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Royal Caribbean Executive Promotions Update

via Royal Caribbean: Recognizing the deep bench of internal talent that has powered its long-term success, Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd named two senior company executives to chart the future course of the company’s two largest brands. Michael Bayley, who worked…

Finance Friday: Royal Caribbean Added to S&P 500

Full presser via PRNewswire: S&P Dow Jones Indices will make the following changes to the S&P 500, S&P MidCap 400 and S&P SmallCap 600 indices effective after the close of trading on Thursday, December 4: Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. (NYSE:RCL)…

New Cruise Line: Virgin Cruises Announced

The Virgin Group today officially announced the formation of Virgin Cruises. They appointed ex Disney and ResidentSea exec Tom McAlpin as their CEO. Next step will be figuring out what ships to use. Rumors are circulating that they want to…

The Latest Nova Star Drama

UPDATE February 2015: Corrected the original article. Canamerica Cruises are in fact not looking for outside investors in the venture. Also correct the number of passengers the Scotia Prince carried during her most successful season.   I’ve always been closely…

Semester at Sea Looks For New Vessel

Semester at Seas was always a unique product. Their lone vessel Explorer (ex-Olympic Explorer) will head to a new home with Louis cruises this spring. That leaves the fall semester without a vessel. It’s being reported that they are stepping…

Majesty of the Seas To Transfer to Pullmantur in 2016

via Royal Caribbean: Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. today announced that Majesty of the Seas will transfer from its Royal Caribbean International cruise brand to its Pullmantur brand in 2016. Majesty of the Seas’ last 3-night sailing for Royal Caribbean International…

Princess to Sell Ship To NCLH

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Princess cruises have agreed to sell the small 826-pax, 30,277gt, Ocean Princess to Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings [NCLH]. They will sail the ship under Oceania Cruises operations. Remember NCL purchased Prestige, and with it Oceania Cruises. She will join her…

Voyager of the Seas Emerges From Drydock

via Royal Caribbean: Royal Caribbean International’s Voyager of the Seas, the largest cruise ship based in Asia Pacific, has just successfully completed her month-long $80 million revitalization bringing guests in the region a variety of first-at-sea features such as the FlowRider…

NBC Is Developing a TV Series Called Port of Miami

A rather uninspiring title, however interesting premise none-the-less. Reports suggest that former Home Improvement show runners are currently writing a sitcom that will be cruise ship centric for NBC. No further details are known at this point but it will…

Quantum of the Seas Interiors

**Make sure you’re following our Quantum of the Seas live blog. As she’s about to start her regular itineraries, the coverage will end soon, so make sure you’re all caught up. A group of pax on the maiden transatlantic voyage…

[Analysis] Changes Made to Oasis in Recent Drydock & Why

The worlds largest cruise ship recently made a stop in drydock last month. The Oasis of the Seas is so large that there are only a select few drydocks cable of handling the 225,282gt ship. Taking place in Rotterdam, Netherlands…

All Leisure Sells MV Discovery

Cruise & Maritime Voyages parent company, All Leisure Group, have terminated two mv Discovery(ex-Island Venture, Island Princess) cruises early. The decision was made due to mounting losses occurring everything the ship sails. As such, she has been sold “as is”…

Fincantieri Rumored to Be Interested in STX France

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STX Offshore & Shipbuilding, the parent company of STX Europe which was recently broken up as part of the failing company’s restructuring plan, has been talking to Fincantieri about selling STX France to the Italian firm. Fincantieri purchased STX’s offshore…

Cruise & Maritime Voyages Adds Former Carnival Holiday to Fleet

from CVM: Cruise & Maritime Voyages (CMV) announced the addition of Grand Holiday (ex-Carnival Holiday) from Costa Crociere to the CMV fleet, commencing operations under the CMV livery in spring 2015. She will be re-named Magellan and at 46,052grt will…

Hurtigruten To Become British Owned

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Hurtigruten ASA has announced that it has entered into a transaction agreement with Silk Bidco AS, a joint venture vehicle indirectly owned by Home Capital AS, a company controlled by member of the board of directors of the Company Petter…

Regal Princess Christened in Port Everglades

via Princess: Princess Cruises, the cruise line made famous as the backdrop of the iconic Love Boat television series, christened its new Regal Princess today with a tribute to the show as all six of the original cast members served…

Regal Princess Arrives in Port Everglades

After an inaugural season in the Mediterranean, the Regal Princess has just arrived in Port Everglades. Her sister, Royal Princess is currently on the other side of the harbor at berth 21, having herself just arrived from her first Canada…

NCL Announces Q3 2014 Earnings

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Norwegian Cruise Line today reported results for the quarter ended September 30, 2014, and provided guidance for the fourth quarter and full year 2014. Third Quarter Highlights Adjusted EPS improvement of 29.1% to $1.11 from $0.86 in 2013 Net Yield…

Quantum of the Seas Inaugural Blog [Page 2]

This is an archived post that originally appeared on CruiseInd on Oct 29, 2014 @ 16:31 CLICK HERE FOR LATEST POSTS ON THE QUANTUM OF THE SEAS LIVEBLOG ARCHIVE October 27: October 25: Quantum of the Seas is still currently…

New Cruise Line: ProCruises

A new line has formed in Iceland called ProCruises. They’ll sail and operate one small expedition ship around Iceland, Greenland, and northern Europe. The 224-pax, 8,282gt Ocean Diamond (ex-Song of Flower, Le Diamant). You can check out the website here.…

Royal Caribbean Reports Q3 2014 Earnings

Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. today reported third quarter results and provided a preliminary outlook for 2015. Net Yields and Net Cruise Costs as well as Adjusted Net Income all performed about as expected for the quarter generating Adjusted Net Income…

Mein Schiff 4 Floated Out

Germany’s TUI Cruises and Meyer Turku (ex-STX Finland) recently celebrated the floatout ceremony of their newest ship, Mein Schiff 4.