Cunard unveils new winter 2022 cruises for Queen Elizabeth
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- Published: 28 October 2021 28 October 2021
Cunard, which is part of Carnival corporation & plc group, said it has announced that a series of new itineraries sailing on Queen Elizabeth between February and May 2022 that replace a previously published programme.
“ All sailings will depart from Southampton and will include a voyage in search of the Northern Lights, journeys to the Canary Islands and the Western Mediterranean as well as a grand voyage across the Atlantic Ocean, through the Panama Canal and on to Vancouver, Canada,” the company said in as statement.
The new itineraries will replace the existing published schedule.
Cunard continues to work very closely with authorities in all the destinations visited to ensure compliance with local health and entry requirements.
“Unfortunately, based on the most recent advice for cruise guests, and given the complexities of many of the international destinations involved, it will not be viable to maintain Queen Elizabeth’s existing schedule and all departures from 20 February to 17 May 2022 inclusive are now cancelled,” the company said.
Tallink Grupp powers to black for first time since start of pandemic
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Tallink Grupp, the Estonian cruise ferry company, said it has reported a profit for the third quarter of this year – the first positive result since the start of the pandemic in the spring of 2020
Net profit for the third quarter amounted to €5.5 million, which compares to a loss of €23.9 million in the same period last year. Operating profit (EBITDA) increased to €35.5 million from €5.7 million.
The result improved as the company reopened some of its services following the easing of travel restrictions and on chartering out of two ships, CEO Paavo Nogene said in a statement.
However, he warned that the business was now in a low season and that the Covid-19 pandemic situation in Estonia and Latvia had taken a turn for the worse, bunker costs were high and there were concerns about the labour market as well. These factors dampened the outlook for the rest of this year.
Looking further ahead, Nogene said that passenger volumes should recover significantly by the spring and summer of next year.
UK and Irish markets lead recovery for NCL - report
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The British and Irish markets have led the recovery of the business of Norwegian Cruise Line (NCL) , a senior company official was quoited by Travel Weekly as saying.
Eamonn Ferrin, VP International Sales, said that the mature British and Irish markets had “definitely bounced back quicker” than others around the world.
A quick rollout of Covid-19 vaccine in the UK had driven bookings for next year and 2023, but this year had nevertheless been a challenge, he stated.
CDC extends conditional sailing order to mid-January
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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in the U.S. said it has temporarily extended the framework for Conditional Sailing Order (CSO) until January 15, 2022, with minor modifications.
The temporary extension is effective upon expiration of the current CSO on November 1, 2021, it said in a statement.
With the exception of cruise ships operating in Florida, all cruise ships operating in U.S. waters, or seeking to operate in U.S. waters, must comply with the requirements of CDC’s Framework for Conditional Sailing Order (CSO) and Technical Instructions, even when outside of U.S. waters.
Additionally, as of November 1, 2021, the CSO will apply to only foreign-flagged cruise ships operating in U.S. waters, or outside of U.S. waters if the cruise ship operator intends for the ship to return to operating in international, interstate, or intrastate waterways, subject to the jurisdiction of the United States. U.S-flagged cruise ship operators previously covered by the CSO may continue to participate on a voluntary basis.
As of July 23, 2021, the CSO and accompanying measures, such as technical instructions, are currently nonbinding recommendations for cruise ships arriving in, located within, or departing from a port in Florida. However, CDC will continue to operate the CSO as a voluntary program for such ships should they choose to follow the CSO measures on a voluntary basis.
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