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Carnival Cruise Line’s slogan is ‘Fun for all, all for fun’, but its employees aren’t having a good time after reportedly being told their positions will be replaced by foreign workers – and that they will be responsible for training them. (rt.com)
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In a move that critics argue will ultimately result in scores of well-paying, white-collar jobs being shipped out of South Florida, Carnival Corporation is eliminating 200 positions from its IT Department, CBS4 News has learned. (miami.cbslocal.com)
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The project will “not only rejuvenate and update the existing terminal to provide new contemporary amenities,” but will also expand the terminal through the construction of a new uilding in order to house both MSC Cruises’ next-generation cruise ship MSC Seaside, as well as MSC Divina, which is currently sailing year-round from Terminal F at PortMiami. (cruiseindustrynews.com)
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PortMiami welcomed Carnival Cruise Line’s newest, largest and most innovative ship, Carnival Vista, when it arrived yesterday (Nov. 27) to kick off a year-round schedule of six- and eight-day cruises to the Caribbean. (more…)
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Cruise Planners agents who have been with the franchise agency group for more than three years book an average of $747,000 of travel per year. That’s up from $620,000 last year and $524,000 the year before. (travelagentcentral.com)
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Coming off a record cruise year, PortMiami announced $33 million in State grants have been allocated to it over the next five years. This is another important step that will help the Port better respond to the next generation of cruise and cargo business, according to a prepared release. (cruiseindustrynews.com)
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(Updated October 10, 5 a.m. EDT) — The Port of Charleston reopened this morning to all cruise and cargo traffic. (cruisecritic.com)
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Federal health officials on Friday warned pregnant women not to travel to trendy Miami Beach after Florida confirmed that the mosquito-borne Zika virus was active in the popular tourist destination. (reuters.com)
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Royal Caribbean Cruises Limited announced its agreement with Miami-Dade county to build a new terminal at PortMiami, scheduled to be complete by December 2018. An investment of $200 million, the terminal will be built on land the line has leased from the county, and will be large enough to accommodate Oasis-class ships. (cruisecritic.com)
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Miami’s newest hometown ship, Empress of the Seas, arrived to her new homeport today (May 25) after a $50 million revitalization. The ship will set sail on her first sailing on Saturday, May 28 visiting Royal Caribbean’s private island CocoCay, Bahamas and Nassau, Bahamas. (more…)
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Crystal Cruises, the luxury cruise shipping company in the Genting Hong Kong group, said it plans to make the historic Shrine Building in downtown Miami its central display location for portfolio. (cruisebusiness.com)
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As PortMiami wraps up a trailblazing contract for one cruise line to build a terminal that could add 1 million passengers a year at the port, it’s preparing to unveil a parallel deal with another cruise industry giant to build its own facility next door and add another million passengers. (miamitodaynews.com)
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Carnival Corporation & plc will welcome representatives from leading conservation, science and sustainability organizations Jan. 26-27 to its Miami headquarters for The Nature Conservancy’s Mapping Ocean Wealth annual forum.
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Greater Miami and the Beaches is kicking off 2016 with its third annual Miami Cruise Month (sponsored by Citibank), timed to coincide with Wave Season. (travelagentcentral.com)
Out with the old and in with the new. That’s the theme for the Florida cruise port shuffle in 2016 as new builds make their way to the Sunshine State. (orlandosentinel.com)
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A Honduran man is behind bars, Thursday, after he was accused of molesting an 11-year-old girl aboard a Disney cruise ship. (wsvn.com)
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Empress of the Seas will sail short cruises out of Miami when it returns to the Royal Caribbean fleet after spending eight years with sister company Pullmantur. (cruisecritic.com)
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Seatrade Cruise Global, formerly Cruise Shipping Miami, has just released program details for its next show taking place at the Broward County Convention Center from March 14-17. (bizjournals.com)
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The Celebrity Reflection cruise ship was given the “all-clear” Saturday after a security threat was found to be not credible, officials say. (nbcmiami.com)
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Juan Carlos Varela, the incumbent President of the Republic of Panamá, travelled to Miami this week to promote his country’s ports to cruise business. (cruisebusiness.com)
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With the christening of the Norwegian Escape, the Norwegian Cruise Line brand will complete 2015 with three year-round ships sailing from PortMiami. (cruiseindustrynews.com)
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The Norwegian Escape – Norwegian’s largest ship and the first in its Breakaway Plus Class – was christened today (Nov. 9) by Pitbull, who also performed at a PortMiami pier-side concert. (cruiseindustrynews.com)
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Royal Caribbean Cruises (RCC) President and COO Adam Goldstein and U.S. Maritime Administration (MARAD) Administrator Paul Jaenichen, together with a host of port authority, shipping and cruise line executives, and freight transportation coalition and consulting experts, will take the stage Nov. 3 and 4 during the 104th Annual Convention and Exposition of the American Association of Port Authorities (AAPA) – the unified and recognized voice of seaports in the Americas. (more…)
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My name is Edin Chavez, and I’m a photographer based in Miami, Florida. In my city, I often see giant cruise ships arriving and leaving the port. (petapixel.com)
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Norwegian Cruise Line announced today that music star Pitbull will serve as Godfather for its newest ship, Norwegian Escape. (cruiseindustrynews.com)
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Miami-Dade County, FL, commissioners have granted their support to a deal that would see Royal Caribbean massively expand its presence at PortMiami, The Miami Herald reports. (travelagentcentral.com)
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Royal Caribbean plans to build a $100 million terminal at the Port of Miami able to handle its biggest ships. According to an MOU between the cruise line and Miami-Dade County, the terminal has a July 31, 2018 completion target date. (cruiseindustrynews.com)
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Silversea Cruises has announced plans to relocate its Americas office from Fort Lauderdale to Miami, Florida, in late 2015. (travelagentcentral.com)
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Fifteen years after they first twinned, the Marseille Fos and Miami port authorities have renewed the link in a move to support further development of their mutual cruise interests. (more…)
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Cruise Business Review Editor and Publisher Teijo Niemela will be on hand in Miami when Virgin Cruises makes an announcement on Tuesday that will reveal more details about the new cruise line. (cruisebusiness.com)
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Miami, Port Canaveral and Port Everglades remain the three largest cruise ports in the world, despite the industry’s global expansion, according to the 2015-2016 Cruise Industry News Annual Report.
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BizBash, the resource hub for the event and meeting industry, has named Seatrade Cruise Global to its 2015 Top 100 South Florida Events List. (primo-magazine.blogspot.it)
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Crystal Cruises will open a branch office in Miami effective June 1. The branch expansion comes on the heels of the luxury cruise line’s acquisition by Genting Hong Kong, which was completed on May 15. (cruiseindustrynews.com)
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The Florida-Caribbean had a busy last day of Cruise Shipping Miami (CSM), with multiple meetings and a closing event for attendees to celebrate the end of CSM and finalize deals with the attending Member Line executives, presidents & CEOs. (travelandtourworld.com)
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In Miami, Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. has teamed up with Florida International University to build a 132,500-square-foot facility dedicated to training students and entertainers for three of its lines. (cruisecritic.com)
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Portland Port is delighted to announce that it has won Cruise Insight’s ‘Most Responsive Port’ award this year at the Cruise Shipping Exhibition in Miami.
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MedCruise presented to the cruise world gathered in Miami the 2015 edition of the MedCruise Statistical Report covering in detail the cruise activities in MedCruise Ports during 2014.
The Florida-Caribbean Cruise Association (FCCA) loaded Cruise Shipping Miami (CSM) attendees with meetings and networking opportunities yesterday (18 Mar 2015) (smn-news.com)
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Various rumors and odd “news” as heard by the Cruise Industry News editorial team at the 2015 Cruise Shipping Miami conference on Thursday.
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Various rumors and odd “news” as heard by the Cruise Industry News editorial team at the 2015 Cruise Shipping Miami conference on Wednesday. (cruiseindustrynews.com)
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