'Floating city of millionaires' sought refuge in NZ
The ultra-luxurious ship circumnavigates the globe every two to three years.
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The world's largest travel and leisure company has been hit by a ransomware attack.
First Mediterranean cruise departs Italy, after tests
Passengers have departed on the first Mediterranean cruise after Italy's lockdown.
Setting sail a risky business with coronavirus around
Infection outbreaks pour cold water on industry's slow relaunch.
Tahiti cruise passenger confirmed Covid-19 positive
A passenger on a cruise ship in French Polynesia has tested positive for Covid-19.
Dozens test positive in new Covid cruise outbreaks
The liner should have notified passengers after the first infection was reported Friday.
Taiwan cruise returns with isolation wards instead of casino
Travel-starved tourists are experiencing their first 'overseas' trips in half a year.
'We don't need them': small operators weigh in on cruise debate
Local companies have urged tourists to "use what is already here and operating."
Viking Cruises predict an end to pandemic by 2021
Viking Cruises has given a sign that it predicts calmer waters ahead.
International 'Cruise Ban' further extended
The CDC has decided it is not safe to return to sea.
Health Authorities Under Fire As Ruby Princess Inquiry Continues
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Travel update: Cruising is back, but not as you know it
The first ocean cruise ships have set sail again but what does the industry's future hold?
Cruise ships floated as answer to quarantine hotel shortage
Accommodation shortage means cruise ships could become floating isolation facilities.
International cruise lines on collision course with NZ ban
Despite the ban, cruise itineraries with New Zealand ports are already selling out.
Incredible map: Where stranded cruise ships are stuck
Cruise ship workers are still trapped on ships unable to dock because of restrictions.
Cruising is back, but not as you know it
There was no doubt that cruising would return, but this ship is a surprise.
'We've been wronged': US White Island honeymooners seek damages
The honeymooners plan to seek damages from both the cruise line and the tour operators.
Coronavirus: Is this the end of the line for cruise ships?
Financial Times: Coronavirus dealt cruise ship industry what looks like a crippling blow.
Controversial $17m Queens Wharf mooring dolphin sunk
Auckland Councillors scrapped major projects today to fill a $550m Covid-19 revenue hole.
Couple still waiting for $40,000 cruise ship refund
'I'm absolutely disgusted. Repaying us should have been their priority.'
Why I jumped ship: The Kiwi cruise worker who fled her ultra luxury job
80,000 cruise workers are stuck at sea. This Kiwi jumped ship.
Man stuck on cruise ship surprises Kiwi kids
Teacher tracks down stranded cruise crooner on Instagram and gets him on class Zoom.
Crew of 'world's finest ultra-luxury' cruise stuck at sea until July
While waiting for 'no-sail' orders to end, crew face an anxious - yet luxurious - wait.
'Why weren't we warned?' White Island survivors sue cruise line
Australian survivors plan to sue to cruise line for failing to warn them of the danger.
Deadly cruise: What did crew members know before NZ man's death?
How can cruise ship passengers take a class action against cruise lines?
The 'last cruise ship on Earth' finally comes to port
The sea has now been emptied of its cruise ships and their 23 million annual passengers.
'A stroke of luck' to be on global cruise during pandemic
One Italian cruise ship has been a virus-free bubble since it set sail in January.
Nikki Chamberlain: The approaching tidal wave of Covid-19 class actions
COMMENT: Legal recourse will be a matter of survival for many, Nikki Chamberlain says.
Auckland Council's 'silver lining' - no mooring dolphins?
The tide has gone out on international tourism.
They're home: Kiwis evacuated from cruise ship arrive in NZ
"I think everyone's done the best they can in the situation."
Another Ruby Princess passenger dies from virus
The tragic fallout from the Ruby Princess continues after another former passenger dies.
Kiwis stranded on cruise ship in Uruguay for month finally coming home
New Zealanders have spent nearly a month in tiny cabins on the cruise ship.
Passengers 'sneezed on each other' on Ruby Princess cruise that sparked NZ Covid-19 cluster
The vessel berthed in Napier and has led to a cluster of cases in Hawke's Bay.
Chris Roberts says tourism industry in a 'deep slumber'
Tourism Industry Association chief executive Chris Roberts says the industry is currently in a "deep slumber" and had been forced to go into "hibernation".