During Cruise Planners’ most recent Where2Next Virtual Event, entitled ‘Once Upon A River’, the travel company invited consumers to virtually travel down the world’s rivers with three select cruise lines offering exclusive promotions: AmaWaterways, American Cruise Lines and Uniworld Boutique …
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What happened The latest cruise industry news is not great. According to CNN, COVID-19 numbers are setting new records in the U.S. today, with 10.5 million total cases and 240,000 deaths. Meanwhile, the first cruise ship to resume sailing in …
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Witnessing the events unfold over the past week on the SeaDream 1 cruise ship seemed like watching a slow-motion train wreck. In an article written by Doug Parker (of Cruise Radio fame) ten days ago, SeaDream Yacht Club officials said …
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During Travel Weekly’s CruiseWorld this week, top-level cruise line executives have been asked when the cruise industry might begin to resemble what it was prepandemic. The answers differed depending on the criteria by which that was measured. Ken Muskat, COO …
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Suzy Schreiner, the owner of Azure Blue Vacations, has a tip for “getting groups going:” Layer the approach to clients by building momentum with the idea of a cruise or itinerary and waiting to introduce the marketing. In a 30-minute …
When anyone asks me what to do in Cancun or Playa del Carmen, I tell them to keep driving south — about five hours south, to be exact. The same, I suppose, could be said for cruising. While the majority …
John Hays, the founder of Hays Travel, has died, it has been announced. In a statement the company said: “It is with the deepest sadness and regret that we have to announce that John Hays, the founder and managing director …
The cruise industry came to a standstill with COVID-19. And now that the “No-Sail Order” has been lifted, the gears of the industry are slowly beginning to turn. A bright spot in this return has been the discussion by Bob …
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New travel restrictions in Europe have spurred cruise cancelations for Carnival Corporation’s Costa Cruises, Switzerland-based MSC Cruises, and Germany’s TUI Cruises. (Photo courtesy of Costa Cruises) This morning, Costa Cruises announced the temporary suspension of Costa Deliziosa cruises to Greece, …
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Uplift on Friday named not one, but two, winners of the CruiseWorld Uplifting Travel Advisor of the Year contest at CruiseWorld: Sue Slater, owner of Presto Magic Travel in St. Louis, Mo., and Maurisia Jeffers, owner of Travel Cruzan in …
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