American Cruise Lines says about 15% of cabins on its new Mississippi River paddle wheeler will be set aside for solo travelers — a growing market for the company. Of 78 cabins planned for the soon-to-debut Queen of the Mississippi, a dozen are being designed for singles, spokeswoman Britt Rabinovici tells USA TODAY. At 211 [...]

FRANKFURT | Wed Jan 18, 2012 5:35am EST FRANKFURT (Reuters) – Munich Re, the world’s biggest reinsurer, said it expects to face several tens of millions of euros in claims related to the capsized Italian cruise liner Costa Concordia. At least 23 people are still missing from the 4,200 passengers and crew aboard when disaster [...]

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NEW YORK (CBSNewYork / AP) - Out at sea on an eastern Caribbean cruise it was hard to escape news of the catastrophe where a cruise ship ran aground off of Italy. WCBS 880′s Marla Diamond On The Story “It was broadcast all over and, you know, everyone said “Oh my G-d,” said passenger Mary Lou [...]

Americans who were aboard the Costa Concordia on Friday as it partially sank off the coast of Italy are returning home with tales of chaos and, some say, incompetence on the part of the crew. “Literally, if you’ve seen Titanic, it was the scene right out of that,” passenger Michael Stoll of Brick Township, N.J., [...]

<!–Saxotech Paragraph Count: 17–> A Coleman mother spent nearly eight anxious hours this weekend waiting for word after her daughter texted that she and her boyfriend were being evacuated from their cruise ship, which was capsizing in the Mediterranean Sea. Jill Zeitler, 32, a Coleman native and De Pere business owner, was aboard the Costa [...]

It’s not going to be cheap to travel with Kate Gosselin on her Royal Caribbean celebrity cruise in August according to the cruise line’s website. Prices are as high as $5,500 for a single person in a deluxe suite for the chance to rub elbows with the Berks County mother of eight and coupon blogger. And even [...]

* Analysts see cruise industry hit from tragedy * Carnival (NYSE: CCL – news) pain could help Royal Caribbean-analyst * Carnival down 13 pct, Royal Caribbean down 5 pct (Adds analyst comments, bullet points; changes headline) Jan 17 (Reuters) – Cruise operator Carnival Corp Plc’s shares plunged over 13 percent on Tuesday after a ship [...]

The death toll rose to 11 on Tuesday as rescuers found five more bodies inside a capsized cruise ship off the coast of Italy. Diving and rappelling, rescuers have been searching the ship for missing passengers and crew members since the Costa Concordia struck rocks Friday evening and fell on to its side. Prosecutors say [...]

When is it too early for investors to take advantage of a tragedy and attempt to scoop up battered stocks on the cheap, or to pile on the distressed company and go short? It’s a question on the minds of traders today as shares of Carnival Corp. (CCL) slump to a 3-month low after its [...]