Rivals Royal Caribbean and Norwegian Cruise Line Team Up on Restart
Helen Coster, Reuters
Cruise lines have a lot of work ahead to reassure passengers they're in safe hands after months of bad press. This partnership should help.
3 days ago
Helen Coster, Reuters
Cruise lines have a lot of work ahead to reassure passengers they're in safe hands after months of bad press. This partnership should help.
3 days ago
Rosie Spinks, Skift
When will Carnival cruise again? Company execs seem to be saying our guess is as good as theirs.
3 weeks ago
Dennis Schaal, Skift
If you ordered a book and it never arrived, you'd expect a refund. Simple. But if you booked a hotel and couldn't get there because of lockdowns, you'd probably have to fight with the hotel or online travel agency for your refund — unless the government required cash back.
2 months ago
Rosie Spinks, Skift
Cruise lines have changed the date of their return to service multiple times now, and Royal Caribbean is no different. Despite selling cruises for the summer period, executives don't seem particularly bullish on the prospect of a full return to service in the near term.
2 months ago
Rosie Spinks, Skift
There was no chance any cruise line's first quarter was going to be palatable. Norwegian Cruise Line's position gives an idea of how long the industry might take to recover.
2 months ago
Nivedita Balu, Reuters
It's no secret the highly consolidated cruise industry is in trouble, but Norwegian Cruise Line is the first to indicate it may not be able to survive the crisis.
2 months ago
Dennis Schaall, Skift
This week's coronavirus-related travel stories included Hong Kong legacy hotel competitors seeing a common threat, Blackstone has a Hilton playbook, Delta's CEO looked for a three-year recovery, and Expedia's new CEO got a private equity lifeline.
3 months ago
Rosie Spinks, Skift
Like the other two major cruise lines, Norwegian Cruise Line is struggling to financially survive in a time when ships are docked and no revenue is coming in.
3 months ago
Dennis Schaal, Skift
Bear or bull? There are diverging options about an economic recovery and McKinsey covered various scenarios. In other coronavirus stories this week, Booking Holdings applied for UK and Netherlands government relief, the U.S. travel industry has a wish list for the next relief package, cruise lines appear ready to defy a no-sail order, and hospitality students see the job market disappear.
3 months ago
Rosie Spinks, Skift
The cruise industry appears to be taking a contrarian stance to U.S. public health officials, a move that's baffling given the industry's need to rehabilitate its image.
3 months ago
Rosie Spinks, Skift
Carnival is facing two unprecedented crises: Lost revenue from the complete cessation of its cruising operations and an optics nightmare that puts the future of cruising's popularity in genuine doubt.
3 months ago
Dennis Schaal, Skift
Most travel brands aren't doing TV or much of any advertising now because of the pandemic. But for the ones still broadcasting spots, they'd better be very clever in terms of sensitivities, or risk brand damage.
4 months ago