Travel & Cruise Industry News

Bermuda Eases Requirements For Visitors is the main story on a special unscheduled edition of Travel and Cruise Industry News Podcast August 20, 2022 with Chillie Falls. Starting Monday, unvaccinated travelers will be able to visit Bermuda again, as the island is easing the entry requirements. All of the details covered LIVE from Palm Coast, Florida. Also today, Norwegian Breakaway rescues overloa...

Another Cruise Line Drops Pre-cruise Testing is the lead story on Travel and Cruise Industry News Podcast August 19. 2022 with Chillie Falls LIVE from Manning, South Carolina. Also today, St Kitts Drops Testing and Vaccination Requirements. This and more, LIVE at 11AM EDT. To access video feed, CLICK HERE Thanks for visiting my channel. NYTimes The Daily, the flagship NYT podcast with a massive au...

Six More Sailings Canceled For Norwegian Viva is top story on Thursday's Travel and Cruise Industry News Podcast with Chillie Falls. The much-anticipated Norwegian Viva will not be debuting in early July 2023 as planned. Emails sent to booked passengers and the cruise line’s travel partners on August 17, 2022 have announced the delay. Also today, Cruise Ships Cautiously Return To Ensenada; Record...

Bookings Skyrocket With Protocol Changes is the lead story on Wednesday's Travel and Cruise Industry News Podcast August 17, 2022 with Chillie Falls. Now that pre-cruise testing and vaccination requirements have been simplified, Carnival Cruise Lines bookings have risen significantly compared to similar pre-pandemic dates, nearly double the level for the equivalent day in 2019, well before the pan...

Two Calls Cancelled by Local Unrest is the top story on Travel and Cruise Industry News Podcast, August 16, 2022 with Chillie Falls. Carnival and Royal Caribbean canceled their calls to Ensenada on Sunday after local unrest made it unsafe for passengers to disembark at the port. With Mexican National Guard patrolling the city and much of Baja California locked down, the cruise lines had few option...

Celebrity Cruises Announce New Vaccine Protocols is the top story on Travel and Cruise Industry News August 15, 2022 with Chillie Falls. Celebrity Cruises announced new health and safety protocols for ships sailing from the United Kingdom and Europe and all sailings that depart from Los Angeles. All travelers, regardless of vaccination status, can cruise onboard Celebrity Cruise ships starting Sep...

Princess Removes Vaccine Requirements, Carnival Follows Suit With Updates on a special edition of Travel and Cruise Industry News, August 13, 2022 with Chillie Falls. Princess Cruises announced a significant change to its COVID-19 protocols today. It will remove all of its vaccine requirements for most voyages of less than 16 days so that anyone can cruise and adjusts pre-travel testing requiremen...

MSC Achieves Environmental Protection Certification is the first Travel and Cruise Industry News August 12, 2022 story. MSC Cruises’ entire fleet achieved ISO certification, and all future ships built for the line will receive this certification as they enter service. It is designed to provide information on waste management practices for port authorities to consider when calculating fee reduction...

Royal Caribbean Drops Some Vaccination Protocols is the lead story on Travel and Cruise Industry News August 11, 2022 with Chillie Falls. The cruise line has announced a further easing of its protocols by dropping the vaccine requirements on select sailings from September 5. This easing applies to departures out of Los Angeles, Galveston, New Orleans, and cruises in Europe. Details are contained w...

Royal Caribbean Is Back In Malaysia is one of several major stories this morning on Travel and Cruise Industry News, August 10, 2022. After months of cruises to nowhere from Singapore, Malaysia’s travel and tourism industry is back in business with twice weekly sailings of Spectrum of the Seas from Singapore. 4 night cruises stop in both Kuala Lumpur and Penang , 3 nights in Penang only. Also toda...

Princess Cancels Sailings Due To Labor Shortages is the top story on Travel and Cruise Industry News, August 9, 2022 with Chillie Falls. Princess has announced that eleven cruises are canceled for the Diamond Princess on departures out of San Diego, California. It comes as the cruise line is dealing with labor shortages and includes cruises from September 1, 2022 through November 13, 2022. Full de...

Norwegian Drops Pre-cruise Testing is a breaking news story and the lead on Travel and Cruise Industry News, August 8, 2022 with Chillie Falls. Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings early this morning announced that Vaccinated guests aged 12 and over will no longer have any pre-cruise COVID-19 related protocols and unvaccinated guests may embark with a negative COVID-19 test taken within 72 hours prior t...

80,000 Tourists Trapped In 'China's Hawaii'. BREAKING Travel and Cruise Industry News, August 7, 2022. Over 80,000 tourists are stranded in a resort city popularly known as "China's Hawaii" after a Covid flare-up led authorities to impose strict travel restrictions. Public transportation was suspended and people's movements inside the city were restricted from early Saturday. All flights out of th...

Carnival And Royal Caribbean Update Short Cruise Testing Protocols will be the subject of a special broadcast of Travel and Cruise Industry News, August 6, 2022 with Chillie Falls. Both Carnival Cruise Line and Royal Caribbean International updated their protocols as it applies to pre-cruise testing protocols on cruises 6 nights or less. The intention of the updates was to remove some confusion ca...

Another Rockslide Impacts Skagway Cruise Dock is number one story on Travel and Cruise Industry News August 5, 2022 with Chillie Falls. A new rockslide has caused damage to the popular White Pass Railroad Dock in Skagway, Alaska. The incident occurred at approximately 5 p.m. local time on Wednesday, while multiple cruise ships were in port. A full report offered today. Also this morning: Cruises C...

Permanent Cutbacks by Carnival is lead story on Travel and Cruise Industry News August 4, 2022 with Chillie Falls. Carnival Cruise Line has announced some permanent changes to onboard dining venues across the fleet. Travel and Cruise Industry News details the most significant changes. Also today, Update on New Galveston Cruise Terminal; Quantum of the Seas New Itinerary Changes; New England Port M...

Norwegian Viva Floated Out is the lead story on a day with two major stories on Travel and Cruise Industry News August 3, 2022. Norwegian Viva took to the water for the first time yesterday at Fincantieri, and Carnival Clarifies Which Cruises Still Require Testing. All of the details are covered on today's LIVE show at 11 AM EDT. Headlines for today: Norwegian Viva Floated Out; Carnival Clarifies...

MSC Cruises Drops Pre-Cruise Testing from U.S. Ports is top story on Travel and Cruise Industry News August 2, 2022 with Chillie Falls. Following in the wake of Carnival and Royal Caribbean and others, MSC Cruises has removed pre-cruise testing for fully vaccinated guests on cruises 5 nights or shorter. For cruises of six nights and longer, guests will still need to provide a negative test result....

Are You More or Less Worried About Cruising? We will chat with special guest John Reitmeier about his current thoughts on the changes by CDC and cruise lines, plus the resulting decisions he has made about his upcoming trans-Atlantic cruise and trip to Germany. Also today's lead story is Latest Rescue By A Carnival Ship on Travel and Cruise Industry News August 1, 2022 with Chillie Falls. Carnival...

Carnival Ship Rescues 12 People Adrift Near Key West is the main story on a special edition of Travel and Cruise Industry News July 31, 2022 with Chillie Falls. Carnival Sunrise was on her way back to Miami when a small boat with 12 Cuban refugees spotted adrift and waving in the Straits of Florida, south of Key West. The cruise ship brought the men aboard and contacted the authorities for further...

Norwegian Takes Delivery of Norwegian Prima is the top story today on Travel and Cruise Industry News July 29, 2022 with Chillie Falls. Prima, a 3,215-guest ship enters service later this month. Also today: Royal Caribbean Drops Pre-cruise Testing for Some; Brilliance of the Seas Redeployed; Princess Adds New Itineraries; Mexico Cruise Report; And Much More, LIVE At 11 AM EDT. For video feed: CLIC...

BREAKING NEWS JetBlue Airways on Thursday announced it would purchase Spirit Airlines, a combination that would create America's fifth-largest airline. Norwegian Cruise Ship Dodges Venice Ban is the top story on Travel and Cruise Industry News July 28, 2022. Norwegian Gem was originally scheduled to dock at the industrial port of Marghera, on the Italian mainland west of Venice. Instead, the ship...

Fire and Explosion On Cruise Ship is the lead story on Travel and Cruise Industry News July 27, 2022 with Chillie Falls. An explosion occurred on a river cruise ship docked in the center of Amsterdam. Two hundred people were evacuated from the ship, and treated for smoke inhalation. The explosion happened in the vessel’s battery room, after which a fire broke out. There were also two fires on the...

Cruise Industry's Robust Rebound is top story on Travel and Cruise Industry News July 26, 2022 with Chillie Falls. Recent research by HundredX, an innovative real-time market share strategy platform, the cruise industry could have a more robust rebound than previously expected. The industry could soon show more rebound numbers than other travel segments, setting the stage for cruising to surpass p...

Amsterdam Port Closed At Last Minute is the top story on Travel and Cruise Industry News July 25, 2022 with Chillie Falls. Holland America Line has been forced to make changes to the embarkation ports for its newest cruise ship. MS Rotterdam was supposed to sail from Amsterdam on Sunday, but this was changed to Rotterdam. Guests were informed of the last-minute change this weekend, catching many o...