Cruise News for the Week of April 19

Cruise News for the Week of April 19 ...more

Future of Travel, Tourism, Hotels - European consumer trends

Future of the travel industry, package holidays, tourism, travel agents, corporate travel, vacation planning, online booking systems, social networks, facebook, twitter. ...more

Royal Highness Princess Maxima of the Netherlands to Name Holland America Line's Ms Nieuw Amsterdam

Her Royal Highness Princess Maxima of the Netherlands will name Holland America Line's new Signature-class ship, ms Nieuw Amsterdam, in a ceremony in Venice, Italy, July 4, 2010. The 2,106-guest ship is the fourth to carry that name for the line and is being built by Italian shipyard Fincantieri-Cantieri Navali Italiani S.p.A. in Marghera, Italy. ...more

Celebrity Cruises Designs Diverse Portfolio of Warm-Weather Getaways in Winter 2011-12

Hot on the heels of its recent announcement that all of its widely heralded Solstice-class ships will sail together in Europe in the summer of 2011, today Celebrity Cruises announced that the four stylish vessels also will glide through the waters of the Caribbean later that year and into early 2012. Cruisers can book most of Celebrity's 2011-12 winter cruises and cruisetours beginning today. ...more

FIU School of Hospitality’s S New Carnival Student Center Underway

Leaders of two travel and tourism giants came together for the April 5th groundbreaking of Florida International University (FIU) School of Hospitality’s new Carnival Student Center. ...more

Travel Tripper Takes Bigger Bite of the Big Apple with Apple Core Hotels

Early leader in online hotel distribution selects Travel Tripper’s RezTrip 2.0 booking engine to help drive online sales for its five Mid-Manhattan properties. ...more

CRUISING AND CONSERVATION: CRUISE LINES COMMEMORATE EARTH DAY

Industry continues leadership on environmental progress and innovation ...more

Post-Recession Online Travel Trends

After years of healthy growth, a perfect storm of global recession, high unemployment, terrorism scares, flu-pandemic fears and continued economic uncertainty took a devastating toll on the US travel industry in 2009. But usage of the Internet for researching, discussing and booking leisure and unmanaged business travel has shown surprising resilience. ...more

Club Med Cancels Lebanon Stop On Mediterranean Cruise After Wiesenthal Center Protest

Club Med, reacting to a strong protest from the Simon Wiesenthal Center cancelled its scheduled stop in Lebanon because the Lebanese government would not accept any passenger on the ship carrying an Israeli passport or passengers whose passport carried a stamp indicating they had visited Israel. ...more

P&O Cruises to Offer Mediterranean Fly-Cruising As Part of Largest Ever Programme

P&O Cruises is offering its largest ever cruise programme next year, including fly-cruise holidays to the Mediterranean on new small ship Adonia joining the fleet in May 2011 and the first full year of cruising for 3,100 passenger ship Azura. ...more

CLIA Opens Registration for Trainingfest 2010

Two-day Seminar/Trade Show to Visit 11 Cities in U.S. and Canada Between July and September ...more

Cruise West Re-Traces Famed Expedition With Columbia & Snake River Cruise

Tracing the travels of explorers Lewis and Clark, Cruise West (www.cruisewest.com), the world's leading provider of small-ship explorations to the most fascinating destinations on earth, sails on two of the West's mightiest rivers with the seven-night River Voyage of Discovery from April through October. ...more

Access America Travel Insurance Claims From Ash Cloud Could Rival 9/11 Payout

Company says thousands of customers impacted ...more

Mobile E-Commerce Predicted to Increase 65% Annually Through 2015

MarketResearch.com has announced the addition of Coda Research Consultancy Ltd.'s new report US mobile advertising and eCommerce revenues, with forecasts to 2015, to their collection of Wireless Internet market reports. ...more

New Study: Marketing Strategies That Resonate With Youth Markets

MarketResearch.com has announced the addition of Wireless World Forum's new report 'Mobile Youth 2010,' to their collection of Lifestye & Economics market reports. ...more