The number of cruise passengers in 2024 has reached a new high of 2.5 million, according to the latest figures from CLIA UK and Ireland. Based on the latest figures from the Cruise Lines Association, the total of 2.4 million represents a 5.2% increase on the previous record of 2.3 million, set in 2023. Cruises […]
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The relationship between the port and the new cruise ships and the hundreds of tourists arriving at the ports are the dominant elements of the second day of the Posidonia Sea Tourism Forum in Heraklion, Crete, as industry leaders, port operators and local authorities faced a trio of challenges: infrastructure, community pressures and the urgent […]
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The 8th Posidonia Sea Tourism Forum (PSTF) opened today in the port city of Heraklion, Crete, marking a pivotal moment in the Mediterranean’s cruise tourism landscape. Hosted for the first time on Greece’s largest island, the forum brought together over 200 senior executives, policy makers, port authorities, and tourism experts to explore the future of […]
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Richard Branson’s adults-only cruise initiative, Virgin Voyages, has had a rough start in the pandemic era, with its first ship, the Scarlet Lady, setting sail in 2021. “Last year, we saw this real turning point in momentum,” Skift CEO Nirmal Saverimuttu told Skift, adding: “We had a 60% increase in revenue.” The CEO said that […]
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“Restart” cruising in Santorini, after the joint ministerial decision, which gives the “green light” for cruise ships to sail to the island, under certain conditions. According to the Thira Port Authority, the first cruise ship to arrive in Santorini on Sunday, March 23, is the Celestyal Cruises cruise ship Celestyal Discovery, which will arrive on […]
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TUI Cruises has published the “log book” with the journeys of the 2026/2027 winter season. The cruises are to be bookable “shortly”, the shipping company informs. The trails in the winter after next are Central America, the Caribbean, the Orient, Asia, the Canary Islands, the western Mediterranean Sea and the Baltic Sea and Northern Europe. […]
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3.7 million guests travelled with TUI in Q1 2025 (October to December 2024). This led to an increase in Group turnover of 13% to 4.9 billion euros. TUI has made a successful and positive start to the new financial year. ‘TUI is strategically well positioned. Thanks to our integrated business model, we are creating synergies […]
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Hot tubs were the most likely source of the outbreaks that occurred on two cruise ships between 2022 and 2024, according to the US Centers for Disease Control. Legionnaires’ disease is a potentially life-threatening pneumonia caused by the Legionella bacterium. From November 2022 to June 2024, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) […]
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A record one million travellers from the UK and Ireland cruised in the first half of 2024, according to the latest figures from the Cruise Lines International Association (CLIA). This was the first time that the figures for the first half of the year exceeded the landmark number, reaching 1.05 million and representing a 10% […]
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Reactions have followed announcements of a cruise tax, with Costa Cruises announcing the cancellation of most of the scheduled calls of its Costa Fascinosa ship to Santorini in 2025. More specifically, the Costa Fascinosa, which is expected to offer seven-night cruises in the Eastern Mediterranean throughout the summer, is set to cancel over 15 visits […]
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