Cruise lines leaving Houston high and dry as attention turns to Asia
By Tom Stieghorst From Travel Weekly The Port of Houston is losing both of its homeported ships next year, a victim of a growing focus by North American cruise lines on shifting deployments to Asia. Both Norwegian Cruise Line and…
Tropical Cyclone Marcia: Central Queensland towns devastated as storm tracks across state
From abc.net.au Cyclone Marcia is leaving a trail of destruction along central Queensland as it slowly tracks south over land. Marcia, only the sixth recorded category five cyclone Australia has seen, luckily made landfall in the largely uninhabited Shoalwater Bay…
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Cayman Islands fuel pump prices slowly fall According to the Cayman Islands petroleum inspectorate’s latest price updates of all of Cayman’s gas station prices, on Christmas Eve both Walker’s Road and Mike’s Seven Mile Esso were selling regular gas for…
Intel, Royal Caribbean International bring tablets to the sea
Royal Caribbean’s and world’s first “Smartship” is outfitted with 15,000 Intel-powered tablets at point-of-sale. Royal Caribbean is also providing 40,000 Intel-powered tablets for all crew members within the fleet to stay connected with loved ones while at sea. SANTA CLARA,…
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Derek Haines achieves his six4hospice challenge in Cayman Islands Marathon Cayman Islands veteran marathon man, Derek Haines (66) was applauded loudly as he crossed the line in 34th place overall in a time of 3:58:25 at the Intertrust Cayman Islands…
Cruise ship call center plans to hire 220
By Ilene Aleshire From The Register-Guard Royal Caribbean International says most jobs will be full time SPRINGFIELD — Royal Caribbean International is again hiring, with an eye to having people trained and in place at the company’s Springfield call center…
The Editor Speaks: Will there be another outcry at another gay cruise liner coming into our port?
Gay cruise banned from the Cayman Islands From BBC The government of the British-territory of the Cayman Islands in the Caribbean has refused permission for a cruise liner carrying hundreds of homosexual holidaymakers to dock there. The authorities claimed there…
Tour company in development at Royal Caribbean
By Tom Stieghorst From Travel Weekly Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. confirmed that it is working on a new subsidiary that would be focused on developing and marketing land tours around the globe. The company is still in formation, but RCCL…
Celebrity Cruises ship joins University of Miami “OceanScope” programme to Monitor Oceanographic and Atmospheric Conditions
Celebrity Equinox becomes third Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. vessel to feature technologythat helps scientists understand effects of climate change MIAMI/PRNewswire/ — Last week, as Celebrity Cruises’ Celebrity Equinox completed its scheduled dry dock in Cadiz, Spain, it joined Royal Caribbean…
Royal Caribbean orders fourth Oasis-class vessel
Announcement made as STX France lays keel for third Oasis-class ship MIAMI, May 9, 2014 /PRNewswire/ — Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. (NYSE, OSE: RCL) announced today that it has agreed with STX France to move forward on the order of…