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The CDC said its guidance in the Conditional Sailing Order would enable cruising to restart in some form this summer, but CLIA said it wasn t sure that the timeframe was workable since it was still waiting additional guidance from the CDC. Photo Credit: Yevgen Belich/Shutterstock.com
As frustration continued to mount over the CDC s continued reluctance to modify or lift its Conditional Sailing Order (CSO) and enable the cruise industry to resume sailing in July, the CDC this week said that its phased approach aligns with a potential midsummer restart.
The cruise industry, however, said that assertion does not align with current guidelines contained in the order.
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When Royal Caribbean International s Vicki Freed started her weekly Coffee Talks in March 2020, she never would have guessed she d be prepping for her 50th show one year later. I started in March right after the first pause, she said. I never thought I d be doing it this long.
Her weekly Coffee Talks range from between 3,000 to 5,768 viewers (the most the platform will allow). The 50th episode last week had more than 4,000 travel advisors on, each of whom received a $50 gift card to mark the occasion.
Freed s dedication to the chats is clear. She hasn t taken a taken a vacation since they started because they are in the middle of the week and even joked on one Coffee Talk that she hoped her grandchild wouldn t be born on a Wednesday and especially not between noon and 1 p.m.
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Royal Caribbean will base a cruise ship in California after a 10-year-long hiatus.
At a webinar on Wednesday, the line announced that recently refurbished Navigator of the Seas will homeport in Los Angeles, beginning next year, offering a series of Mexico sailings.
The voyages will vary in length, featuring three- and four-nighters with calls on Ensenada and Catalina Island; five-night cruises visiting Cabo San Lucas; and seven-night sailings with stops at Puerto Vallarta, Mazatlan and Cabo San Lucas. We are going back to the West Coast, said Vicki Freed, Royal Caribbean s senior vice president of sales and trade support & service. Los Angeles, here we come..