Opposition MPs Blame Govt. for Loss of Cruise Ship Visits.
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‘The World’s Largest Cruise Sale’ Highlights National Cruise Vacation Week October 17-23
INCENTIVES OFFERED BY CRUISE INDUSTRY AND OVER 5,000 TRAVEL AGENCIES ACROSS THE COUNTRY TO INCLUDE SAVINGS OF UP TO 50%, FREE AIRFARES, SHIPBOARD CREDITS, UPGRADES AND MORE North American vacationers will have a one-time opportunity to buy cruises at incredible values during “The World’s Largest Cruise Sale” October 17-23. That is when 25 cruise line members of Cruise Lines International Association (CLIA) and over 5,000 travel agencies throughout the U.S. and Canada will team up for National Cruise Vacation Week (NCVW). CLIA member lines represent over 95 percent of the North American cruise industry and thousands of sailings in the
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Cunard Considers Leaving The UK
Cunard has said it may change the registration of its ships so it can perform weddings at sea. (BBC) Wedding services must be performed in a publicly accessibly place under English law, ruling out ceremonies at sea. But Cunard president Peter Shanks said the firm could instead register its ships in an overseas British territory making weddings on board legal. While the firm’s fleet of Queen Mary 2, Queen Elizabeth and Queen Victoria was likely to remain based in Southampton. A number of other cruise firms have already moved registration of their ships to countries like Bermuda, which allows
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Tropical Storm Colin forces Bermuda Itinerary Changes
Weather Alert! (12:00 p.m. EDT) — Tropical Storm Colin, the third named storm of the 2010 Atlantic hurricane season, has been slow and disorganized over the past 24 hours, but is expected to reach the island of Bermuda early Sunday morning.According to the National Hurricane Center, the storm is currently located about 245 miles south-southwest of Bermuda and has been stationary for the past several hours. Maximum sustained winds have reached 40 miles per hour, and the NHC is predicting an increase in forward speed later today as Colin heads north-northeast. Cruise Ship Itinerary Changes: A Royal Caribbean
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Cruise Lines Change Itineraries: Greek Strikes to Blame
Liam P. Cusack New York, NY (ATHENS, GREECE) Greek workers staged the sixth general strike of the year taking their anger to the streets to protest the government’s austerity measures related to pay and pensions. The strikes halted public transport in Athens, including trains and ferries, and planes were grounded reported the Associated Press. Two cruise ships were scheduled to make port calls to Athens today. Crystal Cruises’ Crystal Serenity, which was originally scheduled to remain overnight in Athens and depart today, sailed from Athens at Midnight in order to avoid the protests the ship will visit Navplion today instead.
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Amawaterways’ MS Amalyra Honored As Best New River Cruise Ship
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Cruise Industry vs. the Volcano
The Icelandic volcano has caused merely a ripple in the ocean of the cruise industry. That could change this summer as many lines reposition their ships for the summer European tourist season As of the date of this posting, none of the major cruise lines have altered their schedules for summer Northern European; European; and Mediterranean cruises.
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