Escape your family for the holidays
November 9, 2009 ·
When Lulis Leal’s family gets together for Christmas, she is usually sunning herself on a beach surrounded by palm trees and turquoise waters, with not one extended relative in sight. For more than 10 years, Leal has been spending the holiday season in exotic locales like the Bahamas or Hawaii — anywhere warm, the Cedar [...]
Royal Caribbean executives says few H1N1 incidents
November 6, 2009 ·
Last spring’s outbreak of swine flu caused cruise lines to cancel visits to areas of Mexico and even quarantine infected passengers. On Tuesday, executives at Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. said the cruise operator was still feeling lingering effects as the virus spreads around the world. But Adam Goldstein, CEO of the company’s Royal Caribbean International [...]
Largest cruise ship ever, Oasis of Seas, sets sail
October 30, 2009 ·
The world’s largest cruise liner — the Oasis of the Seas — has set sail for Miami from the Finnish shipyard where it was built. The 1,200-foot ship has a price tag of almost $1.5 billion and was commissioned by Royal Caribbean Cruise Lines. It is due to begin cruises out of Miami in December. [...]
JetBlue to increase Boston flights by 30 percent
October 29, 2009 ·
JetBlue said Thursday it will boost its service from Boston Logan by 30 percent by next summer, as bigger carriers pull back and competition from rival Southwest heats up. JetBlue, based in Forest Hills, N.Y. plans to offer up to 78 daily flights from Boston to 33 destinations. That includes two more flights to Chicago [...]
JetBlue offers ‘all-you-can-fly’ pass for $599
August 12, 2009 ·
JetBlue Airways Corp. is offering an “all-you-can-fly” pass where passengers can book an unlimited amount of flights over a month for $599. The airline said Wednesday that pass holders will be able to fly to any of JetBlue’s 56 destinations between Sept. 8 and Oct. 8. Customers must book the pass by Aug. 21. Pass [...]
60 crew have swine flu on cruise ship off France
July 31, 2009 ·
A French official says about 60 crew members on a Royal Caribbean cruise ship have been diagnosed with swine flu and confined to their cabins while the ship is in a French port. Alpes-Maritime regional spokeswoman Geraldine Soulier says another 70 ship employees are showing symptoms. She says some of the crew aboard the Voyager [...]
Cruise ship with swine flu outbreak heads to Aruba
June 18, 2009 ·
A Spanish cruise ship hit by a small outbreak of swine flu was headed Thursday for the Caribbean island of Aruba, where more than 400 passengers will disembark, the vessel’s Spanish owner said. A Venezuelan state health official, Jorge Alchaer, initially said the passengers and crew would be held in quarantine aboard the Ocean Dream [...]
