Norwegian Cruise Lines is hiring staff for its cruise ship Pride of America. The company will be holding several information sessions on shipboard employment followed by a job interview across the USA. NCL is looking for energetic, hospitality-minded candidates with both recent and relevant experience in one of the following categories:
Costa Cruises was named “Top Employer in Italy" for the fifth consecutive year, recognized as one of the best Italian companies to work for. The Italian Cruise Line was awarded this prestigious Top Employers Italy 2018 certificate by the Top Employers Institute.
The cruise ship Pacific Explorer was forced to turn back to Sydney harbour, and end the voyage early due to an incident involving seven passengers. The confrontation took place last night at around 1am, when several men started arguing over toilet queue. Police says that during the clash between two groups a 37-year-old Russian woman hit a man with an empty wine bottle, causing a cut to his head. The onboard security separated the men and they were detained.
Princess Cruises and the Italian shipyard Fincantieri held a ceremony to mark the completion of the bow of Sky Princess. This ship will be the fourth unit belonging to the Royal class and will debut in October 2019 in a series of itineraries in the Mediterranean.
Starting this year Costa Cruises will reduce food waste on board its cruise ships by 50%. The program named "4GOODFOOD" developed with cooperation by University of Gastronomic Sciences of Pollenzo and Winnow, was already tested onboard Costa Diadema in 2016. The results during the trial period of 11 months have shown a reduction of food waste by over 50%, which is equivalent to a reduction of 1,189 tons of CO2, or the emissions of 231 cars in a year.
The 2018 Bacardi Legacy Global Cruise Cocktail Competition Finals will be held in Miami, on February 6. This Competition has attracted more than 1,600 entries from the cruise industry’s leading bartenders. Three bartenders have made it to the finals of the 13th annual competition who will compete for the title Bacardi Cruise Bartender of the Year and a chance to compete in the Global Finals in Mexico City, plus a $4,000 prize.
Yesterday, January 31, 2018, Kralendijk court of law sentenced the killer of the Royal Caribbean Crew Member, Adriana Morales De Florencio, to 17 years in prison, report news outlets from the small Caribbean island of Bonaire.
The fourth member of the Norwegian Cruise Line Breakaway Plus family will be called Norwegian Encore. This was announced today by Andy Stuart, president and chief executive officer for Norwegian Cruise Line, during the steel-cutting at Meyer-Werft shipyard in Papenburg, Germany. With 169,000 tones, 333.5 meters long and 41.5 meters wide, Encore will be able to carry up to 3,998 passengers.
Due to strong winds of up to 100 kilometers per hour, and waves from 4 to 4.5 meters Madeira archipelago is under yellow warning today, reports the Institute of the Sea and Atmosphere (IPMA). The adverse weather conditions in the Port of Funchal prevented two cruise ships to depart today and two more to dock.
Turner, the global media giant behind Cartoon Network is entering the cruise market together with Oceanic Group. The news was made public yesterday, with the announcement of the first fully themed cruise ship named “Cartoon Network Wave”. There are many Turner projects around the world with restaurants, theme parks, water parks, and airplanes, however, this will be the first time an entire cruise ship in the Cartoon Network style will set sail.
