About 50% fewer cruise passengers expected by 2024 ourism authorities in the Cayman Islands are expecting a sharp decline in the number of cruise passengers arriving in its capital, George Town, over
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…where humpbacks go to play By Mike Jarrett n winter, thousands of humpback whales leave the icy waters of the Arctic to frolic in the warm, welcoming waters of Samana Bay and the north side of the Do
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2021, August 1: As of September 3, 2021, The Bahamas will require arriving cruise passengers to be vaccinated. The new regulation by The Bahamian government was issued mid-August. The regulation will
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Antigua Cruise Port resumes 2021, August 1: Antigua & Barbuda welcomed its first mega cruise ship since the CDC pulled the plug on cruise business. St. John’s rolled out the hospitality in welcomi
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Fear in Caribbean cruise ports about COVID-19 are of real concern. Yet Caribbean governments have found a strong and supportive ally in the cruise lines. 2021, August 1: The first cruise ship to dock
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April 2, 2021: The long-anticipated CDC update for cruise did not mention a date for resumption. It did, however, put great responsibility on the lines for operating safely. And it required that all p
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Cruise lines slashing prices up to 50% 2021, April 2: Cruise lines were aggressively slashing prices at the end of March 2021 in an all-out effort to bring cruisers back and to address mounting losses
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Virgin’s Ladies for the Caribbean 202, April 2: The Virgin brand has entered the Caribbean cruise world. The flagship of Virgin Voyages mv Scarlet Lady, was scheduled to make her maiden voyage on Apri
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Cruise blues and COVID-19 – a global industry in peril 2020, April 2: On March 8, the global community paused to engage in its annual practice of acknowledging and saluting the role and successes of w
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Port Royal's potential as the Caribbean’s most famous cruise destination By Mike Jarrett Port Royal was once the most famous city in the Western hemisphere. And, by the late 17th Century it had become
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