Cruise
Bahamas Paradise Ready To Set Sail
Bahamas Paradise Cruise Line has released details of its plans to resume its sailing operations, as well as the relaunch of its website. The cruise line’s CEO, Oneil Khosa said in a statement: “The past year has been incredibly challenging for the cruise industry and as an independent, family-owned and operated boutique cruise line, this has been particularly difficult for us. That said, we are pleased to announce that our website is now live and accepting bookings for sailings beginning July 2nd, when Grand Classica will make her much-anticipated return to the Bahamas.” Khosa...
Costa’s 2022-2023 Cruises Open For Bookings
As it works to restart cruises on May 1, 2021, Costa Cruises is continuing with its gradual program of reintroduction of cruise holidays, releasing its itineraries from April 2022 to April 2023 that are now available for booking through travel advisors and online. For the 2022 summer season, Costa’s offer will focus on Mediterranean and northern European destinations. In May 2022, Costa’s new flagship, the Costa Toscana, will make its debut offering week-long cruises of Italy, France and Spain, with a long call in Ibiza. As well, the Costa Smeralda will offer...
Royal Caribbean Adds Singapore Sailings
Royal Caribbean International has announced that Quantum of the Seas will continue sailing from Singapore through October 2021. Having resumed sailing in December 2020, Quantum’s 11-month Singapore season will mark the longest yet for one of Asia’s largest and most revolutionary cruise ships. The cruise line introduced Ocean Getaways from Singapore last year with the local government’s CruiseSafe Certification, which confirms the sailings meet the comprehensive health and safety requirements developed with the Singapore government. Following a successful run and high marks...
Silversea Implements Vaccination Policy
Silversea Cruises will require all embarking crew and guests to have been fully vaccinated against COVID-19. The requirement will apply to all Silversea voyages globally, with the exclusion of sailings departing from Australia, for which protocol is still under evaluation. Along with the new protocol, Silversea also unveiled details of 10-day Eastern Mediterranean sailings by Silver Moon that begin June 18. The cruises call at Santorini, Paros, Mykonos, and Crete, as well as Haifa (Israel) and Cyprus. The new round-trip itineraries will be unveiled and on general sale from...
Florida Sets A Course To Court
Florida is moving to overturn the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) Conditional Sailing Order (CSO), filing an action against the Biden Administration in federal district court yesterday. It notes in the action that the “unprecedented year-long lockdown of an entire industry” by the federal government has directly harmed the State of Florida, its citizens, and their families, resulting in the loss of billions of dollars in economic activity. Florida governor, Ron DeSantis said: “We must allow our cruise liners and their employees to get back to work and...
Lift The CSO: CLIA
CLIA says that the additional cruise industry instructions issued April 2 by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) under the Framework for Conditional Sailing (CSO) are disappointing. The cruise industry association argues that the new requirements are unduly burdensome, largely unworkable, and seem to reflect a zero-risk objective rather than the mitigation approach to COVID that is the basis for every other US sector of our society. To that end, CLIA is reiterating its call for the Framework for Conditional Sailing Order (CSO) to be lifted. In a statement,...
Celebrity Apex To Debut In Greece This Summer
Celebrity Cruises’ president and CEO, Lisa Lutoff-Perlo has confirmed that the Celebrity Apex, the second sship in the brand’s Edge Series, will make its long-awaited world debut in Greece this summer beginning June 19. It will operate seven-night sailings roundtrip from Athens through September 2021, visiting some of the most idyllic destinations in the Mediterranean, including Mykonos, Rhodes and Santorini, Greece; Limassol, Cyprus; and Haifa and Jerusalem, Israel. The sailings are now for booking on March 30. Celebrity Apex will sail with all crew and guests above the age of...
The Great Cruise Comeback
Norwegian Cruise Line is dubbing its return to service as “The Great Cruise Comeback.” After 13 months without sailings, Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings Ltd. — which operates Norwegian Cruise Line, Oceania Cruises and Regent Seven Seas Cruises brands – announced it’s on course to return to cruising beginning in July and August 2021 on Norwegian Joy, Jade and Gem with departures from Jamaica, Dominican Republic and Greece. “We’re back, and we’re ready. We believe that this is not only going to be the healthiest and safest vacation experience but this is going to be the...