Cruise
Bahamas Paradise Partners With Revelex
Bahamas Paradise Cruise Line has joined Revelex Corporation’s PowerAgent5 system, the desktop booking application for travel advisors. Effective immediately, the cruise line’s exclusive offers are available across all Revelex booking platforms with full API integration, providing attractive post-booking capabilities to the travel advisor community, such as invoice generation and lead management. Francis Riley, senior vice president, sales and marketing, of Bahamas Paradise Cruise Line, said: “We’re pleased to officially announce our partnership with Revelex. Through this...
Two Ships In Quarantine
Two cruise ships have been placed in quarantine – one in Japan and one in Hong Kong -- due to confirmed cases of and testing for the coronavirus. Hong Kong authorities have put Genting Cruise Lines' World Dream ship into quarantine so passengers and crew members can be tested for the coronavirus after three passengers on an earlier cruise were diagnosed with the virus. In Japan, Princess Cruises reports that after the first phase of health screening of all guests and crew aboard the Diamond Princess was completed by the Japanese Ministry of Health, the cruise line was advised that...
Emerald Waterways Sets A New Course
Emerald Waterways is adding intimate yacht cruising to its growing portfolio of river cruises when the 100-guest super yacht – Emerald Azzurra – launches in July 2021. The Emerald Azzurra will be the first vessel launched under the new Emerald Yacht Cruises brand, part of the newly formed Emerald Cruises portfolio. 2021-2022 itineraries in the Adriatic, Mediterranean, and Red Seas are available for booking now, with early bird pricing available. Glen Moroney, owner and chairman of the Scenic Group, said: “Emerald Waterways has been operating award-winning river cruises in...
Costa Further Strengthens Precautions on Ships
Following the global alert level declared by the World Health Organization, Costa Cruises reports that no guests, visitors or crew members of any nationality who have travelled from, to or through mainland China in the last 14 days will be allowed to board its ships. “Costa Cruises maintains close contact with international and local health authorities to ensure constant health monitoring and protection,” said Neil Palomba, president of Costa Cruises. “Our onboard medical teams are also continuously updated by our central medical services department and guarantee that procedures...
Windstar Unveils New Officer’s Suite
Windstar Cruises’ flagship Wind Surf has emerged from a major renovation with changes including a new luxurious Officer’s Suite. The nautically appointed suite on the five-masted schooner (the largest sailing cruise ship in the world) is located directly behind the Bridge, in an area labeled “crew only.” While all of Windstar’s six ships have an open Bridge – where guests can interact with the ship’s officers and get a rare, behind-the-scenes look at cruising – the Officer’s Suite is the only public accommodation in the officers’ quarters. It is believed to be...
Celebrity Sails Beyond the Edge
Celebrity Beyond, the third ship in Celebrity Cruises' highly acclaimed, award-winning Edge Series, has made the monumental move from concept to construct as the first piece of steel was cut at the Chantiers de l’Atlantique shipyard in Saint-Nazaire, France, this week. “Celebrity Beyond is the perfect natural next-step in the Edge Series,” said Richard D. Fain, chairman and CEO, Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. “The Edge Series is all about innovation and pushing beyond boundaries and convention, and Celebrity Beyond will continue this legacy.” “With the launch of our Edge...
Star Wars Day at Sea Returns in 2021
Out-of-this-world adventures are returning to Disney Cruise Line in 2021 with “Star Wars Day at Sea.” This special day-long celebration is filled with unique character encounters, live shows and Star Wars-themed activities for the entire family. Star Wars Day at Sea takes place on seven-night Disney Fantasy cruises to the Caribbean from January through March. With more than a dozen of the galaxy’s most formidable and heroic characters onboard, guests can meet with the best of the Resistance including Chewbacca, C-3PO and R2-D2; come face-to-face with Darth Vader; and be on...
Costa Smeralda Passenger Tests Negative For Coronavirus
Reuters is now reporting that an Italian health ministry spokesman has confirmed that tests for coronavirus on two passengers aboard Costa Cruises' Costa Smeralda have come back negative and they do not have the virus. Both passengers had been held in an isolation unit on the ship while they waited for the test results to be returned. Some 6,000 passengers aboard the ship – which was docked in Civitavecchia, north of Rome -- were not allowed to disembark for safety reasons while test results were...