New Pier Construction Continues at Antigua Cruise Port Despite Covid-19
Construction on the New Pier at Heritage Quay is moving full speed ahead despite brief delays due to the coronavirus pandemic. (more…)
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Antigua “Making Progress” on Fifth Cruise Berth
While COVID-19 has impacted the destination’s tourism sector, Antigua and Barbuda officials say it is continuing to construct a fifth cruise berth, which will be ready at the beginning of the upcoming winter tourist season. (caribjournal.com)
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Royal Caribbean Signs Agreement With Antigua For First Royal Beach Club
Royal Caribbean International and the government of Antigua and Barbuda, along with the assistance of the Consulate General of Antigua and Barbuda, have signed an agreement for the company’s first Royal Beach Club. (more…)
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Royal Caribbean to Open “the ultimate beach day”, a New Destination Concept in Antigua
Royal Caribbean International has announced its newest mission: delivering the ultimate beach day. The company said its first Royal Beach Club will launch in Antigua, along a half-mile of beachfront near Fort James. (more…)
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Global Ports Holding begin Operationsat Antigua Cruise Port
Global Ports Holding Plc (“GPH”), the world’s largest independent cruise port operator, is pleased to announce that it begins cruise port operations in Antigua. This follows the signing of an agreement with the Government of Antigua and Barbuda on 1st February 2019. (more…)
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Carnival Cruise Line and Port of Antigua Reach Agreement, Ships to Return
Less than one month after Carnival Cruise Line announced it was pulling its ships out of Antigua’s cruise port, officials have reached an agreement that will bring Carnival ships back to the island on new terms. (cruisecritic.com)
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More Cruise Lines Stop Sending Ships to Antigua
More cruise lines cancel calls to the Caribbean cruise destination of Antigua after Carnival Cruise Line decided to stop all ship visits from later in the year. (cruisehive.com)
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Carnival Cruise Lines cancels stops to Antigua
President of the Antigua and Barbuda Cruise Tourism Association (ABCTA), Nathan Dundas, says the island could lose a significant amount of money as a result of the decision of the Florida-based Carnival Cruise Lines to cancel several schedule calls. (nationnews.com)
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Global Ports Holding signs 30-year concession agreement with the Government of Antigua and Barbuda
Global Ports Holding Plc (“GPH” or “Group”), the world’s largest independent cruise port operator, is pleased to announce that, following it signing of a Memorandum of Understanding which was announced on 9 November 2018, GPH has now signed a 30-year concession agreement with the Government of Antigua and Barbuda for cruise port operations in Antigua on an exclusive basis. (more…)
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Cruise ships return to Barbuda with Windstar call
Barbuda next week will welcome its first cruise line since it was slammed last fall by Hurricane Irma: Windstar Cruises. The Wind Surf, the largest ship in the fleet, with capacity for 310 guests, will make nine biweekly calls to Barbuda in the 2018-2019 season starting with a Dec. 8 call. (travelweekly.com)
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Global Ports Holding Eyes Antigua Port Deal, New Pier
Global Ports Holding (GPH) has announced that it has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Government of Antigua and Barbuda to negotiate a long-term concession for cruise port operations for Antigua, including St. John’s cruise port. (cruiseindustrynews.com)
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Antigua Continues Cruise Expansion
Cruise passenger arrivals continue to boom in Antigua and Barbuda, part of a concerted effort to turn the Eastern Caribbean port into one of the region’s leading cruise players. Cruise arrivals totaled 520,465 in Antigua through the end of August, according to tourism officials, a 17.8 percent growth rate compared to the same period in 2017. (caribjournal.com)
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Record breaking cruise arrivals by year end at Antigua and Barbuda
Antigua and Barbuda is poised to receive 907,172 cruise ship visitors for this year. The Tourism Minister Asot Michael made the disclosure in a release to the media. (antiguaobserver.com)
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Antigua and Barbuda Present Cruise Master Plan
After three days of discussions and presentations to the cruise industry in South Florida, Antigua & Barbuda’s Minister of Tourism, Honorable Asot A. Michael, is “very encouraged” about the future of his country’s cruise sector, according to a statement. (cruiseindustrynews.com)
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Antigua: Cruise ship aborts call due to weather
The country missed an opportunity to host 3,000 passengers yesterday when bad weather forced the Azura Cruise Liner of P&O Cruises to abandon a call to St John’s Harbour. (antiguaobserver.com)
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Cruise passenger dies while snorkelling
A day of exploring Antigua ended tragically for a cruise passenger yesterday. Sixty-four-year-old Martin Brutosky of New York, died while snorkelling by Bird Island. The police do not suspect foul play. (antiguaobserver.com)
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Antigua becomes cruise line port
Antigua has made a leap forward to becoming a homeport for cruise lines, as St John’s will be one of four homes for the Spanish cruise line, Pullmantur. (antiguaobserver.com)
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Antigua & Barbuda. Record year for cruise tourism in 2015
Approximately 340 vessels visited the shores of Antigua & Barbuda in 2015, bringing a total of 650,000 passengers. According to President of the Antigua & Barbuda Cruise Tourism Association, this represents a “24 per cent increase over the past year”. (antiguaobserver.com)
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Antigua and Barbuda Prepares for Fruitful Winter Cruise Season
Antigua and Barbuda tourism officials are anticipating a busy winter cruise season. (travelpulse.com)
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Antigua and Barbuda: Major Upgrades Coming
Chinese investments will drive a significant pier upgrade for cruise ships in Antigua and Barbuda in the coming years. (more…)
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