The design of cruise ships is likely to change in future due to the impact of the Coronavirus pandemic, according to AMK Architecture & Design.
Coronavirus pandemic is likely to have a lasting impact on cruise ship design
Ship Preview: Carnival’s Mardi Gras
The first roller coaster at sea, the first all-suite enclave on any Carnival ship and a whole host of new-to-the-line dining options will debut aboard the 5,200-passenger Mardi Gras.
European shipyards get back to work building Dubai-bound mega cruise ships
While the global cruise industry remains at a standstill, with cruise lines extending their resumption deadlines due to the Coronavirus pandemic, shipyards across Europe are resuming work building the world’s next generation […]
Historical: The world’s oldest cruise lines
The cruise industry came of age in the 1960s and 70s, but has been around for much longer than that, surviving the Great Depression, two world wars and the 2008 financial crisis.
Royal Caribbean Cruises and Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings seeks additional credit
The world’s second- and third-largest cruise companies are seeking new means by which to fund the company through the current operations shutdown due to Coronavirus.
Norwegian cuts salaries, moves to four day work week to control costs amid shutdown
Norwegian Cruise Line, the third-largest cruise company in the world, has announced it is cutting salaries for its permanent employees by 20% and moving to a four day work week for all […]
AIDAprima cruise ship lights up with message of thanks for Dubai
AIDAprima, a mega cruise ship belonging to German cruise line AIDA Cruises, lit up with a message of thanks to Dubai for all its help during the Coronavirus pandemic, as she departed […]
Carnival Corp. says it has budgeted for ‘worst case scenario’ in global cruise shutdown
Carnival Corporation has more than enough cash on hand to survive the current global shutdown of the cruise industry, even assuming a ‘worst case scenario’, according to CEO Arnold Donald.
Enchanted Princess delivery delayed due to shipyard shutdown in Italy
Princess Cruises has announced that the delivery of its new mega-ship Enchanted Princess has been delayed due to the ongoing Coronavirus in Italy, which has caused much of the country’s economy to […]
Royal Caribbean lets go a quarter of US workforce, executives agree to pay cut
Royal Caribbean Cruises, the parent company of Royal Caribbean International, Celebrity Cruises, TUI Cruises, Pullmantur, Azamara and Silversea, is laying off 26% of its US-based workforce.
Princess Cruises extends global shutdown of cruise operations until June 30th
Princess Cruises, arguably the cruise lines hardest hit by the global Coronavirus pandemic, has announced that all cruises worldwide will be suspended until June 30th.
All US cruise operations suspended for a further 100 days by CDC
It will be another three months at least before cruise lines are able to start sailing from US ports, or calling at any American ports on itineraries from overseas, according to a […]
When will the cruise lines start sailing again?
The world’s cruise lines have a number of different dates for when they’ll start operating again, some expedition lines have resumed services, along with four big ship lines in Europe in a […]
Costa Cruises follows rest of industry with extension of shutdown until May
After holding out for a few weeks, Costa Cruises has followed the rest of the cruise industry in announcing it will suspend operations globally until May 30th, 2020.
Passengers evacuated from Coronavirus-hit Zaandam and Coral Princess in Florida
While all healthy passengers have now disembarked Holland America Line’s Zaandam, the evacuation of passengers from Princess Cruises’ Coral Princess is ongoing with both cruise lines arranging charter flights home. Zaandam arrived […]
Saudi Arabia buys stake in cruise giant Carnival as it seeks to become cruise destination
Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund purchased an 8.2% stake in Carnival Corporation on Monday, sending the company stock on the New York Stock Exchange to more than $10, a 30% increase compared […]
Almost two dozen cruise ships in US alone have suffered Coronavirus outbreaks
The United States’ Centres for Disease Control (CDC) has revealed that 21 cruise ships with a US port of call suffered at least one incidence of Coronavirus onboard in the four weeks […]
Carnival Radiance refurbishment delayed by cruise and wider industry shutdown
The refurbishment of Carnival Victory, transforming the ship into Carnival Radiance, has been paused and the ship is now only expected to leave dry-dock in November.
Celebrity Cruises works from home with virtual delivery of new ship Celebrity Apex
Celebrity Cruises has taken delivery of Celebrity Apex, the new ship in its ground-breaking Edge-class, via a virtual ceremony held from opposite sides of the world.
Cruise infrastructure gets repurposed in the global fight against Coronavirus
Carnival Cruise Line has offered the use of its ships as hospitals, cruise terminals in Los Angeles and New York are being used as field hospitals and Cunard Line’s three ships may […]
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