Travel & Cruise Industry News

Thursday Travel and Cruise Industry News, February 2, 2023 LIVE from Roatan, Honduras with Chillie Falls. Today's headlines: Norwegian Breakaway Cancels Call Due To High Winds; Embarkation Changed For Gem Sailing; Protests in Cozumel; Big Check For Ukraine Relief From HAL; Cruises Cancelled For Carnival Glory; New Longer Itineraries From Carnival; Costa Return To Asia; and much more today LIVE at...

Today's Scootaround Wednesday Travel and Cruise Industry News, February 1, 2023 will be LIVE at 8 AM EST from Harvest Cay, Belize. Discussed today will be the cancellation of a cruise due to catering issues; World's Oldest Cruise Ship To Be Scrapped; Carnival Breaks Fund Raising Record; Crystal Cruises To Relaunch As Crystal. The replay will be available at our normal broadcast time of 11 AM EST....

Tuesday Travel and Cruise Industry News, January 31, 2023 from near Costa Maya, Mexico. Host Chillie Falls will chat about Diamond Princess Return to Japan, Anti-Valentine Day Solo Deals, plans for today's visit to Costa Maya, some news from the Chillie's Cruises family and updates from the Vloggers Extravaganza on Norwegian Breakaway. CLICK HERE to access video feed #scootaround #costamaya #norwe...

The Scootaround Monday Travel and Cruise Industry News, January 30, 2023 with Chillie Falls, LIVE from the Norwegian Breakaway and the Vloggers Extravaganza.. Today's show is basically a recap of everything that happened over the weekend. Included today, the latest on the Mexican Smoking Ban; huge traffic problems around Port Miami yesterday; ground broken for the Boom Supersonic factory; Carnival...

Welcome to the Scootaround Friday Travel and Cruise Industry News, January 27, 2023 LIVE from New Orleans with Chillie Falls. Today's headlines: Royal Caribbean Advises Guests On Mexican Smoking Ban; Weather Causes Norwegian Headaches; Celebrity Appoints Two Brothers As Co-Captains, American Jazz to Sail California; and much more today LIVE at 11 AM EST. Thanks for visiting my channel. #scootaroun...

Welcome To New Orleans. After a wonderful experience with Breeze Air from Richmond, Virginia to New Orleans, I grabbed an UBER to my hotels, the Holiday Inn Club Vacations , 203 Carondelet, St, New Orleans. My suite is just awesome. Since I was starving, I jumped on my Scootaround Scooter, delivered early this morning, and rolled down the street to the infamous Daisey Dukes. I had a wonderful meal...

The Scootaround Wednesday Travel and Cruise Industry News, January 25, 2023 with Chillie Falls features five stories, led by Holland America going to newfoundland, Greenland and Iceland in 2024. Also today, Norwegian Changes Greek Isles Cruise; Norwegian Adds More Baltimore Cruises; Cunard Offers Rocky Mountaineer Train Tours; Nassau Port CEO Speaks Out; and much more today LIVE at 11 AM EST. CLIC...

The headlines for Scootaround Tuesday Travel and Cruise Industry News, January 24, 2023 with Chillie Falls include Norwegian Returns To Traditional Muster Drills; AIDAprima Sails From Southampton; Aqaba Cruise Terminal In Jordan Officially Opens; Royal Caribbean Offers Help In Port Miami Traffic Congestion; New York City To Use Cruise Terminal For Asylum Shelter; Political Unrest Forces Itinerary...

Scootaround Monday Travel and Cruise Industry News, January 23, 2023 with Chillie Falls features a number of stories from today, and the weekend. The headlines are Celebrity Ascent Floats Out; Carnival Updates Changes On 9 Ships; Casino Expansion on Five Holland America Ships; Seabourn Cancels Cruises; Vigor Busy For 2023; and much more today LIVE at 11 AM EST. #scootaround CLICK HERE to access vi...

The Scootaround Friday Travel and Cruise Industry News, January 20, 2023 with Chillie Falls and Special Guest Nate Vallier, Alaska and Yukon Tours, who has been on Florida's Brightline train this morning from Fort Lauderdale to Miami. Also, today's headlines that will be covered: Engine Issues With MSC Seascape; High Winds Cause Port Cancellation; A New Concept For MSC Cruises; MSC Magnifica To Ho...

Thursday Travel and Cruise Industry News, January 19, 2023 with Chillie Falls. On today's agenda: MSC Cruises Partners With New York Nicks; Hong Kong Welcomes First Cruise In 3 Years; SpaceX's Starlink Rolls Out Across Carnival Brands; Carnival To Stay With E-Muster Drill; and much more today LIVE at 11 AM EST. #scootaround CLICK HERE to access video feed Thanks for visiting my channel. NYTimes Th...

Nassau Breaks Visitor Records 3 Times is today's top story on Wednesday Travel and Cruise Industry News, January 18, 2023 with Chillie Falls. Nassau has recently experienced its busiest period in history, breaking its own one-day visitor number record three times in the space of just over one week. More than 150,000 cruise ship passengers have visited the port since the start of the year. Also tod...

Compensation For Cruise To Nowhere is today's top headline and story on Tuesday Travel and Cruise Industry News, January 17, 2023 with Chillie Falls. Carnival Sunshine sailed over the weekend from Charleston with only one port of call, Nassau, Bahamas. Due to weather, that call was cancelled resulting in a cruise to nowhere. We detail the compensation given to guests. MSC Meraviglia Rescues Two Do...

200 Evacuated After Fire Ignites On Ferry In Italy is our lead story on Monday Travel and Cruise Industry News, January 16, 2023 with Chillie Falls. 200 evacuated after fire ignites on GNV La Superba ferry in Palermo Italy. The ferry owned by shipowner Grandi Navi Veloci suffered significant damage. Also today, Liberty of the Seas Rescues 17; Weekend Weather Issues; NCL Cuts; Margaritaville At Sea...

Carnival Cruise To Depart Early is the lead story on Friday Travel and Cruise Industry News January 13, 2023 with Chillie Falls and Special Guest, MrBucketList. Carnival Cruise Line has reached out to guests setting sail on Carnival Sunshine on January 16, 2023, to notify them that the ship will be leaving early, and guests’ boarding times have been adjusted accordingly. Also today, Weather Forces...

Increasingly Popular Cruise Destination is today's lead story on Thursday Travel and Cruise Industry News, January 12, 2023 with Chillie Falls. When most cruise travelers think of an expedition sailing, they think of far distant, highly exotic destinations like Antarctica or the Galapagos. One closer-to-home expedition destination is gaining more popularity, providing cruisers with unique opportun...

Flights Grounded Across US is the lead story on Wednesday Travel and Cruise Industry News, January 11, 2023 with Chillie Falls. Flights across the United States were affected Wednesday morning after the Federal Aviation Administration said it experienced a computer outage. All flights in the U.S. were grounded following the incident. Updates provided here. Also today, Newest Viking Ship Christened...

30 Year Old Medevaced From Coral Princess is today's lead story on Tuesday Travel and Cruise Industry News, January 10, 2023 with Chillie Falls. The young man, a crew member on Coral Princess, was injured in an accident. Also today, Norfolk Calls Cancelled To Lessen Carbon Footprint; Second Rescue By Celebrity Beyond In 5 Days; Costa Deliziosa Departs On Around-the-world Voyage; 5th Ship Cancels N...

Virgin Voyages Launches New Music Video is the top story on Monday Travel and Cruise Industry News, January 9, 2023 with Chillie Falls. Virgin Voyages has kicked off a new brand campaign with a vibrant, upbeat music video that takes viewers on a 24-hour tour of life onboard its cruise ships. Also today, Second Rescue In A Week by Virgin Voyages; Popular Carnival Tour To Return; Bar Harbor Business...

Holland America Cruise Ship Is Latest to Rescue Refugees is today's lead story on Friday Travel and Cruise Industry News, January 6, 2023 with Chillie Falls and Special Guest Tawny Irvin. ms Rotterdam was involved in not one, but two encounters with refugee craft in one day. Also today, 13 Back to Back Charters; Harmony of the Seas's New Waterfall; AIDA Ship To Leave Fleet; 4 Ships Depart On World...

877 Pounds of Cocaine Seized from Ferry in San Juan is today's lead story on Thursday Travel and Cruise Industry News, January 5, 2023. The value of the cocaine was estimated at US$9.1 million and was seized by US Customs Officials. Also today, Man Spotted In Water Rescued By Disney Dream; Samantha Brown's Places To Love Returns to PBS Tomorrow; Another Company Goes With Starlink; Getaway Trims An...

Major Itinerary Change For Norwegian Viva is the top story today as we travel around the world on Wednesday Travel and Cruise Industry News January 4, 2023. The destination of Viva's transAtlantic cruise has been changed from New York to Miami. That is a significant change. Also today, More Details On Yesterday's Biofoul Story; HAL To Debut 28 Day Arctic Circle Itinerary; Isle of Mann Ferry Disrup...

A Raft Of Rescues is the lead story on Tuesday Travel and Cruise Industry News, January 3, 2023 with Chillie Falls. The year has started off with numerous rescues of refugees from Cuba trying to get to South Florida including several Carnival ships, one Celebrity ship and one Virgin Voyages. Details within. Also today, Three Ships Delayed By Fog; Hydrogen Test To Start; No Confirmation On Prima Is...

Cruise Ship Stranded At Sea; Cruise Lines Fined Millions are two of several stories on Monday's Travel and Cruise Industry News, January 2, 2023 with Chillie Falls. The Viking Orion has been stuck at sea while cleaning of biofoul from its hull. Meanwhile, the four major cruise lines have been fined $400 million in the Cuba case. Also today, Norwegian Cancels Call Due To Carbon Footprint; Carnival...

Christmas Day Ruined On Arvia is the lead story on Friday's Travel and Cruise Industry News, December 30, 2022 with Chillie Falls. From huge lines for Christmas dinner to WiFi connection issues and IT problems, Arvia‘s maiden voyage is one that P&O Cruises will want to forget. Lots of the details here. Also today, More Engine Issues From Carnival; SES mPower Connectivity; MSC Seashore Debuts in Br...