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 ...
As the United States gears up for a 100-million-dollar effort to boost tourism, doubts remain whether the initiative can live up to its promise and overcome a tarnished US image abroad. A law signed March 4 by President Barack Obama creates a ...
Moody's may cut Hyatt Hotels senior unsecured rating; worried about profit declines Moody's Investors Service said Wednesday that it may cut Hyatt Hotel Corp.'s senior unsecured rating, citing profit declines and concerns over soft demand. The lodging sector has struggled during the ...
BERLIN - MARCH 10: In this combo the hosts and hostesses from (L to R, top row) Papua, the Dominican Republic, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Nicargua, (L to R, bottom row) Peru, China, Georgia, Alaska and Kenya attend the ITB Berlin travel trade show ...
The world's largest tourism fair, the ITB, kicked off Wednesday in Berlin with the global travel industry hoping for better times following a crisis-hit 2009. According to United Nations figures, international tourist arrivals fell by four percent in 2009 and earnings from ...
In this undated photo released by the Gatlinburg Department of Tourism, waitress Robin Plunkett taking orders at the Pancake Pantry in Gatlinburg, Tenn. (AP Photo/Gatlinburg Department of Tourism) Copyright 2010 AP Features
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Marriott International Inc <MAR.N> plans to more than double the number of its properties in Europe in the next few years, with an announcement from the hotel company expected Tuesday, according to the Wall Street Journal. The plan, ...
Correction: Obama-Travel Promotion story In a story March 4 about President Barack Obama signing a travel promotion bill, The Associated Press reported erroneously that the U.S. Travel Association said the U.S. had 2.4 million fewer overseas visitors last year than in 2000, ...
