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Oceania Cruises Accelerates Vista Maiden Voyage

2022-12-12 by Phil Butler

Oceania VISTA

Oceania Cruises has announced accelerating the debut of its new ship Vista by introducing a new “Founder’s Cruise.

Tags: cruise lines, cruise ships, Founders Cruise, greece cruises, Mediterranean cruises, new ships, Norwegian Cruise Line, ocean cruising, Oceania Cruises, Vista

Celebrity Apex Sails On Maiden Voyage from Greece

2021-06-21 by Argophilia Travel News

Apex

Celebrity Apex has set sail from Athens on its maiden voyage for the summer season with passengers headed on Aegean adventures.

Tags: 2021 cruises, Aegean Sea, Celebrity Apex, Celebrity Cruises, cruise 2021, cruise news, cruise ships, greece cruises, Royal Caribbean

Costa Cruises Suspends Greece Operations Due to COVID Measures

2020-11-12 by Aleksandr Shatskih

Costa Deliziosa

Costa Cruises has announced the temporary suspension of Costa Deliziosa cruises in Greece on account of government measures.

Tags: Aegean cruises, Costa Cruises, Costa Deliziosa, cruise cancellations, cruise lines, cruise news, cruise ships, greece cruises

Ocean Rebellion Launches Protests Against Cruise Industry

2020-10-01 by Phil Butler

Ocean Rebellion

Ocean Rebellion just launched a night-time protest in Weymouth in order to reveal the “dirty truth of the cruise shipping industry”.

Tags: Carnival Cruise Lines, Cruise industry, cruise line pollution, cruise lines, cruise ships, Cunard, Environment, Extinction Rebellion, global warming, Marella Cruises, Mein Schiff 6, Ocean Rebellion, P&O, pollution, TUI, TUI Cruises

Tourism Profits and Surfing the Humongous COVID Second Wave

2020-09-22 by Phil Butler

surfing the COVID wave

Greek authorities have reported 453 new coronavirus cases, which is the highest single-day rise since the end of lockdown. Meanwhile, corporate interests sail full speed a course into the unknown.

Tags: Adam Vojtech, CDC, Corfu, Coronavirus cases, cruise lines, cruise ships, EODY, Europe, Greece COVID-19, Lufthansa, Roda Beach Village, seafarers, TravelSupermarket, TUI, UK cases, UK coronavirus, UK fights, WHO

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