Saturday, December 31, 2011

What will be the best Cruises in 2012 - CruiseCompare

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CruiseCompare

What will be the best Cruises in 2012
CruiseCompare
If you are considering booking your 2012 cruise holiday then be sure to do your research on which cruise line and cruise ship will best suit what you are looking for. If you are new to cruising, the earlier you start planning the better. ...

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Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked - Sydney Morning Herald

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Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked
Sydney Morning Herald
WHAT was to be a simple holiday on a huge cruise ship turns into a wonderful adventure on a desert island - and if you're like me, the eight-year-old in you will love the journey. Not least for the surprises: the island is not as deserted as it looks ...

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Planning helps ensure cruise is dream vacation - TheChronicleHerald.ca

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Planning helps ensure cruise is dream vacation
TheChronicleHerald.ca
Geduld suggests that while you are doing your research on health insurance, you should check out what the cruise line and the ship you are thinking about travelling on have to offer in terms of medical services. "You can't be too prepared. ...

Tour operator president objects to cruise line's bike tours - Antigua Observer

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Tour operator president objects to cruise line's bike tours
Antigua Observer
St. John's Antigua- President of the Antigua & Barbuda Tour Operators Association Patrick Ryan is not pleased with the cruise ship from the AIDA Cruise Line that is operating a mountain biking tour in the island with no local involvement. ...

Christmas Dreams of Cuban Rafters Crushed By Cruise Ship "Rescue"

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On December 21, 2011, a Princess cruise ship "rescued" 20 Cubans, including 9 children. CBS affiliate KPHO Channel 5 in Scottsdale ...

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Friday, December 30, 2011

73-year-old passenger evacuated from cruise ship - Houston Chronicle (blog)

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73-year-old passenger evacuated from cruise ship
Houston Chronicle (blog)
A Coast Guard helicopter rescue crew has evacuated a 73-year-old man from a cruise ship about 100 miles off Galveston, according to this news release. Personnel on duty at the Coast Guard's Houston-Galveston station got a call about 10 pm Thursday that ...

World's largest cruise ship visits St Kitts - Caribbean360.com

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World's largest cruise ship visits St Kitts
Caribbean360.com
The world's largest cruise ship – the Allure of the Seas - made its inaugural call at the Port Zante pier this morning. BASSETERRE, St Kitts, Friday December 30, 2011 – The world's largest cruise ship – the Allure of the Seas - made its inaugural call ...
Min. Skerritt: Allure of the Seas Visit 'Historic' for St. KittsThe St. Kitts-Nevis Observer

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It's anchors away on deal that puts Scunthorpe steel on cruise ship - This is Scunthorpe

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It's anchors away on deal that puts Scunthorpe steel on cruise ship
This is Scunthorpe
The new year will be getting off to flying start for the Scunthorpe Tata Steel works after it was revealed plates produced in the town are to be used to build one of the world's most environmentally friendly cruise ships. The share in the 240-million ...

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Littlehampton cruise passengers seek compensation - Littlehampton Gazette

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Northamptonshire Evening Telegraph

Littlehampton cruise passengers seek compensation
Littlehampton Gazette
Fred Olsen said in a statement: “Fred Olsen Cruise Lines rejects utterly any allegations made in the claim by Irwin Mitchell solicitors – as it has all along – regarding the standards of cleanliness and hygiene aboard its ships, which are of the ...
Hailsham holidaymaker in class action against cruise liner companyEastbourne Today
Pair endure honeymoon from hellNorthamptonshire Evening Telegraph

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Princess Cruises Named "Best Cruise Line in Alaska" by Travel Weekly - San Francisco Chronicle (press release)

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Princess Cruises Named "Best Cruise Line in Alaska" by Travel Weekly
San Francisco Chronicle (press release)
Princess Cruises has once again received top honors as the "Best Cruise Line in Alaska" in the annual Travel Weekly Readers' Choice Awards. This marks the fifth year in a row, and the eighth time, that the company has been recognized with this ...

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Thursday, December 29, 2011

World's big liners set sail for Melbourne - Sydney Morning Herald

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World's big liners set sail for Melbourne
Sydney Morning Herald
By the end of April, a record 56 liners will have entered the bay. While strictly speaking not a cruise ship, The World - the largest privately owned yacht, with 165 apartments - arrives on February 20. The World, which constantly circumnavigates the ...

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Cruise ship Pacific Jewel plays host to another wedding - NEWS.com.au

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Cruise ship Pacific Jewel plays host to another wedding
NEWS.com.au
Ship of love ... Sydney firefighter Robert Gower with his new bride Amy Kamaleddine. Picture: Justin Lloyd Source: The Daily Telegraph THERE was not a cheesy '80s TV character in sight but cruise ship Pacific Jewel became the Love Boat this week when ...

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Video and Photos: Princess Cruise Ship Picks Up 20 Boaters - Cruise Critic

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Video and Photos: Princess Cruise Ship Picks Up 20 Boaters
Cruise Critic
A number of Cruise Critic readers sailing aboard Island Princess witnessed the event. "A ship employee said they had been without food and water for four days," posted Mrs. Wilburforce on the Cruise Critic message boards. "They asked for a bible after ...

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Princess Cruises Named “Best Cruise Line in Alaska” by Travel Weekly - PR Web (press release)

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Princess Cruises Named “Best Cruise Line in Alaska” by Travel Weekly
PR Web (press release)
We're delighted and honored that the true travel experts – travel agents – continue to recognize our Alaska cruise program each year. Princess Cruises has once again received top honors as the “Best Cruise Line in Alaska” in the annual Travel Weekly ...

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MDI cruise ship berth financially viable, according to study - Bangor Daily News

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MDI cruise ship berth financially viable, according to study
Bangor Daily News
By Bill Trotter, BDN Staff BAR HARBOR, Maine — If a local unused international ferry terminal is to have an economically viable future, it should be adapted to allow cruise ships to tie up to a berth connected to shore, according to a study released ...

Hailsham holidaymaker in class action against cruise liner company - Eastbourne Today

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Northamptonshire Evening Telegraph

Hailsham holidaymaker in class action against cruise liner company
Eastbourne Today
A HAILSHAM holiday maker is among 134 claimants in a massive High Court action against cruise giants, Fred Olsen Cruise Lines which could potentially cost the company millions of pounds in compensation. In a joint writ issued at London's High Court and ...
Pair endure honeymoon from hellNorthamptonshire Evening Telegraph

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big liners set sail for Melbourne - The Age

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big liners set sail for Melbourne
The Age
By the end of April, a record 56 liners will have entered the bay. While strictly speaking not a cruise ship, The World - the largest privately owned yacht, with 165 apartments - arrives on February 20. The World, which constantly circumnavigates the ...

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Cruise ships pollute like millions of cars - The Local.de

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Cruise ships pollute like millions of cars
The Local.de
“They are the spearhead of the generally lucrative German cruise ship industry. They decorate their ships with great slogans such as wellness, airstream and sea air – but enormous levels of poisonous pollutants come from the chimneys of their luxury ...

Cairns business community resilient despite tough 2011 - The Cairns Post

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Cairns business community resilient despite tough 2011
The Cairns Post
23: The captain of the largest cruise ship to dock in Cairns calls for the Trinity Inlet channel to be dredged. 25: A $1 billion expansion of Rio Tinto Alcan's Weipa bauxite mine will employ 630 people during its three-year construction phase. ...

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RM79m to refurbish holiday cruise ship - Daily Express

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RM79m to refurbish holiday cruise ship
Daily Express
Kuala Lumpur: Star Cruise has earmarked US$25 million (about RM79 million) to refurbish SuperStar Virgo which will further strengthened its cruise holiday products for regional and international passenger. Chief Executive Officer, William Ng, ...

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Cruise ship passengers find Tauranga friendly - The Bay of Plenty Times

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Cruise ship passengers find Tauranga friendly
The Bay of Plenty Times
Tauranga has come in as one of the friendliest towns in New Zealand in a survey seeking to find the unfriendliest - and cruise ship passengers visiting the city agreed. While Auckland was named as the unfriendliest - 50 per cent of people said it was ...

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Wednesday, December 28, 2011

Former Westwood High assistant principal watches as cruise ship rescues ... - Fort Pierce Tribune

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Former Westwood High assistant principal watches as cruise ship rescues ...
Fort Pierce Tribune
Coast Guard spokesman Chief Petty Officer Russ Tippets confirmed the cruise ship picked up 12 migrants, and they were transferred to a Coast Guard ship. Tippets said he could not say where the people were now because the situation was an open ...

Cruise ship passengers should be using taxis - Maui News

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Cruise ship passengers should be using taxis
Maui News
23 letter on cruise ship passengers forcing their way onto and filling up the locally subsidized Maui Bus on cruise ship days, I'll add a couple points. The cruise ship passengers should be taking taxis and let the hardworking young Maui residents on ...

New cruise line orders two ships and a Christmas mystery is still unsolved - Mirror.co.uk (blog)

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Mirror.co.uk (blog)

New cruise line orders two ships and a Christmas mystery is still unsolved
Mirror.co.uk (blog)
There was a surprise Christmas present in the shape of two new ships to be built for a new cruise line. The award-winning Viking River Cruises is taking to the seas and has placed an order for two 41000-ton vessels, each capable of carrying 888 ...
Was Disney Cruise Line's Under-Construction Ship ... Vandalized?CruiseCritic.co.uk
Cruise passengers want more food choices, don't worry about gaining weightmysask.com (press release)
Dumbo takes his place on the Disney FantasySILive.com (blog)

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Cruise Ship Lines Win 2011 "Dino of the Year" Anti-environmental Prize - Treehugger

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Treehugger

Cruise Ship Lines Win 2011 "Dino of the Year" Anti-environmental Prize
Treehugger
This year's dinosaurs are the cruise ship industry. The German-based NABU singled out cruise lines AIDA and TUI, based in Germany, as the representatives of their branch. NABU President Olaf Tschimpke claims cruise ships emit particle pollution ...

Fake bomb threat against cruise ship leads to arrest - USA TODAY

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USA TODAY

Fake bomb threat against cruise ship leads to arrest
USA TODAY
Golden is serving as Guest Editor of The Cruise Log while USA TODAY Cruise Editor Gene Sloan is away. A Florida woman has been arrested for calling in a fake bomb threat against a cruise ship as the vessel was returning to port in Jacksonville, Fla. ...

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Successful start to the Bahrain Cruise Ship Season - Middle East North Africa Financial Network

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Successful start to the Bahrain Cruise Ship Season
Middle East North Africa Financial Network
(MENAFN Press) Bahrain's cruise ship season is in its 3rd week with the arrival of German cruise ship AIDA BLU at the Khalifa bin Salman Port, in Hidd every Wednesday. An official delegation from the Tourism sector received 2560 tourists and 635 crew ...

Celebrating a Jewel in their love - Pacific Jewel plays host to another wedding - The Daily Telegraph

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Celebrating a Jewel in their love - Pacific Jewel plays host to another wedding
The Daily Telegraph
Robert Gower marries Amy Kamaleddine aborad the Pacific Jewel / Pic: Justin Lloyd Source: The Daily Telegraph THERE was not a cheesy '80s TV character in sight but cruise ship Pacific Jewel became the Love Boat for an afternoon yesterday when Rob Gower ...

Air hostess commits suicide on cruise ship?

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Watch free Air hostess commits suicide on cruise ship? videos online at In.com. Get latest series of Air hostess commits suicide on cruise ship ...

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Woman indicted in cruise ship bomb threat - WJXT Jacksonville

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Woman indicted in cruise ship bomb threat
WJXT Jacksonville
A Baldwin woman is facing fatal charges in connection with a bomb treat made on a cruise ship set to arrive in Jacksonville. Linda Wilson, 44, is charged with reporting false information/hoax to law enforcement officials regarding a bomb aboard the ...
Feds indict Jacksonville woman on bomb hoax chargeFlorida Times-Union

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Tuesday, December 27, 2011

Feds charge woman in bomb threat on cruise ship - WJXT Jacksonville

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Feds charge woman in bomb threat on cruise ship
WJXT Jacksonville
A Baldwin woman is facing fatal charges in connection with a bomb treat made on a cruise ship set to arrive in Jacksonville. Linda Wilson, 44, is charged with reporting false information/hoax to law enforcement officials regarding a bomb aboard the ...
Feds indict Jacksonville woman on bomb hoax chargeFlorida Times-Union

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Woman indicted over cruise ship bomb threat - WJXT Jacksonville

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Woman indicted over cruise ship bomb threat
WJXT Jacksonville
A Baldwin woman is facing fatal charges in connection with a bomb treat made on a cruise ship set to arrive in Jacksonville. Linda Wilson, 44, is charged with reporting false information/hoax to law enforcement officials regarding a bomb to a cruise ...
Feds indict Jacksonville woman on bomb hoax chargeFlorida Times-Union

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Climb Aboard a Cruise Liner This Holiday Season and Stay at New Orleans ... - Sacramento Bee

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Climb Aboard a Cruise Liner This Holiday Season and Stay at New Orleans ...
Sacramento Bee
Take in New Orleans by cruise liner and experience all that New Orleans has to offer—from the historic French Quarter and restaurants serving traditional Creole and Cajun favorites to an arts district and world-class shopping. ...

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11 Biggest Cruise News Stories of 2011 - Cruise Critic

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Travel Weeekly

11 Biggest Cruise News Stories of 2011
Cruise Critic
So when Azamara offered a deal for 50 percent off shore tours, then pulled the offer before travelers could take advantage of it, Cruise Critic members were outraged. Read more. Itchy and Scratchy: Are There Bed Bugs on Cruise Ships? ...
Preview 2012: CruiseTravel Weeekly

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Piracy fears keep cruise ships off Kenyan coast - The Standard

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Business Daily Africa

Piracy fears keep cruise ships off Kenyan coast
The Standard
Kenya, which lies on the western Indian ocean rim, suffered the most with only two calls by international cruise liners this year. Tourism industry players say aggressive marketing of the east Africa region and intensified security in the entire Indian ...
Mombasa Port plans Sh100m repairs to attract cruise shipsBusiness Daily Africa

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Cruise ship welcomed - Stuff.co.nz

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Stuff.co.nz

Cruise ship welcomed
Stuff.co.nz
Hundreds of people gathered to watch the cruise ship berth yesterday morning. New Plymouth was swamped with tourists yesterday with the arrival of the cruise ship Volendam. Despite it being a public holiday most shops were open, hoping to capitalise on ...