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Cruise Line CEOs Meet with White House Covid Team in Hopes of Resuming Business Posted on 5 CEOs of major cruise lines such as Carnival, Norwegian Cruise Line and Royal Caribbean met with the White House’s Covid response team as well as the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in an effort to resume sailing this summer, according to sources close to the matter. Nevertheless, there are no concrete answers regarding the situati...

Florida Senators introduce CRUISE Act to revoke CDCs no-sail order By FOX 35 News Staff Published  article Cruise ships line up along Port Miami of Miami as cruises have been canceled due to the coronavirus COVID-19 pandemic on Sunday, March 15, 2020 in Miami, Fla. (Pedro Portal/Miami Herald/Tribune News Service via Getty Images) ORLANDO, Fla. - Two Florida Senators have introduced an act to revoke the CDCs no-sail order and require them to provide guidance for cruises to resume safe operati...

CRUISE Act to Resume Cruise Line Operations Introduced   Tuesday PM (SitNews) Washington, D.C. - U.S. Senators Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska), Rick Scott (R-Florida), and Marco Rubio (R-Florida.) today introduced the  Careful Resumption Under Improved Safety Enhancements (CRUISE) Act,which would revoke the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) current “Conditional Sailing Order” on cruises and require the CDC to provide COVID-19 mitigation guidance fo...

Bill would force CDC to cancel cruise industry’s no-sail order Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis said the no-sail order is outdated and hurts the state as the industry generates billions for the economy and employs tens of thousands of Floridians. (Source: CNN) By ABC7 Staff | April 13, 2021 at 12:24 PM EDT - Updated April 13 at 12:24 PM WASHINGTON, D.C. (WWSB) - Republicans in the U.S. Senate and House have filed legislation that would compel the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention ...

Senators introduce bill to allow cruise ships to sail by July 4th By FOX 5 NY Staff Published  A handout photo from Princess Cruises shows one of the companys ships. NEW YORK - Republican Senators from Florida and Alaska have introduced a bill that would allow cruise ships to start sailing again.  Both states have large industries built around the cruise industry. The Careful Resumption Under Improved Safety Enhancements (CRUISE) Act was introduced Tuesday by Sen. Rick Scott and Sen. Marco R...

Alaska could sue the CDC if no positive dialogue comes this week. A letter also sent to the White House on the impact of no cruise ships.

Weekly Cruise News: April 10, 2021 All the latest cruise news from the week as we continue to follow the cruise industry vs. the CDC to allow cruises to restart along with even more U.S. suspensions. Apr 10, 2021 Here we go with another full week of cruise news updates covering all the major cruise lines and even that massive news coming from Florida. Cruise News Update There have been several new developments from the week as the State of Florida fights for cruises to reopen and the cruise in...

Print this article Cruise lines are taking different approaches to vaccination requirements but widely agree that non-U.S. markets offer them the best chance at resuming operations due to industry guidance from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Guests and crew members will have to be vaccinated to sail when they resume service this summer, Norwegian Cruise Line and Virgin Voyages have said. "The vaccine, combined with our science-backed health and safety protocols, will help us p...

Florida Cruise Ship Staff Plea to Return to Work as Ron DeSantis Sues CDC On 4/9/21 at 7:49 AM EDT Cruise ship workers in the U.S. laid off due to the COVID-19 pandemic have pleaded "its time to get back to work," noting "we have had deaths...due to heartbreak" following the suspension of cruise operations in the country. Several cruise industry staff members joined Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis in the Port of Miami on Thursday as he announced that the state is "filing a lawsuit against the federal...

Florida to sue CDC to allow cruises to resume U.S. sailings, industry asks to be treated like airlines CNBC 1 day ago Katie Tsai Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis announced Thursday the state will file a lawsuit against the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, demanding cruise ships be allowed to resume sailing immediately. Royal Caribbean announced Thursday that it will extend the suspension of some of its trips leaving from U.S. ports. Disney Cruise Line will also be suspend...