As part of its new “Travel Advisor Assurance Plan,” American Cruise Lines will protect travel advisor commissions for bookings impacted by COVID-19. The small-ship operator has suspended cruise operations through April 30, 2020. Earlier this month, American rolled out flexible …
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American Cruise Lines’ new leader, Charles B. Robertson, president and CEO, sent this letter to travel advisors last Friday: “American Cruise Lines is dedicated to providing our guests, crew, travel advisors and partners an extraordinary experience in the safest possible environment. Part of …
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What a difference a week makes. Sometime around 4 a.m. on March 12th, two days into my assignment to cover Viking Cruises‘ “In search of the Northern Lights” trip exploring Norway, my phone started to ping with friends stateside sending …
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Celestyal Cruises has extended the suspension of its sailings until June, 29 2020. Currently, cruises will resume on this date with the four-night “Iconic Aegean” sailing roundtrip from Athens. For all named and fully paid individual guests impacted by this …
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Celestyal Cruises, the award-winning, number one choice for travelers to the Greek Islands and the Mediterranean, extends the suspension of its sailings until 29th June 2020 and announce a Future Cruise Credit valued at 120% of the original booking value. Celestyal Cruises extended …
California Gov. Gavin Newsom urged the state’s nearly 40 million residents Tuesday to avoid sporting events, concerts and large gatherings to prevent the spread of the coronavirus and adamantly warned the elderly to stay away from cruise ships as he …
Governor says to avoid events, ponders blocking cruise travel off coast Read more »
Unperturbed by all the ways in which coronavirus has rocked the cruise industry – with passengers stranded for weeks in the early days of the spread and worldwide sailings now cancelled for the foreseeable future – bookings for next year …
More people are booking cruises now than before coronavirus outbreak Read more »
SALEM, N.H. — As Leon Drysdale and Mark Woods were about to embark on a cruise around South America, COVID-19 was spreading across the world. Woods’ mother and siblings advised him not to go, but he decided to take the trip despite the threat …
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MIAMI (AP) — Arne Wilhelmsen, a founder of Royal Caribbean Cruises who helped shape the modern cruise industry, has died. He was 90. The Miami-based company said in a statement that Wilhelmsen died Saturday in Palma, Spain. No cause of …
As the COVID-19 pandemic continues its spread across the U.S., with the public largely confined to their homes and normal day-to-day life effectively shut down, ordinary folks find themselves facing a unique set of challenges, not the least of which …
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