Text size Skip Royal Caribbean’s Liberty of the Seas on May 19 in Miami Beach, Fla. Cliff Hawkins / Getty Images Royal Caribbean Group CEO Richard Fain continues to see a slow return to business, at least initially, if that happens. Several companies have started operating cruises in Asia and …
Read More »12,000 workers of cruise ships still at sea after the shutdown of COVID-19
More than 12,000 cruise ship workers are still at sea in U.S. waters, five months after the sector shut down due to the coronavirus pandemic. That number is down from more than 70,000 in May, according to a report. There are 57 cruise ships “anchored, anchored or en route near …
Read More »Cruise ship stocks plummet after CDC extends order not to sail until September
Cruise stocks fell in Friday morning trading, continuing a recession after the CDC extended its order not to sail until September 30. Royal Caribbean fell as much as 4.5%, while Carnival and Norwegian Cruise Line fell 2.9% and 3.8%, respectively. All three companies sank at least 7% in Thursday’s session. …
Read More »American couple files suit after barely surviving New Zealand’s deadly volcano eruption: “We are very angry”
An American couple who survived a deadly volcanic eruption in New Zealand It is filing a lawsuit Thursday against a tourism company and a cruise line. White Island volcano eruption in December killed 21 people, mostly tourists. Matt and Lauren Urey claim that Royal Caribbean and ID Tours New Zealand …
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