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Tarragona Cruise Port Opens First Flemingo Duty Free Store
Tarragona’s assortment pairs standard duty-free categories with local products from suppliers, including olive oils, vermouths, wines and nougat.
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Marella Discovery 2 to Go Adults-Only From Winter 2027
Marella Discovery 2's kids-only areas are slated to become new venues, including a speakeasy and escape room, for guests seventeen and older.
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AIDA Cruises Plans Six Themed Winter 2026-27 Sailings
From late November to mid-February, AIDAnova will carry Winter Wonderland elements. The setup includes a Christmas market setting, Karl's Gondola and curling.
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Canada Ends Isolation for MV Hondius Hantavirus Contacts
Oceanwide said MV Hondius underwent deep cleaning in Rotterdam, where biosecurity teams treated all eight decks and third-party professionals declared it rodent-free.
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Hondius Crew Complete Quarantine After Hantavirus Outbreak
The World Health Organization counted twelve confirmed cases and one probable case tied to the April South Atlantic voyage, including three deaths.
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AIDA Plans Dance and True-Crime Sailings for January 2027
The dance program will feature “Let’s Dance” personalities including Joachim Llambi and Ross Antony, with classes in venues such as the Cube and Beach Club.
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Five Cruise Passengers Cleared for Home Hantavirus Monitoring
Federal officials arranged noncommercial travel with biocontainment measures, and state health departments will conduct daily symptom checks.
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Cruise Demand Holds Firm Despite Hantavirus, Norovirus Outbreaks
CruiseCompete.com said it booked 31.7 percent more cabins in the first half of May than a year earlier, while Viking said 92 percent of its 2026 cruises were booked.
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Arizona Resident Assessed After MV Hondius Hantavirus Outbreak
MV Hondius carried eighty-six passengers and sixty-one crew from twenty-three countries on a South Atlantic voyage that began April 1 in Ushuaia, Argentina.
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France Confirms Hantavirus Case in MV Hondius Passenger
France's Pasteur Institute found the Andes virus matched known South American viruses, with no evidence so far of changes making it more transmissible or dangerous.
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Spain Takes In Hantavirus-Hit Hondius After Cape Verde Ruled Out
Oceanwide said 122 people were repatriated from Tenerife, with passengers grouped by nationality and taken ashore only when their evacuation flights were ready.
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Dutch Authorities Lead Hondius Evacuations After Hantavirus Outbreak
About 30 guests disembarked from the Hondius at St. Helena before hantavirus was identified, widening contact tracing across several countries.