Windstar Cruises and L.A.’s Crypto.com Arena Join Forces to Connect Live Entertainment Fans with Luxury Travelers
Windstar Cruises has launched a new collaboration with AEG, the leading sports and live entertainment company. (more…)
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Princess Cruises Named Official Cruise Vacation Partner of Los Angeles Rams
Princess Cruises, the iconic West Coast-based cruise operator whose association with The Love Boat and Hollywood made the cruise line known to all, today announced it has teamed up with the Los Angeles Rams. (more…)
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Top Travel Companies Honored With 2023 WAVE Awards From TravelAge West
More than 190 companies, individuals and destinations were celebrated by the readers of TravelAge West as part of the WAVE Awards held June 8 in Marina del Rey, Calif., at The Ritz-Carlton, Marina del Rey. (more…)
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Port Of Los Angeles Releases Draft Request For Proposals On Cruise Terminal Development
The Port of Los Angeles is inviting comments on a draft Request for Proposals (RFP) for the future development of a new Outer Harbor Cruise Terminal and redevelopment of the existing World Cruise Center on the LA Waterfront. (more…)
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Viking’s Newest Ocean Ship Named In Los Angeles By Nasa Astronaut & Aquanaut Nicole Stott. New 930-Guest Viking Neptune Was Named During the 2022-2023 Viking World Cruise
Viking named its newest ocean ship, the Viking Neptune®, with a celebration on Sunday in Los Angeles. (more…)
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Royal Caribbean Group First Cruise Company in US to Sail Using Renewable Diesel Fuel. Group partners with World Fuel Services for first bunkering of lower carbon fuel
Royal Caribbean Group (NYSE: RCL) became the first major cruise line operator to sail a cruise ship from a U.S. port while using renewable diesel fuel to meet part of the ship’s fuel needs when Navigator of the Seas set sail from the Port of Los Angeles. (more…)
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The Original Cast of “The Love Boat” meets “The Real Love Boat” hosts and crew onboard Discovery Princess at the Port of Los Angeles
The Love Boat….promises something for everyone…proved true today (Oct. 22) as the cast members from the original scripted show “The Love Boat” met with the hosts of CBS’s romantic adventure dating show “The Real Love Boat,” Rebecca Romijn and Jerry O’Connell, and The Real Love Boat Crew. (more…)
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Celebrity Cruises Returns To Los Angeles With New Season Of Mexican Riviera Itineraries. Highly-Lauded Celebrity Solstice Makes Market Debut
Celebrity Cruises celebrated its return to the Port of Los Angeles following an eight-year hiatus when Celebrity Solstice® set sail from the West Coast port on Saturday, Sept. 24, 2022. (more…)
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“Star Trek: The Cruise VI” To Explore New Worlds And New Civilizations As It Sails From Los Angeles For The First Time
Star Trek: The Cruise and its crew will carry on Star Trek’s storied mission to explore new worlds, seek out new life and new civilizations when the voyage sails from Los Angeles for the very first time next year. (more…)
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Discovery Princess Officially Named by TV Star Godparents. Randy Fenoli, Chef Alex Guarnaschelli, Adam Savage and Page Turner Christen Princess Cruises’ Newest Ship In Traditional Maritime Naming Ceremony
In an imaginative ceremony yesterday (April 29, 2022) at the Port of Los Angeles, television stars and show hosts united as godparents and officially named Discovery Princess. (more…)
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Princess Cruises Reveals Celebrity Godparents of Discovery Princess. elevision Stars Randy Fenoli, Chef Alex Guarnaschelli, Adam Savage, and Page Turner to Officially Name Cruise Line’s Newest Ship
Television stars and show hosts will unite as godparents to officially name the newest Princess Cruises ship – Discovery Princess. (more…)
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Cruise ship returns to LA as passengers test positive for COVID-19
A Princess Cruise ship returned to Los Angeles this week after an unknown number of passengers tested positive for COVID-19. (more…)
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Princess cruise ship with COVID-positive guests, staff docks in Los Angeles
A Grand Princess cruise ship where both staff and guests tested positive for COVID-19 onboard has arrived in Los Angeles. (more…)
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Discovery Princess Sets Sail on Maiden Voyage. Bon Voyage to Discovery Princess as the New Cruise Ship Departs for Mexico from the Port of Los Angeles
Princess Cruises, the leading cruise line on the west coast with the longest history sailing out of the Port of Los Angeles, today (March 27, 2022) revealed a first glimpse of its newest MedallionClass ship – Discovery Princess – celebrating her maiden voyage to the Mexican Riviera. (more…)
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Royal Caribbean International is back in California after more than a decade. “Navigator of the Seas” Sets Sail from Los Angeles for the First Time
Royal Caribbean International is back in California after more than a decade, and it’s rolling out the red carpet for families and travelers of all ages looking to get away on a memorable vacation. (more…)
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Port Of Los Angeles Gears Up For A Robust Return Of Cruise Ship Sailings. 2022 Schedule has 200+ Sailings
The departure of the Grand Princess at the Port of Los Angeles on September 25 signaled the start of a big comeback for cruise ship operations at the World Cruise Center on the LA Waterfront. (more…)
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Majestic Princess Celebrates Maiden Call at the Port of Los Angeles
Princess Cruises celebrated the arrival and return to service of Majestic Princess at the Port of Los Angeles today, Oct. 6, 2021. Princess Cruises and the Port of Los Angeles highlighted the positive multi-dimensional impact cruising has on Los Angeles and surrounding communities. (more…)
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Grand Princess First Ship to Set Sail from the Port of Los Angeles
Princess Cruises sails guests from the Port of Los Angeles this afternoon (Sept. 25, 2021), marking the first cruise vacation departure from San Pedro since the cruise industry’s pause in operations early last year. (more…)
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Majestic Princess Crew Members Receive COVID-19 Vaccines At The Port of Los Angeles World Cruise Center
Majestic Princess crew members received COVID-19 vaccinations today (May 21) at the Port of Los Angeles. In partnership with The Los Angeles County Department of Public Health, Ports America, and Metro Cruise Services, Ambulnz administered 221 COVID-19 vaccines. (more…)
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Long Beach – LA: Pain at the Ports as Cruise-Related Businesses Wait Out Pandemic
John Tallichet was looking forward to the opening of the new Gerald Desmond Bridge across the Back Channel at the Port of Long Beach, but when the seven-year construction effort finally wound down in October, the moment was bittersweet. (labusinessjournal.com)
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Celebrity Cruises Announces Return to Mexican Riviera in Fall 2022
Following an eight-year absence, Celebrity Cruises announced last week its return to the Mexican Riviera with a variety of 7-night and 8-night sailings. (more…)
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Princess Cruises: LA’s New Homeport Cruise Ship Offers Robust Entertainment Offerings
Princess Cruises’ newest and largest cruise ship to sail from the West Coast – Royal Princess – offers guests a unique opportunity to hear from an impressive line-up of celebrity speakers as they sail to the sunny Mexican Riviera. (more…)
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Royal Princess Arrives For Her Maiden West Coast Season at the Port of Los Angeles World Cruise Center
At the Port of Los Angeles today (March 23) a Royal Princess arrived – that is, the 3,560-guest Princess Cruises ship – now here to take travelers to sought-after destinations including the Mexican Riviera, the California Coast and Alaska. (more…)
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MSC’s cruise ship Magnifica gets a hearty welcome on its first L.A. visit
MSC Cruises’ Magnifica was welcomed to San Pedro on Wednesday with plaques, flags and best wishes. The ship received the over-the-top greeting at the Port of Los Angeles because it’s the first time any MSC ship has been on the West Coast. (latimes.com)
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Princess Cruises Exclusive Burger Now Available at Electric Owl in Los Angeles
The “Ernesto,” the signature burger of The Salty Dog Gastropub aboard select Princess Cruises ships will now be available on land for the first time, added as a featured item on the dinner menu of chef partner, Ernesto Uchimura’s Los Angeles based neighborhood restaurant and bar, Electric Owl. (more…)
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Los Angeles: Turning The Corner
It will be another consistent year for the Port of Los Angeles in 2017, with around 120 calls and 600,000 passengers. (cruiseindustrynews.com)
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Port of LA: Roadway and Traffic Improvements
The Port of Los Angeles joined local officials and community leaders to kick off construction of the Harbor Boulevard Roadway Improvements Projects, a reconfigured three-street intersection at Harbor Boulevard, 7th Street and Sampson Way in San Pedro. (cruiseindustrynews.com)
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At Port of LA, cruise-ship security a monumental task
Cruise ships are floating cities at sea that carry thousands of passengers and crew – and could be at risk from potential terrorist attacks. (abc7.com)
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Princess Cruises Reunites “The Love Boat” Cast to Celebrate 50th Anniversary
It all began on this day 50 years ago with a cruise to Mexico on a single cruise ship, Princess Patricia.
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A Power Outage on a Princess Cruise Ship Led to an Unexpected Love Boat Reunion
A funny thing happened Saturday in San Pedro. In the middle of a Princess Cruises event on board the Crown Princess to introduce its new entertainment, a Love Boat reunion broke out. (laweekly.com)
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Windstar Celebrates Top Travel Agents at Emmy Awards
Windstar celebrated the winners of its 2015 Rising Stars Challenge this weekend at the 67th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards in Los Angeles, California. (travelagentcentral.com)
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Norovirus strikes the ‘Coral Princess’, 6th cruise ship outbreak of 2015
As the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) Vessel Sanitation Program personnel go aboard the Princess Cruises’ Coral Princess when it docks in Los Angeles today, they will be facing an norovirus outbreak investigation which has sickened 111 passengers and crew, according to the most up-to-date data. (outbreaknewstoday.com)
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