The Asian premium cruise line Dream Cruises, celebrated the arrival of its latest cruise ship Genting Dream in Guangzhou. Thousand guests of honor, mainly representatives of local authorities and institutions, took part in a special christening ceremony organized in the Zodiac Theatre on board. The godmother was none other than the wife of Tan Sri Lim Kok Thay , Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Genting Hong Kong , Puan Sri Cecilia Lim.
The fifth largest pizza chain in the world, Telepizza announces their partnership with Pullmantur Cruises with intention to open Pizza joints on their cruise ships. Onboard the cruise ships Monarch and Sovereign will be added specifically designed spaces for Telepizza, In order for passengers to feel even more at home and enjoy a pizza while enjoying a dream vacation at sea. The Spanish leaders in cruising and pizza delivery didn’t reveal when this service will start on the Pullmantur cruise ships.
Epic ocean race will set off next year, between the Cunard’s ocean liner Queen Mary 2 and four Ultime trimarans. This transatlantic race will start on 25 June, 2017 from Saint-Nazaire, France across the North Atlantic and finish at the entrance of the New York harbour. The amazing idea, by Damien Grimont, supported by the French Minister of Defense, was finalized following The Bridge Association signing agreement with Cunard Line to charter their flagship, Queen Mary 2 for this epic ocean race.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reports of a suspected norovirus outbreak on Holland America Line cruise ship MS Oosterdam. According to CDC official report, 86 guests out of 1,843 and 18 crew members reported gastrointestinal symptoms during the current voyage.
A British passenger sailing on P&O Azura died and nine other passengers have been injured in a bus crash in Roseau, Dominica. The cruise line P&O confirmed that all those injured are British, and have been treated by Azura medical staff before sending them at the local hospital.
A couple sailing on cruise ship got into struggle late Tuesday November 8, with a armed robber in New Orleans Riverfront, reports WDSU News. According to the police, the couple was walking back to the cruise ship, when they were approached by a man at 100 block of Canal Street wearing dark-colored clothing and a bandana on his face.
After three months trial period on four Princess Cruises ships, Carnival Corporation received approval to integrate passenger check-in process with INTERPOL data system. The integrated system I-Checkit, will be incorporated on all Carnival brands, providing secure method for screening travel document on all passengers to INTERPOL's Stolen and Lost Travel Documents database.
Let me give you a very happy and proud moment for all the crew members of the Celebrity Reflection. Yesterday November 5, we completed the TransAtlantic cruise by arriving in the port of Miami at 02:00. After a 7 sea days voyage straight out of the island of Tenerife, Spain. We all know how demanding and tiring are the sea days for the crew members. Imagine that we had 7 sea days straight.
Few hours after departing from the port of Split, Croatia, the cruise ship Costa Mediterranea turned back due to medical emergency.
Three cruise ships were scheduled to dock in the Italian port of Cagliari on November 2, instead only two ships landed, Costa Pacifica and Queen Victoria with around 5,000 tourists. The third cruise ship, Queen Elizabeth arrived and didn’t dock at the scheduled port.
