Travel boost: Pre-departure tests on way out, cruise ships return
Airlines say the pre-departure tests need to go straight away.
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EDITORIAL: Popular form of tourism has a bit to prove after the pandemic's early stages.
Project Auckland: Time to welcome the return of cruise ships
Downtown Auckland can once again welcome cruise ship passengers.
New Virgin cruise ship to call NZ and Australia home
Virgin's anticipated Cruise debut sailed straight into the headwinds of a global pandemic.
Govt says rule changes for cruise restart in NZ 'not far off'
Cruise companies need a date. Govt says it will 'make decisions as quickly as we can'.
First cruise ship arrives in Sydney after 2-year hiatus
250 staff had sailed without passengers from Cyprus, where the ship waited out the ban.
Luxury cruise ships return to NZ: A butler for every berth
Hope is growing in the cruise industry that ban on ships is about to be lifted.
196 sailings and counting: The 'cult cruisers' are back on the ships
New York Times: For these cruise fanatics, the aim is to almost never touch dry land.
Cruise company floats own NFTs in nautical first
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Norwegian Cruise Line boss: 'I believe the upside for cruising is virtually unlimited'
Ahead of the debut of new generation ship, NCL talks its future and lessons from Covid.
Tourism minister on cruise ships: 'I'd love to see them back'
Industry has worked 'incredibly hard' to change the perception of travellers, says Nash.
'Open border': Cruise industry fears passengers will sail away
'It's not like flicking on a light switch: We need to plan some operators have closed.
Katy Perry to become cruise godmother in Reykjavík
Perry joins Queen Elizabeth II and Pitbull in a long list of celebrity cruise godparents.
Norwegian Escape: Cruise runs aground in Caribbean
Just when you thought it was safe to get back in the water…
Luxury, 180-day Cruise to New Zealand sold out in 30 minutes
A luxury around-the-world cruise has booked out in the quickest time on record.
Cruise industry left adrift, absent from border reopening plans
Quarantine may end this weekend but the maritime border remains in place.
Leading cruise companies drop mask requirements from next week
Cruise lines are moving on from the pandemic over seas but are yet to return to NZ.
Aussie tradie's huge bill after cruise threesome, five-day 'isolation'
NSW Court of Appeal heard Rawlings was 28 when he was held in isolation.
Museum at the end of the world where the Heroic Age came to die
"The old smell of dead whale permeates everything. It is a strange and curious place."
Cruise ship dodges US bailiffs over $6m debt, sails for Bahamas
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Cruise industry says unfairly 'singled out' for reporting cases
NZ cruising unlikely to begin until the last quarter of 2022.
Costa Concordia ten years on: vivid memories from survivors
Cruise disaster 'like a nail stuck to the wall that marks that date'
US lawsuits claim White Island tourists unaware of danger; graphic new details
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Thousands trapped on cruise ship by Hong Kong Covid crackdown
Thousands of passengers are trapped in a scene reminiscent of the early pandemic.
Fully-vaccinated cruise passengers warned against travelling by CDC
Fully vaccinated? The CDC still thinks you should cancel that cruise trip.
Summer Questions: Cruise industry boss Debbie Summers on rebuilding a harpooned sector
NZ risks being left behind the rest of the world.
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Covid 19 Cruise sails on with new guests after outbreak
Nine crew members and eight passengers were infected on the Norwegian Breakaway:
Outbreak on the Norwegian Breakaway cruise as 10 test positive for Covid
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Princess Cruises longest ever cruise set to depart Auckland
Princess Cruises chooses New Zealand and Australia as the start of the marathon sailing.
Disney Cruises lowers Covid 19 vaccine to include children 5+
Disney becomes the first major cruise line to lower its vaccine age requirements.
Cruisin' for a bruising: Mega cruise ships banned in Tahiti from 2022
Mega cruise ships gear up for a long-awaited season, but they won't be sailing to Tahiti.