Category: cruise lines

Carnival’s Costa Cruises Cancels Asia Routes Amid No Foreseeable End to China’s Zero-COVID Policy

Costa Cruises, a unit of U.S. cruising giant Carnival, is canceling all future Asia departures amid diminishing hopes for Beijing to ease its zero-COVID approach and stringent border restrictions in the foreseeable future. The company released a statement on Oct. 25 that it has decided to cancel its Asian home ports cruise programs and reorganize…


Cruise Lines Say No Change in Sailing Plans After New COVID-19 Cases

Royal Caribbean Group and Carnival Corp will push ahead with a return to cruises this summer despite two guests onboard a test run for Royal Caribbean’s Celebrity Millennium ship testing positive for COVID-19. A year after several cruise ships were host to major coronavirus outbreaks, cruise lines have been striving to get business going. Shares…


Biden Signs Bill Allowing Cruise Ships to Resume Service to Alaska

President Joe Biden has signed into law a bill that lets cruise ships sail directly from Washington State to Alaska without having to dock in Canada, opening the door for cruise lines to resume cruises to Alaska after a pandemic-driven stoppage. The White House announced on Monday that Biden had signed H.R. 1318, or the “Alaska…