The ’80s Cruise Reveals Star-Studded 2027 Lineup Featuring Chaka Khan and More
The ‘80s Cruise has just celebrated its 10th anniversary and organizers have announced the lineup for 2027, headlined by Chaka Khan. (more…)
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Sitka Dock Owner, Cruise Line Sign Deal
As one of the world’s largest cruise ships arrived at the Sitka Sound Cruise Terminal today, the terminal owners announced a long-term docking agreement with Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. “It ensures they have a place to bring their ships and additional ships to Sitka for the future,” said Chris McGraw, manager of Sitka Sound Cruise Terminal. (sitkasentinel.com)
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Royal Caribbean Group sets summer return to Last Frontier
Royal Caribbean Group announced that this summer will mark the company’s long-awaited return to Alaska. World-class ships will set sail from Seattle on itineraries visiting the cherished communities of the Last Frontier once again, beginning in July. (more…)
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Royal Caribbean drops ‘cruises’ from company name
The Royal Caribbean cruise conglomerate has dropped the word “cruises” from its name as the industry takes a beating from the coronavirus pandemic. (nypost.com)
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Royal Caribbean Group names Dr. Calvin Johnson Global Head, Public Health and Chief Medical Officer
Royal Caribbean Group has named Dr. Calvin Johnson as Global Head, Public Health and Chief Medical Officer. (more…)
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Royal Caribbean Group reinvents cruise industry’s safety drill
Royal Caribbean Group is replacing one of the least-loved but most important parts of a cruise vacation – the safety drill – with Muster 2.0™, an entirely new approach to delivering safety information to guests. (more…)
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Carnival, RCCL groups received UK state aid
British entities in the Carnival Corporation & plc group and Royal Caribbean Group have received UK state aid, documents published by the Bank of England show. Carnival plc received £25 million and RCL Cruises Ltd £300 million in Covid Corporate Finance Facility funding from the British central bank. (cruisebusiness.com)
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Royal Caribbean Group acquires remaining interest in Silversea
Royal Caribbean Group has purchased the remaining shares of Silversea Cruises, a pioneer and leader in ultra-luxury and expedition cruising. The move to full ownership comes two years after Royal Caribbean Group acquired a two-thirds share of the cruise line in July 2018. (more…)
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Royal Caribbean Cruises and Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings collaborates to develop enhanced health and safety standards
Cruise industry leaders Royal Caribbean Group and Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings Ltd. announced a collaboration to develop enhanced cruise health and safety standards in response to the global COVID-19 pandemic. (more…)
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Pullmantur Fleet Will Likely Be Scrapped
The end may be nearing for the Monarch, Sovereign and Horizon as the trio of former Pullmantur ships could be heading for dismantling in Turkey, according to sources familiar with the matter. (cruiseindustrynews.com)
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Royal Caribbean have repatriated 95% of its crew members
Royal Caribbean has been diligently working on getting its crew members home, and reported on Wednesday that it has repatriated 95% of its crew members. Royal Caribbean Senior Vice President of Sales and Trade Support & Service Vicki Freed told travel agents in her weekly webinar that among its corporate brands, Royal Caribbean has repatriated 95% of its crew members so far, and that number will climb to 97% by July 15. (royalcaribbeanblog.com)
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Royal Caribbean Group to Reorganize Pullmantur Joint Venture
Cruises Investment Holding and Royal Caribbean Group said they have filed for the reorganization of their Pullmantur Cruceros joint venture under the terms of Spanish insolvency laws. (more…)
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Securing finances will allow cruise companies to reassure shareholders, says GlobalData
Both Norwegian Cruise Line and Royal Caribbean Cruises are following Carnival’s lead by securing their financial positions. By securing finances, cruise companies can dispel investors’ fears that they will not be able to survive the challenging months ahead. (more…)
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Royal Caribbean executives agree to the CDC’s terms for disembarking crew stuck on ships
Royal Caribbean Cruises crew members who have felt imprisoned on cruise ships during a standoff between the company and the CDC might soon be emancipated, according to letters sent to employees Sunday from the CEOs of Royal Caribbean International and Celebrity Cruises obtained by the Miami Herald. (miamiherald.com)
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Azamara President And CEO Larry Pimentel Resigns
Azamara president and CEO Larry Pimentel resigned on Wednesday. His resignation came among the announcement that Azamara parent company Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. (RCL), according to Reuters, laid off or furloughed 26 percent of its workforce in the U.S.—that number equates to about 1,300 of its 5,000-plus employees. (travelagentcentral.com)
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RCL reduces workforce in response to pandemic
“Earlier today (April 15), we told our employees the difficult news that we were laying off or furloughing approximately 26 percent of our more than 5,000 coworkers in the US. (more…)
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Cruise ‘visionary’ dies at age 90
Norwegian shipowner Arne Wilhelmsen, one of the founders of the large international Royal Caribbean Cruise Line (RCCL), died over the Easter holiday weekend with much of the cruise industry he helped form in turmoil. (newsinenglish.no)
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Cruseliner Royal Caribbean Wrongly Fined
This week the Dutch court in The Hague ruled that the American cruise liner Royal Caribbean was wrongly fined € 992,000 for assumed violation of rules and regulation related to working conditions. In 2014, the Inspectorate for working conditions levied the fine on base the Labour Act for aliens. (themaritimeadvocate.com)
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Stronger Together: Royal Caribbean Group Creates Rcl Cares To Help Inform Travel Advisors About Recovery Resources
The COVID-19 crisis has hit small businesses hard, from the local restaurant to the corner hardware store—and travel advisors are no exception. (more…)
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Royal Caribbean Asks for Delay in Building New Galveston Terminal
The financial hits from COVID-19 just keep on coming, as cruise companies are now slashing expenses by delaying the start of major projects. Late Friday, Rodger Rees, port director, Port of Galveston, Texas, informed the Wharves Board of Trustees that Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. (RCL) had requested a year-long extension before it begins construction on a new $100 million cruise terminal at the Port of Galveston’s Pier 10. (travelagentcentral.com)
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Adam Goldstein Out at Royal Caribbean Cruises
Adam Goldstein is no longer with Royal Caribbean Cruises. The company did not elaborate on the reason for Goldstein’s departure. “Adam Goldstein has made countless contributions to our company since the day he came to RCL in 1988. Adam worked his way up through various roles at the company to eventually serve as president and CEO of Royal Caribbean International, president and COO of RCL, and most recently as vice chairman,” the company said, in a statement. (cruiseindustrynews.com)
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Royal Caribbean announces new $300 million cruise destination in Freeport, Bahamas
Royal Caribbean’s new joint venture, Holistica Destinations, announced today a $300 million investment in Freeport, Grand Bahama that will redevelop the Freeport cruise ship terminal to bring a new world-class destination with a one-of-a-kind hotel, convention center, water adventure park and more. (more…)
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Royal Caribbean enhances itineraries to increase 2020 port calls to St. Maarten
Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. working in partnership with St. Maarten port representatives, has taken a significant step in advancing its relationship with the highly rated cruise destination of St. Maarten. (more…)
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TUI, Royal Caribbean Enlarge JV to Include Hapag-Lloyd
With the acquisition of Hapag-Lloyd Cruises by TUI Cruises, TUI Group and its partner Royal Caribbean Cruises are planning to grow their luxury, expedition and premium cruise segments and to attract new target audiences for luxury cruise products, the companies announced today as TUI Cruises acquired Hapag-Lloyd. (cruiseindustrynews.com)
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Royal Caribbean Sets 2025 Target
Royal Caribbean Cruises Chairman and CEO Richard Fain outlined the new company’s new 20 by 25 program on today’s 2019 year-end and Q4 earnings call, targeting $20 earnings per share by 2025. 2019 was the company’s 11th consecutive year of yield growth, which was attributed partially to new hardware, onboard revenue and cost control. (cruiseindustrynews.com)
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Galveston and Royal Caribbean Sign Long-Term Agreement for New Terminal
The Port of Galveston, the fourth most active cruise port in North America, has signed a long-term contract with Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. (RCL) for a new $100 million cruise terminal. Through the public-private partnership, RCL will build the terminal, then lease it from the port for an initial term of 20 years, with four 10-year extension options. (more…)
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Cruise ships in French waters agree to pollute less
The main cruise ship operators in French waters have agreed on measures to limit pollution caused by their vessels, including hooking up to the power grid instead of keeping their engines running during stopovers. The “Blue Charter” agreement signed in Marseille by Costa Cruises, MSC Cruises, Royal Carribean Cruises and Ponant also pledged to use less-polluting fuel when maneuvering in harbors as well as other measures to reduce emissions. (reuters.com)
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Gavin Smith Resumes Lead Role for Royal Caribbean in Australia
Royal Caribbean Cruises has named Gavin Smith managing director for Australia and New Zealand where he will be looking after the company’s three brands. He is replacing Susan Bonner who is moving to Miami to join Celebrity Cruises. (cruiseindustrynews.com)
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Royal Caribbean And WWF Breakthrough in Fight to Save Hawksbill Turtle from Extinction
On World Animal Day, Royal Caribbean International marks a major milestone in its partnership with the World Wide Fund for Nature-Australia, focused on saving the endangered hawksbill turtle species from extinction. (more…)
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Cruise Industry Veteran Named CEO of Holistica
Holistica, the destination company recently formed by Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. and privately-held ITM Group has appointed Carlos Torres de Navarra as Chief Executive Officer. (more…)
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Cruise ship stocks fall as drawn-out spike in oil prices could act as a drag on earnings
Shares of cruise ship operators slumped in midday trading Monday, amid concerns that the spike in crude oil prices could act as a drag on earnings. (marketwatch.com)
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Royal Caribbean Launches Relief Effort for Bahamas
The Bahamas has always been more than a destination for Royal Caribbean and our guests. For more than half a century, we’ve made many friends and many memories. The Bahamas is also home to more than 500 of our colleagues who work at Perfect Day at CocoCay and the Grand Bahama Shipyard. (more…)
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Market cap and more: How investors view two cruise companies
When Carnival Corp. successfully wrested P&O Princess Cruises away from Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. (RCCL) in a heavyweight takeover battle in 2003, many observers, including this writer, thought that it was game over. (travelweekly.com)
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Royal Caribbean is growing in China despite the economic slowdown — here’s why
China’s economy is slowing down, but the head of the Royal Caribbean Cruises told CNBC on Thursday that business there is “working beautifully.” Things are going well because the cruise line was prepared for the slowdown, CEO Richard Fain said in a one-on-one interview with Jim Cramer. (cnbc.com)
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Asia Pacific overtook Europe in 2018 as second most important passenger source
Asia Pacific has overtaken Europe as the second most important source region for cruise passengers, Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd (RCCL) said in its 2018 annual report. The number of Europeans that took a cruise increased by 3.0% to 6.99 million last year, while the Asia-Pacific region experienced a 29.4% increase, to 7.00 million, RCCL said. (cruisebusiness.com)
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Meyer Turku wins third Icon class ship contract from Royal Caribbean
Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. and Meyer Turku shipyard have signed an agreement (still subject to financing) on the delivery of a third Icon class cruise ship, to be delivered from Turku in the spring of 2025. (more…)
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Royal Caribbean and ITM Group Launch Sustainable Destination Company Holistica
Two respected leaders in the travel and tourism industry, Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. and privately-held ITM Group, are teaming to form a new destination company, to be called “Holistica”. (more…)
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Cayman Islands Signs Fourth Cruise Line Port Partner
The Cayman Islands has reached an agreement with MSC Cruises to provide funding toward the cost of a new cruise ship berthing facility in Grand Cayman harbor, said Alden McLaughlin, the country’s premier, in a statement this week. (travelpulse.com)
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After Accident, Oasis of the Seas to Return May 5
Royal Caribbean’s Oasis of the Seas will return in time for its normally scheduled May 5 sailing following the April 1 accident it suffered in the Grand Bahama Shipyard. The cruise line’s parent company, Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd., made the announcement as part of its first quarter earnings report. (travelagentcentral.com)
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Facial Recognition Comes to the Cruise Industry
Facial recognition technology has made major advancements in recent years, and it’s finding new applications everywhere, from law enforcement to domestic intelligence to retail. (maritime-executive.com)
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