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Another P&O Cruises Ship Becomes Exclusively for Adults
P&O Cruises announced that its Aurora ship will return from refit in March 2019 as adult-only. From April 8, next year, Aurora joins Arcadia and...
February 22, 2018
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Petersburg to Pass New Cruise Ship Fee
Petersburg AK (Mitkof Island) is close to passing a new fee for cruise passengers visiting the borough. It is based on a similar charge for...
February 8, 2018
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Windstar Launches New Onboard Cruise Consultant Program
Windstar launched a new OCC (Onboard Cruise Consultant) program to help passengers on cruise vacations plan future experiences and drive benefits...
February 7, 2018
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P&O and Cunard Make Plastics Pledge
P&O Cruises and Cunard stated an intention to remove single use plastics from their ships' hotel operation by the end of 2022 as part of an...
February 6, 2018
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Costa to Halve Cruise Food Waste
Costa Cruises unveiled line's 4GOODFOOD program, aiming to halve shipboard food waste of the Italian company by 2020. Starting point for the new...
February 5, 2018
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Royal Caribbean Cuts Plastic
Royal Caribbean vowed to cut single-use plastic on line's voyages. According to Royal Caribbean’s President and CEO, Michael Bayley, the...
February 5, 2018
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Joint Press Release: Carriage Ban On Non-Compliant Marine Fuel
Leading environmental organizations and global shipping industry joined in calling for explicit prohibition on the carriage of non-compliant marine...
January 28, 2018
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Celebrity Cruises Increases Gratuities
Celebrity Cruises joined sister line Royal Caribbean in hiking gratuities for 2018. Effective January 2, the Miami-based cruise line is...
December 31, 2017
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Royal Caribbean Increases Daily Gratuities
This week, the website of Royal Caribbean indicated that as of January 2, 2018 company's daily gratuity charges will go up US$1 per person per day...
December 27, 2017
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NCL Raises Gratuities
For new bookings, the automatic gratuity Norwegian Cruise Line tacks on to Specialty Dining and Ultimate Beverage packages goes up from 18% to 20...
December 5, 2017
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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
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Costa Cruises Fights Food Waste
Costa Cruises joined forces with tech company Winnow to fight food waste, which extends line’s deep commitment to continuous improvement...
September 20, 2017
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Reduced Speed Impacts Saint Lawrence Itineraries
Cruise the Saint Lawrence (CSL) association supports the measure requiring ships operating in Gulf of Saint Lawrence to reduce speed in an...
September 19, 2017
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Tasmania's Environmental Watchdog to Monitor Cruise Ship Bunker Fuel Emissions
Environmental watchdog will monitor cruise ship bunker fuel emissions while vessels are in Tasmania's ports. A record number of cruise liners will...
September 11, 2017
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Seven Seas Navigator Fined for Exceeding Speed Restriction
Seven Seas Navigator has been fined US$6,000 by Transport Canada for exceeding the speed restriction in Gulf of St Lawrence. The federal...
September 9, 2017
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