Costa Cruises has added Costa Diadema to its line-up of resumed cruises in Italy, making it the second ship to be brought back into service by the cruise line. Costa Diadema departed […]
Costa appears to cancel its 2020/21 Dubai cruise season aboard Diadema
Costa Cruises has removed all Dubai cruise itineraries for the 2020/21 winter cruise season from its website, suggesting it has cancelled Costa Diadema’s homeporting season in Dubai.
P&O Cruises latest line to cancel all cruises into 2021 due to COVID uncertainty
P&O Cruises has extended its pause in operations into early 2021, joining several other major cruise lines that have taken the unprecedented step amid the coronavirus pandemic.
Disney Cruise Line extends suspension, confirms delay to Disney Wish delivery
Disney Cruise Line has extended the suspension of all cruises until December 6th, 2020 and has confirmed the much-anticipated delay to the delivery of its new cruise ship Disney Wish.
UAE reveals fines for cruise ships and passengers who break anti-COVID-19 rules
The UAE has announced a new set of fines relating to measures being taken to prevent the spread of coronavirus, including thousands of dollars in penalties for cruise lines and passengers that […]
Carnival confirms at least four Fantasy-class ships will be kept in service amid fleet sell off
Carnival Cruise Line has confirmed the sale of an additional two Fantasy-class cruise ships following parent company Carnival Corp’s announcement of an accelerated fleet sell off. However, the cruise line also confirmed […]
Carnival Corporation increases cruise ship retirements from 13 to 18 vessels
Carnival Corporation has announced that it will again accelerate its ship retirement program amid the coronavirus pandemic, increasing the number of ships its selling off from 13 to 18.
Dubai is reopening its cruise sector but it won’t be plain sailing to recovery
The 2020/21 cruise season has gotten the go-ahead from Dubai Tourism authorities, but it’s unlikely to look anything like the bumper season seen last year.
Costa Deliziosa departs on first cruise of limited resumption amid COVID-19
Costa Cruises has resumed services in the Mediterranean from the Italian port of Trieste aboard Costa Deliziosa.
Cruise terminal expansion projects in PortMiami unaffected by global cruise shutdown
Expansion projects in PortMiami are ongoing, despite the coronavirus pandemic and global shutdown of the cruise industry, according to a release by Miami-Dade County officials.
Cunard’s 2022 World Cruise to call in Abu Dhabi, Cape Town cruise apparently dropped
Cunard Line recently announced that it was cancelling cruises into 2021 for all three of its ‘Queens’, with a newly released itinerary for the 2022 World Cruise aboard Queen Mary 2 that […]
Princess Cruises cancels 2021 World Cruise, dropping Dubai cruise plans
Dubai’s cruise sector has taken another hit with the announcement by Princess Cruises that it is cancelling its 2021 World Cruise itineraries aboard Island Princess and Pacific Princess due to uncertainty around […]
Silversea first luxury cruise line to get infection prevention classification
Silversea has become the first luxury cruise line in the world to receive certification in infection prevention for maritime (CIP-M) from the world’s largest ship classification society, DNV GL.
Costa Cruises follows Jalesh and MSC in providing rapid covid testing to all guests
Costa Cruises has announced that it will be providing rapid antigen tests to passengers as limited cruises resume in the Mediterranean, as well as dedicated insurance packages designed to cover any medical […]
Cunard Line latest to cancel voyages into 2021, switches up itineraries for all three ships
Cunard Line has become the latest big ship cruise line to cancel its entire 2020 cruise program, with plans to resume cruises only in the first quarter of 2021.
MSC delays MSC Magnifica cruise resumption by four weeks due to new travel restrictions
MSC Cruises has been forced to delay the resumption of cruises aboard MSC Magnifica by at least four weeks due to the recent introduction of additional testing measures for residents of Italy […]
Caribbean shows signs of preparing to open in possible boost to US cruise market
There are encouraging signs in the Caribbean that some destinations may soon start opening up to cruise ships, possibly providing the US cruise market with a way to emulate the limited resumption […]
What a post-Covid-19 recession might mean for the cruise industry
During the last financial crisis in 2008, none of the major cruise lines failed, and the travel sector proved largely resilient, but this crisis is far deeper, and hitting the industry much […]
8 key takeaways from MSC Cruises’ return to service in the Mediterranean
What is it like cruising during the pandemic and is it even worth it, if you’re able to?
Costa Cruises introduces two new cruise itineraries as it resumes cruises in Med
Costa Cruises has introduced two new cruise itineraries, departing from Italian and still exclusively for Italian residents only, as it resumes cruising in the Mediterranean alongside MSC, AIDA and TUI.