shared …
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Despite the virtual shutdown of the cruise industry last year, more than 20 new ocean ships are expected to enter service in 2021. Some were delayed and some were delivered in 2020 but never carried a passenger. Things may still …