TUI has appointed Christopher Hackney as Managing Director of Marella Cruises (formerly known as Thomson Cruises). Effective on December 1, 2017, Hackney will report to the Director of Cruise and Distribution, Helen Caron. Richard Sofer left the position of Managing Director last month to be the new Commercial Director of TUI UK and Ireland.
The latest cruise line Virgin Voyages, set to debut in 2020 has released a video of what their first “Lady Ship” will look like, and it’s changing the way people think of cruises. Catch the first glimpse of the new cruise ship from Virgin Voyages. Scheduled to set sail in 2020 with year-round Caribbean cruises from Miami, the stylish modern design is a fresh look in the crowd.
The famous annual Jamrock Reggae Cruise will set sail again this year to the Caribbean. The fourth edition of the cruise initiated by Damian Marley (the youngest son of reggae legend Bob Marley) will depart from Fort Lauderdale on November 13, to Ocho Rios and Montego Bay before returning on November 18.
On March 10, 2018, the cruise ship Costa Diadema will set sail on a weeklong Comedy Voyage together with the most popular Italian comedians: Andrea Carlini, Andrea Di Marco, Gabri Gabra, Antonio Ornano, Enzo Paci, Andrea Possa, Daniele Raco, Marco Rinaldi and Nando Timoteo.
Passengers onboard the cruise ship Crown Princess which left Quebec City, on October 25, have been hit with an aggressive outbreak of gastro virus.
A Disney Cruise Line employee was arrested on Friday, October 27, when FBI agents boarded the cruise ship Disney Wonder, which had just docked in San Diego, California. Renan Dias Da Rocha Gomes was arrested on charges of wire fraud on allegations for embezzling over a quarter million dollars.
During inaugural keel laying ceremony held today at the Fincantieri shipyard in Genoa, Virgin Voyages released rendering photos of their first cruise ship. After lots of planning and design, the latest in a series of reveals took place with this milestone ceremony.
A few years ago, no one would have predicted that blogging on the internet would be such lucrative business. Naomi Neo a 21-year-old girl from Singapore started voicing out her own opinions and blogging about usual mundane stuff like school life and relationships on the internet.
The British cruise line Marella Cruises previously known as Thomson Cruises, today will rename its cruise ship TUI Discovery 2 to Marella Discovery.
Meyer Werft shipyard in Bremerhaven, Germany handed over the second new building cruise ship to the Asian shipping company Dream Cruises. The vessel is named World Dream and has a capacity of over 3,376 passengers. The Asian clients of the shipping company will be pleased that the new building carries a deep-sea submarine, which can carry four people in a depth of up to 200 meters. There is also a speedboat which can be booked for trips up to 37 knots (68 km / h).
