MIAMI — Virgin Cruises will set sail from Miami in 2020 with a new, 2,800-passenger cruise ship constructed by Italian shipbuilder Fincantieri. Two additional 110,000-gross-ton, 2,800-passenger ships will follow in 2021 and 2022, Virgin said. The announcement took place at …
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June 22, 2015 By: Adam Leposa MSC Seaside steel-cutting ceremony This week the cruise industry saw four big new ships scheduled for 2016 and beyond pass some major milestones. MSC Cruises has opened sales on the upcoming Vista-class MSC Meraviglia, …
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The ships will meet at Norway’s second city on July 28, when there will be marching bands, drummers and singers on the quayside to greet them. Passengers booked on the ships, which will all be cruising the Norwegian fjords, will …
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June 22, 2015 By: Susan Young Jan Stanczak, owner of a Travel Leaders agency with locations in O’Fallon and Kirkwood, MO. Last week, Travel Agent talked with 11 front-line cruise sellers — both agency owners and agents — about their sales results …
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The recent news that starting in 2016, cruise lines would no longer be able to offer cruises to nowhere, due to changes in the enforcement of decades-old immigration laws, made me nostalgic for the dozens of cruises to nowhere that …
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MASSENA, N.Y. (AP) — A cruise ship taking European tourists to Ontario, Canada, crashed into a wall while entering a lock on the St. Lawrence Seaway in northern New York, injuring 19 passengers and three crew members, officials said Friday. …
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At first blush, the end of “cruises to nowhere” seemed like a cut-and-dried issue, with the industry simply responding to a new regulation. In a statement last week, CLIA said, “… beginning in 2016, in compliance with U.S. laws and …
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THE DAILY ECHO has teamed up with Fred. Olsen Travel and their good friends at PO Cruises to offer one lucky reader the chance to win a 7 night cruise to France, Spain and Guernsey on 5th September 2015 in …
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