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 [...]
Caribbean cruise turned away over swine flu fears
June 17, 2009 ·
A Spanish cruise ship was turned away from two Caribbean ports Wednesday because of fears of swine flu among crew members, the vessel’s owner said. Tour operator Pullmantur said its ship Ocean Dream with 759 passengers and 400 crew members was denied permission to dock in Grenada and Barbados after informing authorities there that crew [...]
Royal Caribbean says swine flu hurt operations
June 9, 2009 ·
Cruise operator Royal Caribbean Cruises says the recent swine flu outbreak will lower its earnings by about 22 cents per share. Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. says the virus led Royal Caribbean International’s ships to steer clear of Mexican ports. It also canceled the launch of Pullmantur’s Pacific Dream, which targets Mexican nationals, and significantly lowered [...]
3 from cruise crew in Alaska had swine flu
June 8, 2009 ·
At least three crew members on a Holland America Line cruise ship that visited Ketchikan tested positive for swine flu. The 1,460-passenger Zaandam was on a seven-night, round-trip cruise that departed Seattle on May 29 and returned Friday. It visited Ketchikan on Wednesday. No passengers were identified with the virus, said Sally Andrews, vice president [...]
New ‘You Deserve a Cruise Campaign’ offers deals
June 8, 2009 ·
The Cruise Lines International Association is launching a campaign called “You Deserve a Cruise” to highlight deals for cruises sailing later this year and next year. Terry Dale, CLIA’s president, said in a statement that prices this season are “incredible, never-seen-before, and likely never to be seen again, values.” For details on offers, visit http://www.cruising.org/youdeserveacruise [...]
South Pacific cruise ship shunned over swine flu
June 3, 2009 ·
Swine flu fears disrupted another Australian cruise Tuesday when New Caledonia authorities refused to allow passengers ashore because some had flu symptoms, an official said. Meanwhile, other Asian countries reported that the virus was continuing to spread. The Dawn Princess with almost 2,000 passengers aboard is on a 13-day South Pacific cruise. New Caledonia was [...]
Swine flu-stranded cruise passengers leave ship
June 1, 2009 ·
About 2,000 cruise ship passengers sequestered at sea for days by a swine flu outbreak among the crew were allowed to disembark Monday in Australia. Meanwhile, new cases of the virus popped up across Asia, with health officials in China, the Philippines, South Korea and Vietnam confirming a total of 12 more people have tested [...]
