Category: cruise lines

Carnival’s Costa Cruises Cancels Asia Routes Amid No Foreseeable End to China’s Zero-COVID Policy

November 2, 2022
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Costa Cruises, a unit of U.S. cruising giant Carnival, is canceling all future Asia departures amid diminishing hopes for Beijing to ease its zero-COVID approach and stringent border restrictions in the foreseeable future. The company released a statement on Oct. 25 that it has decided to cancel its Asian home ports cruise programs and reorganize…

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Cruise Lines Say No Change in Sailing Plans After New COVID-19 Cases

June 11, 2021
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Royal Caribbean Group and Carnival Corp will push ahead with a return to cruises this summer despite two guests onboard a test run for Royal Caribbean’s Celebrity Millennium ship testing positive for COVID-19. A year after several cruise ships were host to major coronavirus outbreaks, cruise lines have been striving to get business going. Shares…

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Biden Signs Bill Allowing Cruise Ships to Resume Service to Alaska

May 25, 2021
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President Joe Biden has signed into law a bill that lets cruise ships sail directly from Washington State to Alaska without having to dock in Canada, opening the door for cruise lines to resume cruises to Alaska after a pandemic-driven stoppage. The White House announced on Monday that Biden had signed H.R. 1318, or the “Alaska…

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