One of the hardest-hit industries during the Covid-19 pandemic has been cruise ship travel, and while some cruise lines are gearing up to resume leisure travel in April, members of the WICO board are pessimistic that this return date is attainable. During WICO Interim President and CEO, Anthony Ottlety’s report at Friday’s board meeting, he mentioned that MSC Cruises, Carnival Cruise Line, Holland America Line, Norwegian Cruise Lines and Disney Cruise Line have a proposed sailing date at the start of April. Royal Caribbean and Princess Cruisers have a proposed sailing date in May. WICO had previously sought to resume cruise travel this month, but the pandemic has not let up, and with the United Kingdom strain of the coronavirus set to become the dominate version of the pathogen in the U.S. according to the Centers for Disease Control and…
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Maxiene K. Cabo December 03, 2020The West Indian Company Ltd. (WICO) Board of Directors convened on Wednesday to discuss several items…
CDC Allows No-Sail Order to Expire, But Cruise…
Ernice Gilbert October 31, 2020The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Friday it would allow its no-sail order for the…
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Ernice Gilbert October 30, 2020ST. CROIX — The V.I. government is well on its way in transforming the current Hotel on the Cay in Christiansted…
Until recently, cruises were the fastest growing sector of the travel industry, according to a Cruise Lines International Association report, published Dec. 2019. Before Covid-19, cruise travel was...
USVI residents, especially those in St. Thomas, may soon see cruise ships at ports of call again, as the once bustling cruise tourism operation that sustained many livelihoods on the island see some r...
Cruise ships will be free to set sail again early November if they so choose, following a White House order that scrapped a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention plan to extend the no-sail order ...
The 2020 USVI Paradise Jam basketball tournament in St. Thomas will be relocated due to the COVID-19 pandemic, tournament directors have announced. The NCAA Division I men’s and women’s event will...
Carnival Corp., which owns nine cruise line brands — among them the Carnival Princess, Costa Cruises and main brand Carnival — announced in its recent third-quarter earnings report that it plans o...
ST. JOHN — One of the USVI's most beautiful beaches has landed on Tripadvisor's Top 25 beaches in the world. Coming in at 18, the spot, Maho Bay, was described by a visitor on Tripadvisor as a "b...
Cruise Lines International Association (CLIA) announced Thursday that its cruise line members have agreed to voluntarily suspend U.S. cruise operations until at least 31 October. "Despite the valuabl...
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced Thursday that it has extended is no-sail order to September 30, as Covid-19 cases continue to surge in the U.S. with the continent reporting a ...
The Cruise Line International Association (CLIA) announced Friday that its members are voluntarily suspending operations out of U.S. ports through at least September 15, 2020. Among CLIA's members are...
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