Florida health officials on Thursday filed suit against U.S. health authorities in a bid to force the restart of cruise travel, as the industry — Florida being a major cruise hub and the largest in the U.S. — has laid dormant for over a year even as travel restrictions for other industries have been eased. The pressure comes as a mixed group of private and public sector supporters of cruise travel have in recent times called on the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to ease what they say is the CDC's stringent and reckless stance against the industry. The agency has not cleared restart even as major cruise ship operators have updated their criteria for voyages, among them mandatory vaccination for both crew and passengers. The lawsuit was filed Thursday in the U.S. District Court in Tampa, Fla., against the CDC, the Department of…
Gov't House said Tuesday that a bipartisan team of governors from five states and Puerto Rico have signed-on…
Pressure from the Cruise Lines International Association (CLIA), Florida Governor Ron DeSantis and others…
During a Wednesday community business forum organized by the Bryan administration, Royal Caribbean is…
Royal Caribbean to Offer 'Fully Vaccinated' Cruise…
Ernice Gilbert March 04, 2021Showing the disjointed efforts to restart cruise ship voyages around the world, Israel, one of the most…
House Passes Plaskett Bill to Designate St. Croix…
Staff Consortium February 27, 2021The U.S. House of Representatives on Friday passed the St. Croix National Heritage Area Act, included…
A Festive Mood as USVI Welcomes Frontier Airlines…
Kyle Murphy February 20, 2021ST. THOMAS — On Friday afternoon, Frontier Airlines flight 130 touch downed at the Cyril E. King Airport…
Pressed at Board Meeting on Why Long Bay Project…
Kyle Murphy February 12, 2021Governor Albert Bryan and Dept. of Tourism Commissioner Joseph Boschulte, who also serves as the chairman…
Department of Tourism (D.O.T) Commissioner Joseph Boschulte testified before the Committee on Economic Development and Agriculture on Tuesday relative to how the Virgin Islands adjusted its marketing ...
Updated at 5:35 a.m., Tues. Jan., 26: As reported by the Consortium, Governor Bryan called for the unification of WICO and the V.I. Port Authority in his State of the Territory Address Monday night. ...
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 ...
The Moorings, an international luxury yacht charter company with locations throughout the Caribbean and around the world, was recently welcomed by Governor Albert Bryan to the company’s new location...
Wyndham Destinations, the world’s largest vacation ownership and exchange company, announced Wednesday the re-opening of Limetree Beach Resort by Club Wyndham and Club Wyndham Elysian Beach Resor...
AP — A shark killed a 38-year-old female tourist in the French Caribbean territory of St. Martin on Thursday, shocking many in the eastern Caribbean region where experts say such attacks are extreme...
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The U.S. Department of the Interior and EHI Acquisitions, the current operator of Caneel Bay Resort, announced today via release that they have reached an understanding to move forward with negotiatio...
The West Indian Company Ltd. (WICO) Board of Directors convened on Wednesday to discuss several items involving the WICO dock, with matters surrounding possible delays of cruise travel, along with WIC...
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