Travel & Cruise Industry News

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...

Florida Based Cruise Line Removes Testing Requirement is the lead story on a special edition of Travel and Cruise Industry News July 23, 2022. West Palm Beach-based Margaritaville At Sea will remove all testing requirements for fully vaccinated guests as of July 23. The move follows the CDC’s removal of the pre-cruise testing requirements as part of its voluntary program. The Bahamas, the only des...

Pre-cruise Testing Change Updates. Virgin Voyages First To Stop Pre-Cruise Testing is the lead story on Travel and Cruise Industry News July 22, 2022. Scarlet Lady is the first cruise ship to discontinue pre-cruise COVID-19 testing from a U.S. homeport as Virgin Voyages will be ending its pre-cruise testing requirement for sailings from the U.S. as of July 27, 2022. Also today: P&O Voluntary Testi...

Port Canaveral Breaks Record is the lead on Travel and Cruise Industry News July 21, 2022 with Chillie Falls. Port Canaveral, the world’s second busiest cruise port after PortMiami, celebrated a new record for the number of passengers sailing in a given week. The new mark: 107,000. Also today: Norwegian Getaway Issues, plus advanced offerings from NCL; Spectrum of the Seas Charter; Resort World Cr...

Azamara Drops Pre-Cruise Testing is the lead story on Travel and Cruise Industry News July 20, 2022 with Chillie Falls. Azamara is the first cruise line to announce changes after the CDC removed cruise ship requirements on Sunday. Also today, Carnival and Royal Caribbean keep current protocols for now; Protests in Norway; Norwegian Epic Closes two Venues; a Hip-Hop Music Festival At Sea; a Coast G...

CDC Ends Covid Program For Cruise Ships is the lead story on Travel and Cruise Industry News July 19, 2022 with Chillie Falls. In a surprise announcement, the CDC stated that, effective immediately, the COVID-19 Program for Cruise Ships that has provided guidelines for pre-cruise and onboard health and safety protocols, as well as the color classification system for cruise ships, has ended. Also t...

Belize Drops All Travel Restrictions is the lead story on Travel and Cruise Industry News July 18, 2022 with Chillie Falls. The government of Belize has announced the end of all COVID-19 health protocol requirements for entry into the country, including proof of vaccination, pre-travel testing, and travel health insurance coverage. Also today: Bermuda No Longer Accepts Document of Recovery; Captai...