New Orleans port to see largest cruise ship in its history with Norwegian Breakaway
From The New Orleans Advocate When the Norwegian Breakaway docks and departs from the Port of New Orleans next fall, it will be the largest cruise ship to do so, the cruise line said Tuesday. The 1,068-foot, 3,963-passenger vessel will…
Sir Ronald Sanders: Caribbean bowed but far from beaten
By Sir Ronald Sanders From Anguilla News This week I was asked to provide an answer to a question posed by an influential Washington-based publication regarding the future of tourism in the Caribbean in the wake of the damage wreaked,…
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Hurricane Maria: Implications for travellers to the Caribbean
By SIMON CALDER TRAVEL CORRESPONDENT From The Independent UK Hurricane Maria has swept across the northern Caribbean, causing huge disruption to travellers. As with the previous major storm, Hurricane Irma, airlines have cancelled and re-timed flights to and from the…
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Cruise passengers who joined relief effort in Caribbean return home
Cruise ship passengers who unexpectedly spent more than two weeks helping Hurricane Irma victims are finally going home. Royal Caribbean sent some of its ships to the Caribbean to help with the relief effort. One of them, the Majesty of…
David Jessop: The value of the genuine Caribbean
By David Jessop From Jamaica Gleaner In an age when most in the business of tourism are seeking to increase their income by selling authenticity to millennials and baby-boomers, it is perhaps puzzling that another rapidly growing industry segment now…
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RCIPS Warns All Residents to Avoid Water-Related Activities This Weekend, 9-10 September Due to the effects of Hurricane Irma the sea conditions around the islands are expected to deteriorate dramatically beginning tomorrow. The RCIPS strenuously warns all residents against ANY…
Hurricane Harvey extends Caribbean cruise for thousands, blogger says
By Isis Simpson-Mersha From MLIVE Michigan What’s not to like about an extra four or five days on a luxury cruise ship for an extended summer vacation? For one, the hurricane and devasting flooding in Texas that has kept thousands…
Family cruises into storm as ship operator says kids are too sick to board
By Paddy Naughtin, Whitehorse Leader A WHITEHORSE family had their European holiday shipwrecked after two of their children were not allowed to board a cruise ship. The Wu family, of Box Hill South, had been booked on Royal Caribbean’s Serenade…
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Marni Soupcoff: A cruise ship full of vacationers does more to help Haitians than billions in aid By Marni Soupcoff From National Post Is it obscene to show up to one of the world’s poorest countries in a giant, floating…
Cruise Lines are pulling out of Falmouth, Jamaica
By EMRYS THAKKAR from Cruise Hive Cruise Lines are pulling out of the Falmouth Port in Jamaica due to several concerns. The Jamaica Gleaner is reporting that cruise lines are not happy with the port in Falmouth, Jamaica and at…
