Virgin Voyages unveiled today the name of the third cruise ship Resilient Lady which will sail its maiden voyage from Piraeus (Athens) in Greece. Resilient Lady is scheduled for completion on 1 July 2022, offering 7-night itineraries around the Mediterranean and Adriatic Sea. The launch of the third vessel next year will expand Virgin Voyages’ presence in Europe with its second sister ship Valiant Lady sailing out from Barcelona.
The residential community at sea Storylines will not proceed with the idea of implementing sleeping pods for crew members after overwhelmingly negative responses to the survey.
Honoring the International Women's Day Celebrity Cruises will today reunite the first-ever all-female bridge officers and management team exactly one year after they first assembled. The extraordinary women behind this maritime first will reunite in online event to reflect on the historic sailing, discuss the challenging year that followed, share their stories of joy and heartbreak and why it's mor
P&O Cruises announced today cancellation on all international sailings on Aurora, Arcadia, Ventura and Azura until the end of August 2021. Cruises outside of the UK on the Britannia and Iona have also been removed until the end of September 2021. Instead, the company will offer a series of short break and week-long UK voyages as "the ultimate escape" staycation this summer. These cruises will go on sale later this month.
This evening Italy's most glamorous festival Sanremo kicks off, the music festival that captures the soul of the country each year. This year there will be no audience at the Ariston theatre because of COVID-19 restrictions and the music extravaganza will go live on TV by the state broadcaster RAI.
Royal Caribbean International highly anticipated cruise ship Odyssey of the Seas will be sailing from Israel this summer season. Residents of Israel will be the first guests to set sail on Odyssey during its inaugural season which will start in May 2021. The ship will offer Israeli holidaymakers a combination of 3- to 7-night cruises, from Haifa, to idyllic isles and destinations in the Mediterranean, visiting Rhodes, Santorini, Mykonos and Athens, Greece and Limassol, Cyprus.
The long journey back home for the NCLH crew who were scheduled to be repatriated on Norwegian Joy is canceled. Instead, the company decided to repatriate the non-essential crew using charter flights. The latest update was announced via the ship's PA system informing the crew that the company arranged flights from Aruba which are scheduled for 4th and 6th of March. There are 1053 crew members onboard Norwegian Joy who will be sent via charter flights to the Philippines and Indonesia.
Royal Caribbean Group was recognized among the top 135 companies in the world for their unwavering commitment that positively impact employees, communities, and broader stakeholders, and contribute to sustainable and long-term business performance.
The race to get the Covid-19 vaccine by the major corporations around the world has started before the worldwide rollouts begun. This is most evident across the United States where major corporations such as Amazon, Lyft and Uber are lobbying states and the federal government to designate their employees as essential workers and place them in line for early immunization.
The fate of the Spanish cruise line Pullmantur who filed for reorganization, claiming insolvency under Spanish law, is still unclear after mixed messages in the Spanish media were reported in the past few days.
