Cruise Travel

Princess Cruises announced a maiden season for Diamond Princess, sailing to South America and Antarctica in fall 2021 and spring 2022, replacing Sapphire Princess on the same deployment from December through March.

Crystal Clean+ is considered the 2.0 version of Crystal’s already stringent standards of health and safety procedures, enhanced to further safeguard guests’ and crews’ wellbeing and offer travelers peace of mind when they return to cruising the world again.

With the continuation of travel and port restrictions due to global health concerns, Holland America Line is extending its pause of cruise operations and cancelling departures on all ships through Dec. 15, 2020.

Following the approval yesterday by the Italian government of the resumption of cruises and the new health protocol, Costa Cruises is planning to restart its operations from Italian ports gradually on September 6, 2020.

Crystal announced the expansion of its Crystal Clean+ safety and health protocols to the sister ships of Crystal River Cruises.

Holland America Line is changing the name of its newbuild from Ryndam to Rotterdam and designating it the new flagship of the fleet.

European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control, an agency of the European Union, has published "COVID-19: EU guidance for cruise ship operations".

As travelers continue to navigate the uncertainty of planning travel during this time, Crystal is expanding its peace of mind focused booking policies.

P&O Cruises has extended its rolling pause in operations across Australia and New Zealand to October 29, 2020 in response to the current impact of the global pandemic on the way we travel and holiday.

Crystal unveiled Crystal Clean+®, its initial set of safety and health protocols to be implemented on Ocean ships Crystal Serenity and Crystal Symphony once they return to sailing.

Due to the continued progression of COVID-19 and related decisions of various government, health authorities, and airlines regarding travel restrictions, Princess Cruises is extending its pause in cruise operations.

Captain Cook Cruises have reopened Tivua Island for day cruise experiences and also launched buy a coral - build a reef coral rejuvenation program.

Posidonia Exhibitions SA announced the cancellation of Posidonia 2020, originally planned for June 2020, and subsequently postponed to October 2020.

Holland America Line announced that Amsterdam, Maasdam, Rotterdam, and Veendam will be leaving the fleet and transferring to undisclosed buyers.