Ship builders fear downsizing, or worse, if cruise companies don't order more vessels The cruise industry is rebounding, but not for the companies who build the increasingly elaborate ships. Executives from the major European shipyards say they're not getting enough orders to ...
A cruise liner hit by an outbreak of intestinal illness for a third straight trip from South Carolina returned a day early Thursday as operator Celebrity Cruises brought in extra crew to scrub the ship down for three days. The Celebrity Mercury ...
MIAMI (Reuters) - U.S. cruise companies are eager to add Cuba to their itineraries; but even if U.S. policy allowed that, Cuba's ports would need years of rebuilding to accommodate the ships, industry officials said on Wednesday. "Our business has grown so ...
<div id="subtitle">Diverse places, from Seattle and San Francisco to St. Thomas, get diverted Mexico tourism</div><div><p>The cruise Zenaiva Cervantes booked was to stop in sun-drenched beach cities on the Mexican Riviera. The cruise she took? That landed her in Seattle, where she pulled ...
<div id="subtitle">New 'You Deserve a Cruise Campaign' highlights deals</div><div><p>The Cruise Lines International Association is launching a campaign called "You Deserve a Cruise" to highlight deals for cruises sailing later this year and next year.</p><p>Terry Dale, CLIA's president, said ...
<div id="subtitle">Royal Caribbean Cruises says swine flu hurt operations, lowered earnings by 22 cents per share</div><div><p>Cruise operator Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. said Tuesday that the recent swine flu outbreak will lower its earnings by about 22 cents per share.</p><p>"The ...
<div><p>NEW YORK (Reuters) - Higher fuel prices and the H1N1 flu virus will hurt Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd's <RCL.N> <RCL.OL> full-year earnings, the world's second largest cruise operator said on Monday.</p><p>Royal Caribbean said its full-year fuel ...
<div><p>LONDON (Reuters Life!) - Some cash-conscious travelers are taking to water this summer for their holidays, discovering river cruising holidays where their boat is their hotel and they wake up with a new view every day.</p><p>Cruise website CruiseCritic.co.uk (http://www.cruisecritic.co.uk) has come up ...
<div><p>OSLO/NEW YORK (Reuters) - Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd <RCL.N><RCL.OL> posted a quarterly loss and cut its 2009 forecast as fears about the flu and the weak economy dampen travel demand, sending the company's shares down 12 percent.</p><p ...
<div id="subtitle">Environmental group gives cruise ships bad report card on pollution efforts</div><div><p>An environmental group released its report card Wednesday on how well cruise ship companies operating in American waters are doing to reduce pollution, and not one received an overall grade of ...
