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HAL guests allowed to disembark
Friday | Apr 3 2020BELEAGUERED Holland America Line (HAL) ships Rotterdam and Zaandam (pictured) have been approved for disembarkation at Port Everglades in Florida, after being denied entry to multiple South American countries.
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COVID-19 aboard Greg
Friday | Apr 3 2020COVID-19 has been confirmed in the 60-year-old passenger who disembarked Aurora Expeditions’ Greg Mortimer (CW yesterday).
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Myrmell plays front foot defence
Thursday | Apr 2 2020CARNIVAL Australia President Sture Myrmell has released a video strenuously defending the cruise sector, which he says has been unfairly “demonised” throughout the COVID-19 crisis.
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Heritage’s Prime show
Thursday | Apr 2 2020HERITAGE Expeditions’ 30-day Ross Sea voyage to Antarctica, ‘In the Wake of Scott & Shackleton’, is the star of a new 12-hour slow television documentary.
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Webjet shuts down cruise division
Wednesday | Apr 1 2020LISTED online travel agency Webjet will no longer sell cruising, with the company yesterday advising customers of the shutdown of its Cruise Sale Finder operations due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
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A humanitarian crisis – ships stranded at sea
Wednesday | Apr 1 2020ORLANDO Ashford is the President of Holland America Line.
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Russia developing east
Wednesday | Apr 1 2020RUSSIA has announced a plan to develop its cruise tourism sector in its Far North and East.
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People come first: CLIA’s Joel Katz
Tuesday | Mar 31 2020JOEL Katz is Managing Director, Australasia for Cruise Lines International Association (CLIA).
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Viking Mississippi launch
Tuesday | Mar 31 2020VIKING Cruises has today unveiled details of its hotly anticipated new Mississippi River cruise product (CW 27 Feb), with the company’s Chairman Torstein Hagen releasing itineraries for sale to past passengers effective from 15 Apr.
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Government delays cruising further
Monday | Mar 30 2020THE Australian Government is believed to have extended its cruise ship ban until 15 Jun (CW breaking news), as noted by Princess Cruises and P&O Cruises Australia.
