Setting Different Courses for Royal Caribbean and Celebrity
Further diversification of homeports and cruise lengths continue at Royal Caribbean International and Celebrity Cruises, according to Jamie Haller, director of deployment and itinerary planning. “The most significant development at Royal Caribbean in 2005,” he said, “is our expansion in the Northeast and our continuing diversification of cruise lengths. We now have regular sailings ranging…
Full Steam Ahead
11.1 million passengers are forecast to cruise on the fleet of the member cruise lines of the Cruise Lines International Association (CLIA) in 2005, according to the organization’s Chairman Andy Stuart, who is also executive vice president of marketing, sales and passenger services for Norwegian Cruise Line (NCL). Stuart broke the 11.1 million down into…
Safe Harbors
With so many different nationalities represented among cruise ships’ crews, seafarers’ and maritime workers’ unions clearly play an essential role when it comes to crafting labor (and various other) agreements for workers at sea. Most major cruise lines, say experts and union officials alike, have collective bargaining agreements on board their vessels and work readily…
Caribbean Cruise Capacity
Caribbean cruise capacity stays flat in 2005, compared to 2004 when it was up 5 percent; 2003, 13 percent; and 2002, 16 percent. According to estimates by Cruise Industry News, cruise ships will be able to carry 6.5 million passengers in the Caribbean (including the Bahamas, but excluding Panama Canal cruises) this year. But the…