Even as Costa Cruises comes under fire this month for its handling of the Costa Concordia accident, another line is winning kudos for its response to an accident — albeit one on a much smaller scale. CruiseLog reader James Stiles, who was aboard a Royal Caribbean-contracted tour bus that crashed on Friday in St. Thomas, [...]

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By Debbie Emery – Radar Reporter After 18 days of desperate searching for survivors of the Costa Concordia cruise ship disaster, Italian officials have been forced to pull out because of the risk to rescue workers. Italy’s Civil Protection agency made the announcement on Tuesday due to the unstable positioning of the ship’s massive hull [...]

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The 2,974-passenger Carnival Liberty has just emerged from a major overhaul that brought new venues including a Guy Fieri-branded burger joint and a George Lopez-branded comedy club. What else was added to the seven-year-old ship? Click HERE to see our new comprehensive photo tour of the Carnival Liberty by veteran cruise writer and ship photographer [...]

BOSTON, Jan. 30, 2012 —         BOSTON, Jan. 30, 2012 /PRNewswire/ — Alan E. Lewis, Chairman of Grand Circle Cruise Line, the leader in small ship and river cruises worldwide, today announced that the cruise line will operate three Mediterranean small ship cruise tours beginning in September 2012.  The 50 passenger, 4-plus star ocean vessels [...]

Were Costa Concordia Accident Survivors Offered 30% Discount? Costa, the company which owns the Costa Concordia cruise ship, denys offering a 30% discount to all passengers who survived the recent cruise ship disaster. The Costa Concordia, part of the Costa Cruises ship line, partially sank on January 13, 2012 when it hit a reef and [...]

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Reuters Carnival Corp, the company that owns the Costa Concordia that ran aground off the Tuscan island of Giglio, said Monday that bookings have dropped significantly in the wake of the Costa Concordia disaster. In a regulatory filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, the world’s largest cruise company said fleet-wide bookings, from the [...]

Spring, TX, January 31, 2012 –(PR.com)– 6 night cruise through Burgundy France with 1 night hotel in Paris for $2,500. Europeanbarging.com is offering a $500 Per Person discount on a Burgundy barge cruise on the 21 passenger Caprice departing April 14th 2012. For $2500, you receive a 6 night cruise through Burgundy, where you cruise [...]