NASSAU, BAHAMAS — The world-renowned Crystal Cruises has successfully completed its inaugural homeporting voyage in The Bahamas. The luxurious all-inclusive floating hotel sailed through sapphire waters to Great Exuma, San Salvador and Long Island, giving tourists and residents a unique, all-Bahamian experience. Now, starting this July, the cruise is implementing a Bahamas resident special for […]
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Bahamas celebrates debut of Crystal Cruises’ homeport in Nassau
Crystal Serenity sets sail on inaugural Luxury Bahamas Escapes voyage NASSAU, BAHAMAS — Live musical performances and celebrations were held at Pompey Square in Nassau on Saturday, July 3, as Crystal Cruises welcomed guests onboard the cruise line’s flagship Crystal Serenity for the inaugural Luxury Bahamas Escapes cruise. The Bahamas now serves as the official […]
FREE PASS: Some cruise passengers not required to obtain health travel visa
Tourism officials say govt confident in its decision due to vaccination/testing requirements NASSAU, BAHAMAS — Minister of Tourism Dionisio D’Aguilar announced on Saturday that the government has “loosened its restrictions” for some cruise ship passengers by not requiring a health travel visa to enter the country. His comments came as Crystal Cruises’ Crystal Serenity luxury […]
TRAVEL REVIVAL: Cruise port expects 60K visitors in July amid tourism rebound
“We have more than just homeport vessels coming in” NASSAU, BAHAMAS — Nassau Cruise Port executives say the port will receive an estimated 60,000 visitors this month as the cruise segment slowly begins to rebound. Its top executive, Mike Maura, told Eyewitness News: “We’re quite busy and excited. “We have more than just homeport vessels […]
BUMPY RESTART: Cruise lines push toward US port restart but positive cases popping up
CDC grants approval for Freedom of the Seas to sail from US port Confirmed COVID cases on RCI’s Adventure of the Seas homeporting in Nassau NASSAU, BAHAMAS — Royal Caribbean has announced that its Freedom of the Seas vessel is set to sail from a US port with paying passengers this Friday, though the industry’s […]
GB LOOKING UP?: PM touts $350M investment in shipyard and other projects but unionist not impressed
PM says projects in the pipeline for GB signs of “progress, hope and confidence” Russell: Shipyard investment “nothing new”, just insurance funds NASSAU, BAHAMAS — Carnival Cruise Lines and Royal Caribbean Cruise Lines have agreed to a combined investment of approximately $350 million in the Grand Bahama Shipyard, Prime Minister Dr Hubert Minnis revealed yesterday, […]
Nassau Cruise Port sails to success with Adventure of the Seas homeporting launch
NASSAU, BAHAMAS — Nassau Cruise Port made history on Saturday, June 12, 2021, as The Bahamas welcomed guests boarding Royal Caribbean’s Adventure of the Seas. Passengers were greeted in grand Bahamian style by vibrant Junkanoo performers and free dancers and treated to complimentary cans of Kalik beer. Swashbuckling pirates from the infamous tour vessel Blackbeard’s […]
Bahamas Paradise Cruise Line welcomes Grand Classica back into Port of Palm Beach in anticipation of July resumption of cruising
Cruise line CEO: We have missed Grand Bahama, our home away from home “It’s time to get crew members, cruise line support staff and parking attendants back to work” FLORIDA, USA — Bahamas Paradise Cruise Line yesterday marked the long-awaited return of Grand Classica to its homeport, the Port of Palm Beach. The ship has […]
ALL ABOARD: Royal Caribbean’s Bahamas cruise seeing “very strong bookings”
Adventure of the Seas to set sail next week, homeporting in The Bahamas and running through August NASSAU, BAHAMAS — Royal Caribbean is seeing very strong bookings on its Bahamas cruise offering, which is set to begin in just over a week, according to a senior official with the cruise line, who noted that customer […]
Bahamas Paradise Cruise Line receives green light from CDC to conduct simulated sailing, testing COVID-19 protocols
Test cruise to take place June 25-27 onboard Grand Classica Closed group to sail round-trip from Port of Palm Beach to Grand Bahama NASSAU, BAHAMAS — Bahamas Paradise Cruise Line announced yesterday it has received a green light from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to conduct a simulated sailing. Following all […]
BOOMING: Crystal Cruises extends Bahamas voyages amid record demand
Environmentalist claims pushback among some sectors of society, however NASSAU, BAHAMAS — Crystal Cruises has extended its new Luxury Bahamas Escapes cruise in The Bahamas, adding six seven-night voyages to its offering. According to the cruise line, the voyages add to its Crystal Serenity’s recently announced all-Bahamas itineraries, which opened for reservations with record demand, representing the […]
NUMBERS MATTER: One stopover visitor spends as much as 28 cruise visitors, cites IDB report
“Homeporting of cruise lines could help significantly in increasing the amount that cruise visitors spend in the country” NASSAU, BAHAMAS — Homeporting of cruise lines in The Bahamas could significantly increase cruise passenger spend, according to an Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) report that noted it takes 28 cruise visitors to equal the spend of one […]
BHTA president calls homeporting a “win-win”’; warns ‘we get one bite at this apple’
Royal Caribbean exec: Homeporting will help reinvigorate Bahamian economy NASSAU, BAHAMAS — Calling homeporting a “win-win” for the country, president of the Bahamas Hotel and Tourism Association Robert “Sandy” Sands this week lauded the potential of Royal Caribbean’s plans to homeport in Nassau this summer. Sands declared it would boost airlift, help fill hotel rooms […]
STEEP DROP: Foreign arrivals down nearly 80 percent in March, CBOB reports
“So far, only the stopover market has benefited from tourism restart” NASSAU, BAHAMAS — Total foreign arrivals fell by nearly 80 percent in March, extending the nearly 60 percent decline in the same period last year, the Central Bank has reported. According to the Central Bank’s Monthly Economic and Financial Developments report for March, total […]