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Cruises

Royal Caribbean Removes Israel From 2024 Itineraries

More major travel brands will likely follow the footsteps of Norwegian Cruise Line and Royal Caribbean, which have halted trips to Israel, as the conflict shows no signs of slowing down.

Doyinsola Oladipo, Reuters | 6 months ago

Cruises

Norwegian Cruise Line Sees ‘Elevated’ Cancellations in Middle East

Norwegian Cruise Line is optimistic travelers won't lose interest in trips to the Middle East if the Israel-Hamas war remains contained.

Dawit Habtemariam | 6 months ago

News Blog

Norwegian Cruise Line Cancels Israel Trips Through 2024

Norwegian Cruise Line has removed Israel from its itineraries through 2024 due to the country’s ongoing conflict with Hamas. Israel represented 7% of Norwegian Cruise Line's capacity in the fourth quarter and 4% of its capacity for the full year 2024 in the Middle East region. Other cruise companies have also cancelled trips to Israel.…

Dawit Habtemariam | 6 months ago

Cruises

Royal Caribbean Feels ‘Optimistic’ About Demand in China

Royal Caribbean will be one of the first Western travel brands to return to China. The fact that bookings look healthy there point to strong cruise demand in the country.

Dawit Habtemariam | 6 months ago

Cruises

Carnival Cruise Accountable for Misrepresented Covid Risks

Carnival's argument that it wasn't aware of the increased risks of contracting Covid during a cruise hasn't held up in an Australian high court that has yet to consider the claims of more passengers.

Lewis Jackson, Reuters | 6 months ago

Cruises

Carnival Cruise: No Signs of Consumer Spending Slowdown

Carnival Cruise executives don't see the macroeconomic slowdown everybody is talking about.

Dawit Habtemariam | 7 months ago

News Blog

IDEAS: P&O Cruises and Cunard Roll Out SpaceX’s Starlink to Improve On-Board Wi-Fi Connectivity

P&O Cruises and Cunard have announced the rollout of SpaceX’s Starlink across its fleet in order to improve on-board Wi-Fi connectivity and bandwidth. The new technology from Starlink has been introduced to provide guests with a greater bandwidth capacity across P&O Cruises and Cunard ships, which facilitate the sharing of photos and videos, the ability…

Adam Stacey | 7 months ago

Cruises

Saudi Arabia’s $300 Million Plan to Become a Cruise Industry Major

Having snatched headlines with its glamorous hotel projects, Saudi Arabia wants to do the same with its new cruise ship.

Josh Corder | 7 months ago

Cruises

Virgin Voyages Raises $550 Million to Expand into New Markets

Virgin has raised over a billion in the last two years. In such a capital intensive and competitive business, organic growth just isn't an option.

Reuters | 8 months ago

Airlines

Travel Earnings Analysis: 4 Trends that Dominated

What's the final verdict on Q2 travel earnings? Growth remains robust with a strong assist from Asia. But the industry is clearly slowing as travel demand normalizes and pent-up demand exhausts itself.

Seth Borko | 8 months ago