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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

Royal Caribbean Seeks $1 Billion in Pandemic Damage Control Capital

2020-10-14 by Phil Butler

Royal Caribbean

In heavy financial seas because of the coronavirus pandemic, Royal Caribbean Group is on the hunt for $1 billion to stay afloat.

Tags: Cruise industry, cruise lines, Hapag-Lloyd Cruises, Royal Caribbean, Royal Caribbean Cruises, Royal Caribbean stocks, stocks, TUI, TUI Cruises

The Cruise Industry Is Sailing a COVID Sea of Fantasy

2020-08-06 by Phil Butler

Royal Caribbean

Cruise lines are going to have to come clean about the future of the industry soon.

Tags: COVID-19, cruise lines, cruises, Michael Bayley, Oasis Class, Royal Caribbean, ship quaranteen

Royal Caribbean Lines Looks at More Greece Cruises

2019-09-17 by Phil Butler

Athens Acropolis

Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis and executives of Royal Caribbean Cruises looking at ways of boosting Greece cruises.

Tags: Dr. Godfrey Baldacchino, Environment, GNTO, Greece overtourism, Greece tourism, Kyriakos Mitsotakis, Royal Caribbean, Royal Caribbean Cruises, Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd., Santorini tourists

Royal Caribbean Orders a Third Icon-Class Cruise Ship

2019-07-09 by Argophilia Travel News

Royal Caribbean International

Royal Caribbean Cruises is in the process of ordering yet another Icon-class cruise ship from shipbuilder Meyer Turku. While details have not been made public, the report says the new vessel is scheduled for delivery in 2025.

Tags: cruise news, cruises, European cruising, Icon-Class, Meyer Turku, Michael Bayley, Richard Fain, Royal Caribbean, Royal Caribbean Cruises, Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd., ship, world cruise ships

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