Trade issue (Thurs)
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Bahamas suspends
Monday | Mar 23 2020BAHAMAS Paradise Cruise Line has announced the temporary suspension of its cruise schedule, cancelling all sailings from 15 Mar through to 08 Apr.
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Quark cancellations
Monday | Mar 23 2020QUARK Expeditions has introduced its rebook anytime policy that is applicable to any Arctic 2020 cruise excluding the North Pole.
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Porthole 23 Mar 20
Monday | Mar 23 2020OCCASIONALLY Twitter can sum things up better than anyone else, with one user who recently spotted Carnival Spirit and Carnival Splendor off the coast of Port Kembla astutely quipping “Carnival Spirit and Carnival Splendor social distancing”.
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CW for Mon 23 Mar 2020
Monday | Mar 23 2020NSW health tightens disembark policy, Zaandam scare, Quark updates cancellation policy, Blue Lagoon credit update, and more.
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CMV undertakes passenger swap at sea
Friday | Mar 20 2020IN A bid to ensure its passengers make their way home as safely and as quickly as possible, Cruise & Maritime Voyages (CMV) has conducted a unique passenger swap off the coast of Phuket, Thailand.
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Carnival offers assistance
Friday | Mar 20 2020CARNIVAL Corporation is offering countries around the world the use of its cruise ships to serve as temporary hospitals as the world continues to battle the spread of COVID-19.
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Chimu to the rescue
Friday | Mar 20 2020CHIMU Adventures has revealed it is working to launch special charter flights for Australian travellers stranded in South American destinations such as Lima in Peru and Buenos Aires in Argentina in the wake of the COVID-19 outbreak.
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Dream of flexibility
Friday | Mar 20 2020GENTING Cruise Lines has announced its new Cruise As You Wish assurance and booking policy, featuring a 48-hour cancellation option.
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Cruise frustration
Friday | Mar 20 2020RESPONDING to assurances that all Australian cruise passengers will return home soon, Cruise Express Australia Director Hardy Schneider has reached out to Cruise Weekly to express his frustration at being stranded overseas in South America following a Ponant Antarctica cruise aboard the 264-passenger expedition vessel L’Austral.
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P&O doubles love
Friday | Mar 20 2020P&O Cruises Vice President of Sales and Marketing Ryan Taibel has announced that passengers who cancel or reschedule cruises will either receive a full refund or 200% future cruise credit to keep agents’ sales pipelines going.