Cruise Ship Industry News
MSC SEASCAPE IN A DAZZLING LAUNCH
MSC Cruises has welcomed MSC Seascape to its fleet as its 21st ship with the line’s newest flagship officially named at the Manhattan Cruise Terminal in New York City. The location was chosen in recognition of the addition of New York [Read more...]
MISSISSIPPI RIVER CRUISE VESSEL BY KNUD E. HANSEN
This design from KNUD E. HANSEN is a 328 ft river cruise vessel for operation on US rivers for itineraries of a range up to 14 days with maximum 220 passengers onboard. The design of the vessel will [Read more...]
Princess Gets Expensive
Gene Sloan for The Points Guy reported on the 5th December that, “In the coming weeks, Princess Cruises, the world's fifth-largest cruise line plans to hike the automatic gratuity fee it charges passengers by more than 10% to [Read more...]
New hotel & resort design show launches in Florida for South & LATAM markets
Elite Exhibitions the niche event specialists behind design events Cruise Ship Interiors Expo America, Cruise Ship Interiors Expo Europe and Sustainable Design Summit are launching a new hotel resort and design show Hotel & Resort Design South (HRDS). [Read more...]
ABB and Royal Caribbean Group collaborate on Safety
In a recent ABB press release Kalevi Tervo, Global Program Manager of ABB Marine & Ports said, “We at ABB take great pride in introducing new technologies to the industry to improve safety and add value for our [Read more...]
Princess Returns to Japan
In a Press Release from Princess Cruises on 2nd December, it was announced that following the recent decision by the Japanese government to allow the return of international cruise ships to the country, Princess Cruises will begin homeport [Read more...]
To infinity and beyond ?
Travel Agent Central has reported this week that “Royal Caribbean Could Be Joining the Space Race”. Matt Turner of Travel Agent Central says that Royal Caribbean International could soon be “joining the likes of Virgin Galactic, SpaceX, Blue [Read more...]
YSA Design sets mood as MSC World Europa embarks with ‘future in mind’
Key interior and exterior spaces from YSA Design on board MSC World Europa (pictured) create a mood to match the newly delivered ship’s mission to serve the luxury cruise market ‘with the future in mind’. The results set the [Read more...]
Increased COVID-19 on cruise ships
There has been a recent increase in the number of cruise passengers traveling around Australia testing positive of COVID-19. It is reported by Jim Walker in his Cruise Law News on 27th November that “Queen Elizabeth cruise ship is [Read more...]
Construction of Silver Ray Begins
As reported in Travel Weekly this week, “Silversea Cruises has officially begun the construction of Silver Ray, the second ship in the Nova Class. Roberto Martinoli, president and CEO of Silversea Cruises (pictured) told the world’s press “We [Read more...]