Royal Caribbean shuts down tours/activities startup
By Jamie Biesiada From Travel Weekly Tours/activities seller GoBe, a business that Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd.launched in 2017, has stopped accepting new bookings. According to a message on its website, GoBe will honor all existing bookings. “The GoBe team is…
Royal Caribbean still considering longer-stay options at CocoCay
By: Matt Hochberg From Royal Caribbean Blog In a press conference with members of the media aboard Independence of the Seas, Royal Caribbean CEO Michael Bayley spoke about some options the cruise line is considering with regard to allowing guests…
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US: Make-A-Wish gives Hingham teen a Caribbean adventure
By Audrey Cooney The Patriot Ledger From Wicked Local.com HINGHAM — When Tony Achille was diagnosed with hodgkin’s lymphoma at the age of 15, his and his family’s lives were suddenly centered around hospital visits, test and treatments. “You start…
The world’s biggest cruise line uses this psychological trick to make you spend more money
By Mark Matousek From Business Insider Royal Caribbean allows customers to purchase more goods and services to use on the cruise while they book it — a strategy designed to increase its revenue. It makes those onboard expenses seem smaller…
Enormous ships like Symphony Of The Seas reflect growing cruise industry
By Michael Goldstein , CONTRIBUTOR From Forbes Opinions expressed by Forbes Contributors are their own. There is an arms race building cruise ships, where bigger is apparently much better. Whether built from the keel up to be the world’s largest,…
Royal Caribbean’s largest luxury liner to set sail in April
Royal Caribbean International’s Symphony of the Seas, the world’s largest cruise ship, will set sail on its first cruise in April. The floating city begins her inaugural sailing season from Barcelona with seven-night itineraries to discover the history and delights…
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‘Storm Chasers’ star Joel Taylor died on Royal Caribbean cruise ship
By Gary Trock,Mike Walters,Melissa Parrelli,Ryan Naumann From the Blast “Storm Chasers” star Joel Taylor died while vacationing aboard a cruise ship, and an autopsy in Puerto Rico is currently underway. Sources close to the situation tell The Blast that Taylor…
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Another cruise line increases daily gratuity fee
By Doug Parker From Cruise Radio Get ready, cruisers, because it looks like 2018 will kick off another round of gratuity increases. This week, Royal Caribbean’s website indicated that as of January 2, 2018, the daily gratuity charge will go…
Cruise ship horror: ‘We missed it by 30 seconds,’ family says
By Anne Geggis From Sun Sentinel For the Whittens of Jacksonville, being a large family proved fateful: It stopped them from boarding the bus that flipped over along a winding Mexican road, killing 12 people. Michelle Whitten was traveling with…
Hundreds come down with stomach illness during Royal Caribbean cruise
CNN From WCPO Cincinnati A Royal Caribbean cruise ship returned to Florida on Saturday after hundreds of passengers contracted a gastrointestinal illness. During the five-night cruise, 332 cases of the illness were reported, Owen Torres, a spokesman for Royal Caribbean…
