Carnival Cruise Lines recently launched the Breeze, the last of its massive Dream-class ships.
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In the age of social and digital media, the problems faced by cruise lines are compounded.
Cruise lines tell the passengers to use hand sanitizers, but the culprit may be norovirus-laden salad.
The cruise lines push the ships just as hard as they push their crew members.
For years cruise lines have carefully crafted brand images built on excitement and fun.
Cruise lines and cruise-oriented travel companies are also jumping on board with pink-slip reassurance plans.
He expects investments in parks, cruise lines and Asia to continue to pay off.
Prices were not announced but cruise lines typically charge more for new ships than for other cruises.
That's because historically, leisure stocks, especially those of cruise lines, are among the first to snap back.
Wednesday's incident was the latest in several headline-making issues for one of the world's leading cruise lines.
Meanwhile, the Cruise Lines International Association maintains the industry is committed to ensuring the safety of passengers.
The cruise lines are working their crew members excessively long hours and paying them extremely low wages.
If you prefer to travel by sea, cruise lines Holland America and Crystal Cruises circle the globe.
Some 200 international cruise lines now visit the port, and three more are adding the city as a stop in 2013.
Although this may be a first for Norwegian Cruise Lines, this is not the first for the maritime industry.
Cruise lines suffer mightily in a recession, since vacations are a deferrable purchase, but come out of it roaring.
Trip-insurance policies are mostly sold by cruise lines, tour operators and travel agents.
The cruise lines operate their ships virtually 24 hours a day, seven days a week, 52 weeks a year.
Carnival (the Cruise Lines, not the Corporation) is headquartered in Doral, Florida.
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Two new international cruise lines, Carnival Australia and Silversea, started making port at the Pacific nation in October 2013 and 2014 respectively.
Three-quarters of all passengers book some sort of shore excursion, resulting in 10% to 40% commissions for the cruise lines.
Cruise lines and other destination travel companies very typically allow and support the ability to work from wherever you are.
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However, the Cruise Lines International Association maintains its members pay plenty of port and other fees in the United States.
That means that cruise lines cannot take advantage of the newest technology to handoff high-volume traffic and to cache large files.
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Jay Rockefeller of West Virginia, one of the strongest voices at the congressional hearing, spoke to CNN about the cruise lines.
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But then they can't afford to have the cruise lines go away.
Carnival Cruise lines was given a contract for housing evacuees at their normal rates including revenue lost from casino, liquor and excursions.
Vance Gulliksen, a spokesman with Carnival Cruise Lines, told CNN Monday that the ship's last scheduled Coast Guard inspection was on November 15.
The Pritzker clan's wealth came partly from the Hyatt and Royal Caribbean Cruise lines, businesses he says they built from the ground up.
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