Welcome to the MPE Caribbean Tourism Authority, a new resource for all things related to marketing, branding and promoting the unique Caribbean experience. To share stories, information or intelligence, contact us at [email protected] OCTOBER 19, 2022 Cruise industry careers are worth exploring, says veteran exec As more Caribbean nationals turn to the region’s tourism industry for careers of […]
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Royal Caribbean to build new Beach Club at popular cruise destination
By Emrys Thakkar From Cruise Hive Royal Caribbean has announced it will open a new beach club on the eastern Caribbean island of Antigua. Royal Caribbean’s Royal Beach Club Announced The major cruise line will open up its first beach club in Antigua and will open up in 2021. The Royal Beach Club will be […]
Navigator of the Seas new look
Navigator of the Seas sails into Miami with $115M new look Reimagined from Bow to Stern, the Newest Year-Round Resident Begins Sailing to the Caribbean on Friday, March 1 and Perfect Day at CocoCay in May MIAMI, Feb. 28, 2019 – Royal Caribbean International’s newly amplified Navigator of the Seas heats things up in Miami as she arrived into her new […]
Royal Caribbean apprentice competition attracts almost 35,000 entries
By Harry Kemble From Travel Weekly Royal Caribbean International’s competition to find an apprentice to test its shore experiences has attracted nearly 35,000 entries since it launched just over two weeks ago. The winner of the competition to fill the Shore Explorer ‘Apprentice-Ship’ role, open to agents and consumers, will visit destinations including Japan, Alaska, Europe, the Middle East and […]
5 Died after falling off cruises in 2 months. Advocates say cruise lines can do more to protect passengers
By Tara Law From TIME On Christmas Day, Arron Hough did not show up for his job as a dancer in the musical Grease onboard the Royal Caribbean’s Harmony of the Seas cruise ship. After crew members reviewed security video to search for clues, they reportedly discovered footage of the 20-year-old U.K. citizen walking onto the ship’s […]
Royal Caribbean’s Empress of the Seas saves sailors who were stranded for 20 days
By Monique O. Madan From Miami Herald Two sailors who were stranded at sea for 20 days were rescued by a Royal Caribbean cruise ship Friday, the company said. The mariners were saved in dark waters between Grand Cayman and Jamaica by the Empress of the Seas, according to Royal Caribbean Chief Meteorologist James Van Fleet. Van […]
Royal Caribbean treats breast cancer survivors to cruise holiday
By Travel Weekly AsiaRecipients of non-profit organisation, Send Me On Vacation, enjoyed a three-night cruise from Singapore to Penang. A group of breast cancer survivors from the US, UK and Singapore went onboard Royal Caribbean International’s Voyager of the Seas for a three-night cruise from Singapore to Penang over the weekend. This is part of […]
Cruise lines eye bid on Nassau’s ‘Bottom’ port
By NEIL HARTNELL From Tribune 242 Royal Caribbean’s top executive yesterday confirmed that the industry has discussed submitting a bid to manage a Nassau cruise port that is “sadly among the Caribbean’s bottom”. Michael Bayley, president and chief executive of Royal Caribbean International, described to Tribune Business a fluid situation where the cruise lines were […]
‘Bucks night for 1200 people’: Families horrified by cruise bender
By Taylor Auerbach A Current Affair reporter From 9 News AU A dream cruise for dozens of Australian families hijacked by more than 1000 men from an Indian tobacco company on a wild work bender has forced Royal Caribbean International to apologise to distraught passengers and issue mass refunds. The lavish Voyager of the Seas […]