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Hurtigruten positivity
Tuesday | Jun 1 2021HURTIGRUTEN Group has reported record booking numbers for next year’s small ship experiences, with levels almost 50% higher than pre-pandemic.
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Vale Gavin MacLeod
Monday | May 31 2021PRINCESS Cruises has announced with a heavy heart the passing of its global ambassador, Gavin MacLeod (pictured), best known for portraying Merrill Stubing, the ship’s captain on the The Love Boat from 1977-1986.
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FL takes aim at Celeb
Monday | May 31 2021FLORIDA Governor Ron DeSantis (pictured) has said Celebrity Cruises’ vaccine requirement “violates the spirit” of his emergency order, which prohibits businesses asking for proof of a vaccination as a condition of providing a service.
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Celeb returns to the US
Friday | May 28 2021CELEBRITY Cruises is the first cruise line to have a ship approved to sail from an American port since the Centers for Disease Control & Prevention (CDC) disallowed cruising through its No Sail Order.
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Le Charcot first Arctic sailings
Friday | May 28 2021PONANT’S Le Commandant Charcot’s (render pictured) inaugural Arctic voyages for 2022 have been released.
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RSSC drops local season
Thursday | May 27 2021REGENT Seven Seas Cruises (RSSC) has been forced to suspend its previously planned 2021/22 Seven Seas Explorer season in Asia-Pacific, with Chief Executive Officer Jason Montague confirming the move this morning.
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Pause punishing suppliers
Thursday | May 27 2021JOHN Sharpe, whose Brisbane-based company Riverlife operates the P&O Edge Adventure Park attractions on P&O Cruises Australia ships, has highlighted the need for a pathway to resume cruising, saying he has had to borrow nearly $1 million to enable his business to survive the COVID-19 pandemic.
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A Legend returns
Wednesday | May 26 2021STAR Legend has been delivered to Windstar Cruises, the second yacht to complete its Star Plus Initiative transformation.
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Ponant adds more cruises in NZ
Tuesday | May 25 2021PONANT will visit Tasmania’s Macquarie Island on a number of the cruise line’s 14 ex-New Zealand voyages announced for later this year, as well as 2022 and 2023.
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TA shows off its Gizmo
Tuesday | May 25 2021ROYAL Caribbean International (RCI) District Sales Manager Erin King visited Travel Associates (TA) Hawthorne last week – a travel agency which cannot wait for cruising to resume.