Celebrity Cruises has announced plans for a new cruise ship to sail in the Galapagos Islands: the Celebrity Flora. The Celebrity Flora will be a newbuild, being constructed in the Netherlands by DeHoop, a cruise line representative tells Travel Agent. …

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FORT LAUDERDALE — The next frontier in cruising and cruise ship design is personalization, Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. chairman Richard Fain said. Fain took an audience at Travel Weekly’s CruiseWorld conference on a short tour of the evolution of modern …

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However, certain parts of the cruise ship are more contaminated than others. Passengers should especially avoid the lift buttons if they want to avoid getting ill, revealed the doctor.  As almost all of the passengers come into contact with this …

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The recovery from Hurricane Irma and Hurricane Maria in the U.S. Virgin Islands is ongoing, but many area hotels and attractions are reopening. Beverly Nicholson-Doty, commissioner of the U.S. Virgin Islands Department of Tourism, shared the details with Travel Agent in …

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