What happened Shares of cruise and travel industry stocks shrank in end-of-week trading Friday. Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings (NASDAQ:NCLH) is dropping another 3.8% in late day trading (3:20 p.m. EDT), adding to yesterday’s 1.1% loss after announcing it will not …
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Variety Cruises’ Galileo has resumed sailing in Greece and is planning weekly departures through November 2020. The Galileo can accommodate up to 49 passengers, but now is sailing with 31 guests and 18 crew members. The ship is operating the …
UnCruise Adventures said it will set sail in Alaska Saturday, becoming the first overnight passenger line to cruise U.S. waters since the Covid-19 pandemic shut down global travel in March. The company’s owner and CEO spoke about the changes guests …
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The travel industry has been in a virtual holding pattern for four months. One local travel planner said she’s not booking much of anything through at least the end of the year. Diana Deeds, owner of Diana Deeds Travel in …
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A tourist walks by a Mona Lisa poster outside the Louvre Museum in Paris on July 20. (Photo by Mehdi … [+] Taamallah) NurPhoto via Getty Images The airline industry’s international trade group says it will be 2024 before global …
As the novel coronavirus emerged, the cruise industry came to a screeching halt that has lasted for months. Resuming sailings will happen slowly and in regional phases with at least one U.S. line’s pause in operations already extended until December. As cruise lines surge …
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US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) researchers who conducted web-based infection surveillance during the first 11 weeks of the COVID-19 pandemic have found that nearly two-thirds of the first confirmed cases in each affected country outside of mainland …
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KETCHIKAN, Alaska (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – It was supposed to be the Alaskan port town’s biggest tourist season yet. Ketchikan was expecting more than a million visitors this summer, many of them arriving at a newly built dock that juts …
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The Port of Seattle has canceled its request for proposals for a joint investment to build and operate an estimated $200 million cruise facility at Terminal 46 due to demand uncertainty stemming from the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. The port suspended …
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A tourist walks by a Mona Lisa poster outside the Louvre Museum in Paris on July 20. (Photo by Mehdi … [+] Taamallah) NurPhoto via Getty Images The airline industry’s international trade group says it will be 2024 before global …
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