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CLIA has welcomed Hong Kong Tourism Board (HKTB) as its Headline Partner for September’s Cruise360 Australasia conference, putting Asia’s World City in the spotlight as a leading international cruise hub. (more…)
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StarCruises adds new 5-night itineraries from Hong Kong, linking Okinawa, Vietnam and Sanya as it deepens its post-pandemic focus on short regional cruising. (more…)
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Cruise operator apologised for cancelling three-day, two-night voyage to Xiamen on Friday evening. (more…)
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Luminara, the newest superyacht from The Ritz-Carlton Yacht Collection, made its maiden call in Hong Kong today (13 January). (more…)
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StarCruises announced today at a press conference the much- anticipated homeport deployment of the Star Voyager cruise ship in Hong Kong, set to begin this summer on 27 June 2025. (more…)
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The Tourism Commission and the Hong Kong Tourism Board (HKTB) is expecting 17 international cruises to call at the port throughout March 2025. (more…)
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Cruise Lines International Association (CLIA) has welcomed 100 new travel agent members to its ranks following a full-day workshop held this week at Hong Kong’s Kai Tak Cruise Terminal. (more…)
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Culture, sports and tourism minister Kevin Yeung on Monday said officials will study how to make better use of the Kai Tak Cruise Terminal. (more…)
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Following a four-year hiatus, Seatrade Cruise Asia Pacific will return next month from October 24 to 26 at the JW Marriott Hotel Hong Kong. (more…)
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“If a picture paints a thousand words…”, wrote David Gates of the pop group Bread in 1971. Unsurprisingly, it was a hit for the band. (more…)
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The operator of Hong Kong’s Kai Tak Cruise Terminal has rejected suggestions to revitalise the site as a shopping centre, after lawmakers and industry players proposed revamping the underused facility to attract more tourism. (more…)
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The transport problem at Kai Tak Cruise Terminal gives a bad impression to tourists arriving in Hong Kong, and might impact the recovery of the tourism industry. (more…)
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Seatrade Cruise, the cruise industry’s leading platform for collaborating, innovating and connecting, announces the return of Seatrade Cruise Asia Pacific this October after a four-year hiatus. (more…)
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Resorts World Cruises, Asia’s latest dynamic lifestyle cruise brand is pleased to announce its new winter season deployment for Resorts World One, cruising from Hong Kong to Sanya, Hainan. (more…)
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After reopening for cruise ships in January, Hong Kong is expecting to receive a total of 160 calls from 16 cruise lines through the end of 2023. (more…)
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‘Hello Hong Kong!’ Resorts World One commenced her maiden voyage today, March 10th 2023, from the Kai Tak Cruise Terminal for a weekend high-seas cruise, after arriving in Hong Kong on 8 March 2023. (more…)
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Worldwide Cruise Terminals (WCT), manager and operator of the Kai Tak Cruise Terminal, said in a statement that it welcomes the resumption of international ship calls at the Kai Tak Cruise Terminal and a new homeport deployment for Hong Kong from March 8. (more…)
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Resorts World Cruises, a cruise line with cruise itineraries within Malaysia, Singapore and Thailand by the Genting Dream is pleased to announce cruises from Hong Kong with the Resorts World One from 10 March 2023, offering 2 and 3-night high-seas cruises, departing every Friday, Sunday and Wednesday of the week. (more…)
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Hong Kong is set to welcome the first overseas cruise ship since the Covid-19 pandemic began, but an industry leader has warned most operators are still hesitant about coming to the city due to its anti-epidemic curbs. (more…)
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Cruise line Royal Caribbean International is expected to abandon its plans to relaunch a “cruise to nowhere” service in Hong Kong because it has taken too long to get permission from health authorities, the Post has learned. (more…)
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Royal Caribbean International is seeking approval to resume “cruises to nowhere” in Hong Kong, the Post has learned, while an industry leader called for more measures to attract operators back to the city. (more…)
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Hong Kong officials are seeking a cruise ship to restart the program of short cruises from the city to provide residents brief vacations as they work to restore more normalcy after extended COVID-19 restrictions in the city. (more…)
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Dream Cruises, a brand of casino cruise ship operator Genting Hong Kong Ltd, says it has been forced to cancel a two-night sailing scheduled to leave Hong Kong on Friday, due to that city’s government imposing with effect from Friday, a 14-day tightening of social-distancing measures. (ggrasia.com)
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More than 3,000 passengers and crew members were held on a major cruise liner in Hong Kong on Wednesday after a Covid scare prompted authorities to order the ship to return to port. (edition.cnn.com)
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Hong Kong authorities announced a two-week ban on flights from the United States and seven other countries and held 2,500 passengers on a cruise ship for coronavirus testing Wednesday as the city attempted to stem an emerging omicron outbreak. (bloomberg.com)
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All cruises have also been cancelled. Earlier on Wednesday, a ship carrying 3,700 passengers (“Spectrum of the Seas”) and crew was ordered to cut short its “cruise to nowhere” and return to port for mass testing after nine people were traced as close contacts of an Omicron case. (aljazeera.com)
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Royal Caribbean International has cancelled the Jan. 6 sailing aboard the “Spectrum of the Seas” from Hong Kong following what it said was a notification from the Hong Kong Department of Health regarding nine close-contacts “of a confirmed community COVID-19 infected individual travelling onboard Spectrum of the Seas’ current sailing which departed on Jan. 2.” (cruiseindustrynews.com)
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Based on the latest guidelines by the Hong Kong authorities, Dream Cruises announced that “Genting Dream” will increase its passenger capacity from 50% to 75%, with effect from 1 December 2021, allowing over 2500 guests to enjoy a Super Seacation on every voyage. (more…)
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6 November marked Dream Cruises’ milestone of 100 days of safe sailings in Hong Kong with “Genting Dream”, which began on 30 July 2021. (more…)
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Worldwide Cruise Terminals (WCT), manager and operator of Hong Kong’s Kai Tak Cruise Terminal, on November 12th proudly welcomed its 800th passenger ship call since the commencement of operations in June 2013. (more…)
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In tightly restricted Hong Kong, ‘seacations’ — round-trip jaunts into international waters — are proving popular, but do they offer a sense of escape or underline the city’s isolation? (ft.com)
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A multinational giant offering “cruises to nowhere” has appealed to Hong Kong authorities to ease a 21-day service suspension imposed after a Covid-19 scare, with industry stakeholders estimating the firm is suffering a huge loss as a result of the halt. (scmp.com)
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Hong Kong authorities prevented a Royal Caribbean (RCL.N) cruise ship from departing the city’s terminal late on Thursday as a crew member was suspected to have COVID-19 after routine testing, the government and the cruise operator said. (reuters.com)
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The operator behind Hong Kong’s “cruises to nowhere” is seeking negotiations with the government to lift Covid-19 curbs on capacity after receiving an overwhelming response from the public in its first month of voyages. (scmp.com)
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Dream Cruises officially re-started its cruise service in Hong Kong on 30 July with Genting Dream’s maiden voyage of her first “Super Seacation” high seas itinerary. (more…)
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Today, Dream Cruises has completed an important step in the planned resumption of cruise operations in Hong Kong by providing the officers and crew of Genting Dream with their two doses of the Fosun Pharma/BioNTech Comirnaty COVID-19 mRNA Vaccine (BioNTech). (more…)
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Dream Cruises’ recently announced restart of cruises on board Genting Dream in Hong Kong has been met with an enthusiastic response from the public. (more…)
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Residents could be taking “cruises to nowhere” within months provided everyone on board is fully vaccinated against Covid-19 under a plan the Hong Kong government is discussing with operating companies. (scmp.com)
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Dream Cruises is pleased to announce the restart of cruises in Hong Kong, set to begin at the end of July with Genting Dream offering 2 and 3-night “Super Summer Seacations” on the high seas. (more…)
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Tenants and cruise lines at the underused Kai Tak Cruise Terminal on Friday called for more help to weather Hong Kong’s tourism slump, saying the government’s recent measures to support the industry did not go far enough. (scmp.com)
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