There are two news items that continue to make the rounds this week which are not especially flattering to the cruise industry. One… A Holland America ship, the Veendam, arrived back in Fort Lauderdale from a cruise with more than 100 passengers ill with norovirus. Comment: As we have long pointed out, this gastrointestinal sickness… Continue reading Things That Aren't Going Well In Cruise Industry
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Olympians Beware: It's Like A Cruise Ship There!
We've been watching a lot of television, some delayed and some live, from the Olympic Winter Games in Russia this week. Last night (well, it was "last night" somewhere), Mexico's lone athlete was on the tube, even though he isn't really from Mexico, but that's another story. He was talking about being in the Olympic… Continue reading Olympians Beware: It's Like A Cruise Ship There!
Norovirus: Nuggets From A Message Board
Maybe it's just generational but we're not really big fans of message boards, where readers pose as writers and sound off about whatever is on their minds, often unloading some deep-seated anger or satisfying an urge to be heard. Sometimes, however, they are valuable information sources. One such example is cruise passengers reporting to Cruise… Continue reading Norovirus: Nuggets From A Message Board
Norovirus vaccine results looking good: More clinical trials before it's available
Rightly or not, norovirus is known as the "cruise ship virus" because almost every time it surfaces in a public way, it's on a cruise ship. It also happens wherever large numbers of people gather, particularly in fairly confined spaces, and you need no other proof that it is not confined to ships than this… Continue reading Norovirus vaccine results looking good: More clinical trials before it's available
Grand Turk Terminal Trouble
We had an email last week from a sommelier we met on a cruise ship. He is from the Philippines and, in our exchanges over a few days, five words from his email were perhaps most meaningful. "Without you is without us." He wasn't referring to "us" in particular, but to all cruise passengers. He… Continue reading Grand Turk Terminal Trouble