The Italian news agency ANSA and public broadcaster RAI reported this morning that a passenger from Hong Kong on the Costa Smeralda has been found to be showing symptoms (a fever) of what is suspected to be coronavirus. CNN reports that the 54 year old woman and her husband are now were being kept separately
The South China Morning Post reports that Chinese cruise passengers aboard Norwegian Cruise Line’s Norwegian Joy staged a protest aboard the NCL ship after fog resulted in the cancellation of the cruise from Shanghai.
The newspaper reports that the shipboard incident is the latest in a series of strange cases where Chinese tourists have resorted
The People’s Daily China, a newspaper in China, reported on the "miraculous’ rescue of a thirty-two year old woman from Shanghai, who reportedly fell from a cruise ship. The newspaper tweeted that she reportedly swam for 38 hours and was then rescued by fishermen.
Earlier today the People’s Daily’s twitter page @PDChina tweeted:
@PDChina "32-year-old
It was announced on cruise related websites that Royal Caribbean’s Ovation of the Seas was christened in China over this past weekend.
The new 4,650 passenger and 1,500 crew member cruise ship arrived in Tianjin, China a few days ago.
The christening was presided over by the first Chinese godmother, Fan Bingbing, who is a Chinese actress, television
Every day it seems that there is an article about another cruise line expanding into China.
The Wall Street Journal just reported that cruise lines are posting some of the strongest earnings in history with profits this year for Carnival more than quadrupling. Earnings at Norwegian grew 26% and Royal Caribbean earnings rose 20%. Much of
Around 400 Chinese passengers refused to disembark the Henna cruise ship, China’s first domestically operated luxury liner, for nearly eight hours this week after a cruise to Japan was delayed by fog, according to a newspaper report.
The newspaper says that the Chinese tourists refused to leave the cruise ship from 8 AM until 5
CNBC’s high-energy Simon Hobbs (my favorite) interviews Royal Caribbean Chairman Richard Fain about the Quantum of the Seas which is being called the world’s first "smart ship."
Mr. Hobbs interviewed me last year about Carnival’s troubles following the ill-fated "poop cruise." I found him to be fast-paced and quick-witted.
In the video, Mr. Hobbs asks
Multiple sources are reporting that Royal Caribbean entered into an agreement to sell the Celebrity Century cruise ship to a Chinese cruise company.
The company buying the Century is identified as Exquisite Marine Ltd., a holding company controlled by Ctrip International Ltd.
Royal Caribbean says that the Century will "complete its scheduled sailings through the
And here’s some weird cruise news from China.
A new cruise ship under tow in China struck a passenger bridge in eastern China, causing damage to the vessel’s funnels.
According to the Xinhua News agency, the bizarre incident involved a newly constructed cruise ship, called the No. 7 Mingzhu Pearl cruise ship.
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