Cruise news (money-tagged)

Curacao Opens New Cruise Ship Pier
The fast-growing cruise industry in Curacao received a boost this week via the debut of its new 2nd cruise pier. The USD 43 million mega-pier...
November 18, 2017
Cruise Industry
Port Tampa Bay Opens Cruise Terminal After $1.7M Renovation
Port Tampa Bay's renovated cruise terminal 6 opened following months of renovation. The newly improved terminal is being used by Royal Caribbean as...
November 9, 2017
Cruise Industry
Quebec Woman Sentenced to 7.5 Years for Smuggling Cocaine on Cruise Ship (USD 31 million)
A Quebec woman was sentenced Friday, November 3, to seven-and-a-half years behind bars for importing a large amount of cocaine into Australia...
November 4, 2017
Accidents
Buenos Aires Takes Advantage of $200-Million Port Improvement
Due to Buenos Aires city's recent US $200-million port improvement project, Quinquela Martin terminal, situated in the heart of the city...
October 31, 2017
Cruise Industry
Brooklyn Cruise Terminal Gets $17.2-Million Upgrade
The New York City home for Cunard and Princess Cruises ships, Brooklyn Cruise Terminal, will get US$17.2 million in upgrades. The money will go...
October 31, 2017
Cruise Industry
Thomson UK Admits TUI Rebrand Cost Millions
Thomson admitted that the rebrand to TUI had cost the company 'tens of millions' of pounds, that will be spread over 3 years. However, the company...
October 21, 2017
Cruise Industry
Celebrity Plans $400 Million Fleetwide Renovation
Celebrity Cruises plans spending around US$400 million over 5 years on renovating its cruise ships so they will look more like Celebrity Edge...
October 7, 2017
Cruise Industry
Dream Cruises Announces Partnership With Alipay
Dream Cruises announced its new partnership with Alipay, the largest online and mobile payment platform in the world operated by Ant Financial...
September 28, 2017
Cruise Industry
Princess Increases Price of Alcohol Package
Princess Cruises changed its alcohol-inclusive beverage package and upped its price. Rolling out fleet-wide, these changes were implemented...
September 25, 2017
Cruise Industry
Costa neoClassica Joins Grand Celebration between West Palm Beach and Freeport
Recently, Port Palm Beach District Commission signed a 10-year agreement for addition of a 2nd cruise ship into service between West Palm Beach and...
August 29, 2017
Cruise Industry
Indonesia to Build GBP 150 Million Port Facility
Indonesia is just weeks away from dredging a bay on Bali to create a £150 million port facility in order to attract "the rich guy". ...
August 26, 2017
Cruise Industry
TPG, Apollo and Genting Hong Kong Continue to Sell Norwegian Shares
Apollo Global Management LLC, GHK-Genting Hong Kong (via Star NCLC Holdings Ltd) and funds affiliated with TPG Global LLC are selling 15 million...
August 17, 2017
Cruise Industry
Port Piraeus Becomes a Cruise Hub
Piraeus Port Authority revealed its ambitious plans to expand services and become the prime cruise hub in eastern Mediterranean. The...
May 27, 2017
Cruise Industry
Qatar Sees Incredible Surge in Cruise Ship Visitors
About 50,000 people visited Qatar through a cruise this season, which is an increase of over 1000% from 2016, officials announced. The surge in...
May 24, 2017
Cruise Industry
Fincantieri Signs for the Acquisition of STX France Majority Stake
Fincantieri S.p.A. announced it had signed today a share purchase agreement for acquisition of 66.66% of STX France share capital from STX Europe AS...
May 19, 2017
Cruise Industry