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Turks and Caicos Has a New Marriott Option, with a Spa, Tropical Cottages, and a Wellness Focus

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There are starfruit on this path, a short stroll past the koi pond and the turtles. The yoga class just finished, and I’m walking through a canopy of green, hearing nothing but tropical birdsong. I’m hidden away in a lush garden in Providenciales, when I run into a collection of bright-yellow carambola fruits — with a […]

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Princess Cruises Just Relaunched Another Ship for the Caribbean

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Princess Cruises has continued its Caribbean relaunch with the return of. Caribbean Princess to Fort Lauderdale.  Caribbean Princess is saling roundtrip voyages from Port Everglades, with stops at destinations like St Kitts, Cozumel, St Thomas, Grand Cayman and Princess Cays in The Bahamas.  The company says passengers can combine two seven-day cruises into a 14-day […]

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Another Big Step in St Maarten’s Cruise Comeback

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St Maarten’s cruise comeback took another big step this week with its first six-ship day of the season.  Indeed, it was the first time six ships had called on St Maarten in a single day since the onset of the pandemic.  Wednesday saw a total of six ships and more than 7,500 passengers and crew […]

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Princess Cruises Relaunches Another Ship

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Princess Cruises has relaunched another ship, with the return of the Emerald Princess cruise ship.  Emerald Princess departed this week from the Port of Los Angeles for a 15-day Panama Canal crossing concluding in Fort Lauderdale.  “Princess has been a part of so many special memories for us,” said Chris and Kathleen Lennon of Monument, […]


Another Big Step in St Maarten’s Cruise Comeback

Princess Cruises has restarted sailings to Cabo San Lucas, with the relaunch of Grand Princess at the Port of Los Angeles.  Princess Cruises has been sailing out of Los Angeles since 1965; Grand Princess’ relaunch marks the first cruise vacation departure from the port since the onset of the pandemic.  “It is a pride point […]

Princess Cruises Is Returning Another Ship to the Caribbean

Princess Cruises is planning a further Caribbean relaunch in 2022, Caribbean Journal has learned. The cruise line’s Island Princess ship will return to service in the spring of 2022, prior to its 14-day Panama Canal sailing on April 27, 2022. Island Princess will join a total of eight MedallionClass ships that have returned or are […]

Carnival to Continue Global Cruise Relaunch

Carnival Corporation will continue its global cruise relaunch this fall, with the expectation of returning to over 50 percent of its total fleet capacity by the end of October.  That’s in line with Carnival’s previously-stated plans to resume service with nearly 65 percent of its fleet capacity to begin 2022.  So far, eight Carnival brands […]

Princess Cruises Is Relaunching in the Caribbean

Princess Cruises is set to relaunch its Caribbean cruises this fall, the company said this week.  That will include sailings on the company’s Enchanted Princess, Sky Princess, Regal Princess and Caribbean Princess ships.  Enchanted Princess will begin with two new cruises from Fort Lauderdale, with 10-day itineraries to the Southern and Eastern Caribbean.  Sky Princes, […]

Princess Cruises Cancels Summer Caribbean Season

Princess Cruises is canceling its summer Caribbean cruise season amid the pandemic.  The move is part of a wider extension of its pause of global cruise operations, which will apply through the remaining 2020 summer season.  “As the world is still preparing to resume travel, it is with much disappointment that we announce an extension […]

Carnival Launches New Cruises to Mexico

Carnival Cruise Line has launched new cruises to Mexico out of the Port of San Diego. The company’s Carnival Miracle ship is homeporting in San Diego, the first Carnival ship to sail out of the city in seven years. Carnival Miracle will be sailing a range of cruises, from three-day weekend getaways to five-day voyages […]

Carnival Is Adding Four New Cruise Ships This Year

Carnival Corporation is launching four new cruise ships this year, the company announced this week.  That will include the new Iona for P&O Cruises UK; Enchanted Princess for Princess Cruises; Mardi Gras for Carnival Cruise Line and Costa Firenze for Italy’s Costa Cruises.  The highly-anticipated Mardi Gras ship is planning to debut in November, after […]

Princess Cruises Debuts Major New Ship

Princess Cruises has officially taken delivery of a major new cruise ship that will soon be heading to the Caribbean.  The new Sky Princess cruise ship is the first Princess ship built from the ground up as one of its new MedallionClass smart-platform ships.  The handover ceremony was held at Fincantieri’s shipyard in Italy this […]