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Outbreak of illness forces Celebrity Mercury to return early

Cruise News

Outbreak of illness forces Celebrity Mercury to return early

By Marnie Hunter

The Celebrity Mercury cruise ship is returning to port a day early and delaying its next sailing to address an outbreak of gastrointestinal illness that sickened 350 passengers.

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Costa Cruises new ship inaugurated in Dubai

Costa Deliziosa

Costa Cruises new ship inaugurated in Dubai

Inauguration ceremony took place in Dubai for the Costa Deliziosa, the new diamond of the Costa Cruises fleet and the first cruise ship ever to be named in an Arab city: a unique and quite extraordina

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350 people sick on Caribbean cruise

Celebrity Mercury

350 people sick on Caribbean cruise

CHARLESTON, S.C. — About 350 people were responding well to medicine after getting sick on a cruise to the Caribbean that departed from South Carolina, the cruise line said Tuesday.

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Fascination's multimillion-dollar makeover unveiled by Carnival

Carnival Cruise Lines

Fascination's multimillion-dollar makeover unveiled by Carnival

By Mark Szakonyi

Carnival Cruise Lines unveiled its multimillion-dollar renovation of its more than 2,000-passenger cruise ship Fascination, which now features 98 balcony staterooms and a water park.

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Olympic floating hotel venture is at risk of sinking

2010 Winter Olympic Games

Olympic floating hotel venture is at risk of sinking

An Alberta company's plan to charter a cruise ship and use it as a floating hotel in Vancouver during the 2010 Winter Olympic Games has run into financial problems and could leave hundreds of guests s

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3rd of the Big Three cruise lines comes to Southampton

MSC Cruises To Operate From Southampton

3rd of the Big Three cruise lines comes to Southampton

By Keith Hamilton

Southampton’s status as one of the world’s key cruise ports has been underlined by news the last of the industry’s Big Three is to start major operations here next year.

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Daewoo set to win first cruise ship order

Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering Co.

Daewoo set to win first cruise ship order

Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering Co., South Korea's third-largest shipyard, is set to win its first order to build a cruise ship, industry sources said Tuesday.

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Fears for marine life as liner drops anchor

The World Visits NSW

Fears for marine life as liner drops anchor

By ANDREW WEST

One of the world's biggest and most luxurious cruise liners has dropped anchor in Batemans Bay, bringing with it plenty of wealthy passengers.

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Association of Cruise Ship Destinations being formed

Association of Cruise Ship Destinations

Association of Cruise Ship Destinations being formed

The first meeting of the Association of Caribbean States (ACS) Ad-hoc Working Group for the Establishment of the Association of Caribbean Cruise Ship Destinations (ACCD) was due to take place in Manag

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Oasis of the Seas: The bigger the better?

Oasis Of The Seas

Oasis of the Seas: The bigger the better?

Oasis of the Seas may be the largest cruise ship ever built, but is it too big?

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Indian cruise liner starts services to Colombo

Sri Lanka

Indian cruise liner starts services to Colombo

Colombo - The latest operator to enter the booming tourism industry in post-war Sri Lanka is the Louis Cruises of India with a cruise from Kochi, India to Colombo.

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Oasis of the Seas squeezes under Danish bridge

Oasis of the Seas

Oasis of the Seas squeezes under Danish bridge

By JAN M. OLSEN

KORSOER, Denmark – The world's largest cruise ship cleared a crucial obstacle Sunday, lowering its smokestacks to squeeze under a bridge in Denmark.

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P&O Cruises to launch Pacific Pearl in Auckland

Pacific Pearl Launch

P&O Cruises to launch Pacific Pearl in Auckland

P&O Cruises would launch its 1800-passenger super liner, Pacific Pearl, in Auckland, New Zealand to make it ship’s home port for making its easy to travel to Australia and the pacific Islands.

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Mega-ship, mountain fort could boost Haiti tourism

Haiti Tourism

Mega-ship, mountain fort could boost Haiti tourism

By Joseph Guyler Delva

LABADEE, Haiti - An ultramodern ocean liner and a 19th-century mountaintop fortress built by a slave rebellion leader figure prominently in Haiti's plans to revive tourism in the poorest nation in the

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Crystal Symphony to homeport in San Francisco

Cruise Ship Chooses San Francisco

Crystal Symphony to homeport in San Francisco

In a boon for The City's waterfront tourism industry, Crystal Cruises plans to homeport its Crystal Symphony cruise ship in San Francisco during the summer of 2011.

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Countdown to Brilliance of the Seas' arrival begins in Gulf region

Gulf Eagerly Waits For Brilliance Of The Seas' Arrival

Countdown to Brilliance of the Seas' arrival begins in Gulf region

Dubai, UAE - With just 138 days to go until Royal Caribbean International's Brilliance of the Seas arrives at her new home in Dubai, the countdown campaign in anticipation of her arrival launched yest

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Wyland paints signature maritime dolphins on Ruby Princess’ Neptune pool

Wyland Hands Across the Oceans

Wyland paints signature maritime dolphins on Ruby Princess’ Neptune pool

By Dr. Anton Anderssen, eTN special correspondent

I booked my mid-August Greek Islands cruise because I wanted to see shooting stars.

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Disney Dream is a step closer to life on the ocean waves

Disney Cruise Line New Ship

Disney Dream is a step closer to life on the ocean waves

The latest ship from Disney Cruise Line, which offers travellers Disney-themed cruise holidays took a step closer to life on the ocean waves yesterday.

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Armed bandits raid Amazon cruise ship again

Amazon

Armed bandits raid Amazon cruise ship again

Nine armed bandits bound the hands and feet of the 20 holidaymakers, including Britons, Americans, Australians and Spaniards, on a small cruiser heading up the Ucayali River in the Peruvian Amazon to

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Luxury Amazon cruise ship raided by armed bandits

Amazon River

Luxury Amazon cruise ship raided by armed bandits

Aqua Expeditions' luxury river ship, Aqua, was raided by armed bandits on Sunday, reports industry publication Travel Weekly.

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