By David Randall 5 Min Read NEW YORK (Reuters) – Investors are watching next week’s earnings reports from hotels, cruise lines and other businesses that have been hard hit by COVID-19 for indications of which companies could be the first …

Investors eye shares of hotels, cruise lines as U.S. vaccinations pick up Read more »

Ask Rob for your favorite drink and the bartender — who MSC said learned mixology in the best intergalactic bars and spent time working on colonized Mars — will recognize your language (English, Italian, Spanish, French, German, Brazilian Portuguese, Chinese, …

This Cruise Ship Has a Robot Bartender That’s Ready to Mix Your Favorite Cocktail Read more »

Topline Though the market is still incredibly close to record highs reached this week, the broader stock market indexes are edging lower Friday as new coronavirus variants fuel bearishness over an economic recovery and better-than-expected earnings fail to impress Wall …

Carnival, Norwegian Head Up Losses As White House Considers New Domestic Travel Restrictions Read more »

This is part of WTH’s ‘We’re There to Help’ stimulus plan, echoing the company’s initials. ‘Success of our franchisees is our only business’ ‘For our franchise owners, travel is more than a passion. It is their livelihood and the pandemic …

World Travel Holdings offers up to $1m in loans to agency franchise owners Read more »

Regent Seven Seas Cruises has appointed Caroline Smith as vice president of global marketing and James Arnold as the new global public relations director, effective immediately.  With more than 15 years of strategic brand management and communications experience, Smith will lead …

Regent Seven Seas Cruises Makes Appointments in Marketing and PR Read more »

Royal Caribbean Group’s three cruise lines, Royal Caribbean International, Celebrity Cruises and Silversea Cruises, will require crew members to receive the Covid-19 vaccine prior to returning to work on their ships. Royal Caribbean Group confirmed the text of a letter …

Royal Caribbean, Celebrity and Silversea will require vaccines for crew Read more »

The head of the U.S. Federal Maritime Commission encouraged the Biden administration and Congress to consider a limited exception to the Passenger Vessel Services Act (PVSA) while engaging the Canadian government to address the extension of its cruise ban into …

Biden, Congress urged to grant an exception for Alaska cruising Read more »

BOSTON – Knowing that sales improve when travel advisors actually sail on the product they are selling, Emerald Cruises and Scenic Luxury Cruises Tours have announced a program to both reward the advisor’s sales efforts and let them experience what …

Emerald Cruises and Scenic announce Book Three, cruise for free for travel advisors Read more »