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Barcelona Mayor Seeks to Double Short-Stay Cruise Passenger Fee
A University of Barcelona study estimated 2024 cruise tourism generated about €1.2 billion in Catalonia and supported more than 9,500 jobs.
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Carnival Mardi Gras Rescues Nine From Disabled Boat Off Florida
Crew saw a distress flag and people waving near Sebastian Inlet, used a small boat to reach the craft, and gave the adults food, water and medical evaluations onboard.
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Officials Confirm Chelan Hantavirus Case Unrelated to Cruise Outbreak
Officials said the patient was likely exposed in or near a residence where mice may have been present; Washington typically records one to five cases a year.
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Regent Adds Flou Sleep Systems to Seven Seas Prestige Suites
Seven Seas Prestige is due to begin its inaugural season with thirteen cruises in the Caribbean and Europe, starting from Barcelona on December 13, 2026.
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Hurtigruten Offers 10% Off 2027-28 Norway Coastal Sailings
The classic Bergen-Kirkenes-Bergen round trip lasts twelve days, covers about two thousand five hundred nautical miles and calls at thirty-four ports.
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Royal Caribbean Swaps Alicante for La Spezia on Legend of the Seas
Royal Caribbean told guests that full-time mobility scooter users and wheelchair users unable to take a few steps may be unable to go ashore at La Spezia.
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Seabourn Pursuit Delivers Four Tons of Aid After Cyclone Maila
The supplies came from onboard stock and were handed to local officials at Alotau Provincial Wharf after David Sinclair alerted the ship to conditions ashore.
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Seward Dock Delay Shifts Ovation Alaska Turnaround to Whittier
Whittier’s only land route is the two-and-a-half-mile Anton Anderson Memorial Tunnel, a single-lane highway-and-rail tunnel with timed openings.
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LTH-Baas Completes Royal Caribbean Drydock Work on Two Ships
On Ovation of the Seas, LTH-Baas installed three thousand five hundred meters of ventilation ducting with as many as three hundred fifty specialists onboard.
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Viking Adds First Electric Motor Coach for Vienna Excursions
The forty-nine-passenger coach will support Vienna shore excursions, though Viking has not named its manufacturer, range or charging arrangements.
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Judge Limits Bar Harbor Cruise Passenger Cap to July and August
The town's 2026 cruise schedule lists sixty-seven ship visits and just under fifty thousand possible passengers, with estimated revenue of 255,231 dollars.
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Carnival Warns Galveston Passengers of CT25 Route Changes
Guests parking at the port are being directed first to their lots with luggage and companions, then by complimentary shuttle to Cruise Terminal 25, except at the Express Lot and SMP Garage.