Norwegian Cruise Lines will base a cruise ship in New Orleans, Southwest Airlines faces FAA investigation on maintenance again, Airline CFOs are confident airline business will improve
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NTSB blames pilot error in Colgan crash, AA managers may fill in for flight attendants if they go on strike, NCL Olympic charter canceled because of low bookings
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Sick of screaming kids and the loud “boom boom music” at the Lido Deck pool? Want to get away? Find out which cruise ships offer adult-only areas that offer nirvana away from the onboard madness.
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Last year, Norwegian Cruise Line launched Freestyle 2.0 — a $50 million fleetwide initiative to further improve the guest experience. And, wow have they succeeded. So much so, it’s become a premium cruise experience.
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Beyond the much-publicized case of Jennifer Ellis-Seitz, who jumped off the Norwegian Pearl last week in what now appears to be a suicide, it’s been a bad-news kinda month for cruise lines.
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There has been a lot of buzz in European shipyards the past two weeks about a dispute between Norwegian Cruise Line (NCL) and Aker Yards S.A. of France regarding NCL’s order for the first of two F3 vessels. The 150,000-ton, 4,200-berth ships are the biggest ever commissioned by NCL. Reports say the building has stopped and other cruise lines are showing interest in taking over the F3 project.
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High gasoline prices and a slumping economy have put a damper on leisure travel. The timing couldn’t be worse for the cruise lines. With 35 vessels on order over the next four years at a total cost of 22 billion some cruise lines are cutting back and repositioning their fleets, laying off employees, and holding off from ordering new ships.
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It’s a tale of two cruise lines, both with very different visions for their customers. Last week, Royal Caribbean International and Norwegian Cruise Line unveiled the latest onboard amenities for their new ships. What can customers expect? Would you believe a zip-line, ice bar, neighborhoods, curved staterooms, carousel and outdoor amphitheaters? And that’s just for starters.
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A nightclub. An ice bar. A bowling alley. No, these aren’t coming to a new five-star resort — they’re going out to sea. Norwegian Cruise Lines is including them in its new F3 megaships.
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