Published on: April 30, 2010 by travelpulse.com
Royal Caribbean International unveiled its 2011-12 Southern Caribbean deployment as well as Mariner of the Seas’ South America circumnavigation cruises. Serenade of the Seas will sail its eighth consecutive season in the Southern Caribbean from San Juan, Puerto Rico, where Adventure of the [...]
Published on: April 30, 2010 credited by travelpulse.com
The U.S. State Department updated its Travel Alert to U.S. citizens traveling to Thailand because of the ongoing demonstrations in Bangkok and Chiang Mai. Due to escalating violence in central Bangkok, demonstrations in Chiang Mai, and other incidents throughout Thailand, the department [...]
Published on: July 6, 2009 credited and written by travelpulse.com
Construction of Cunard Line’s Queen Elizabeth began in Italy last week, as the keel was laid at the Monfalcone shipyard of Fincantieri near Trieste, Italy. The second largest Cunarder ever built, Queen Elizabeth’s keel is the third Cunard has lain in the space of seven years. [...]
The 130,000-ton Carnival Dream, Carnival Cruise Lines’ largest ship, is shown here conducting sea trials in the Adriatic Sea in preparation for its Sept. 21 debut from Europe.
Currently under construction by the Fincantieri shipyard in Monfalcone, Italy, near Trieste, the 3,646-passenger vessel had a full contingent of officers, technicians and engineers on board who thoroughly [...]
Written and credited by cruiseindustrynews.com
Royal Caribbean International today unveiled its 2010-11 year-round Caribbean season, comprising of 243 sailings aboard five of the world’s most innovative cruise ships. Twenty-four distinct itineraries, ranging from five to nine nights, will include visits to 25 captivating ports of call and offer virtually unlimited choices–onboard and on-shore–for family and adventurous [...]
Published on: April 16, 2009 by travelpulse.com
Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. said it has arranged commitments for unsecured financing in the amount of $1.05 billion, or 80 percent of the contract price of Royal Caribbean International’s Oasis of the Seas. The facility will be 95 percent guaranteed by Finnvera, the official export credit agency of Finland, [...]
Published on: April 6, 2009 and credited by travelpulse.com
Princess Cruises has added two three-day sampler sailings aboard the Ruby Princess from Fort Lauderdale. Departing on Dec. 14 and Dec. 17, the getaways each offer a call at the line’s private island, Princess Cays. The sailings replace a previously scheduled wetdock. “We were able to cancel [...]
Ask anyone who has been around the cruise business for several years about the low prices being promoted right now. They will all probably agree that we are seeing some of the lowest prices ever for some destinations that previously commanded premium pricing. Take Alaska for example. This week NCL is offered cruises during a [...]
Published on: April 2, 2009 and credited by travelpulse.com
Carnival Cruise Lines has launched Your Choice Dining, which provides a selection of three dinner seating options for guests aboard the line’s 22-ship fleet. In addition to early or late assigned seating, the cruise line is rolling out Your Time open seating to accommodate individual guest preferences. Also, [...]
March 17, 2009 – 10:44 am
Credited and published by cruiseindustrynews.com on March 16, 2009
Holland America Line has opened a new Culinary Training Program, designed in cooperation with the Culinary Institute of America (CIA), at its training center in Manila, the Philippines, to train shipboard culinary staff for its expanding fleet of premium cruise ships. Trainees will live at the facility [...]