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Crystal Cruises suspends operations

In one of the latest fall outs from Genting Hong Kong’s liquidation filing, its Miami-headquartered luxury cruise brand Crystal Cruises yesterday announced that it was suspending operations. Following is the text of

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Genting Hong Kong files winding up petition

Genting Hong Kong, whose operations include Dream Cruises, Crystal Cruises and Star Cruises, yesterday filed a petition at the Supreme Court of Bermuda, pursuant to section 163 of the Bermuda Companies Act,

Genting Hong Kong: The other shoe drops

As we noted when German shipbuilder MV Werften filed for insolvency on January 10, the move raised big questions about the future of its parent Genting Hong Kong, whose operations include Dream

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American Cruise Lines to build 12 catamaran cruise vessels

Guilford, Conn., headquartered American Cruise Lines has unveiled plans for Project Blue—a fleet 12 identical 109-passenger sister ships of catamaran design. Operating exclusively in the U.S., they will more than double current

Commissioner Sola led cruise fact vfinding

Cruising: With CSO gone, booking season hopes mount

We’re now into the cruise industry’s “Wave season,” the three-month period from January 1 to March 31 when — prior to COVID — cruise lines and travel agents historically booked the largest

Preliminary insolvency administrator

Insolvency administrator goes to work at Genting’s German shipyards

There’s some good news for the approximately 2,000 employees at Genting Hong Kong’s German shipbuilding subsidiary MV Werften, which filed for insolvency January 10. Though they have not been paid their December

Princess Cruise Lines pleads guilty to second breach of probation

In a reminder that breaches of probation have consequences, the U.S. Department on Justice reports that Princess Cruise Lines Ltd. yesterday pleaded guilty to a second violation of probation imposed as a

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CLIA calls new CDC cruise warning “perplexing”

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has raised its COVID-19 Travel Health Notice level for cruising from Level 3 to Level 4, the highest level. The CDC says this reflects increases

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Royal Caribbean breaks industry silence on Omicron impact

Royal Caribbean Group has become the first major cruise ship operator to release a statement on the impact of the Omicron coronavirus on its business—and on the number of cases reported aboard

Ocean Victory in Alaska

Ocean Victory gets ice-block christening

The Ocean Victory, one of a series of X-Bow expedition cruise vessels of Ulstein’s CX103 design, was recently officially named in South Georgia in the Atlantic Ocean. The ship was christened by

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