Are You Ready to Go Back to Turkey?

The government of Turkey has a new program in place now through the end of 2019 that pays cruise lines an incentive to bring passengers to Turkish ports, a sizable incentive.

This is, of course, to counter the huge drop in tourism and cruise calls the country has experienced due to actual terrorist attacks in tourist areas and the potential for continued attacks.

The complete story appeared in the March 27 edition of Cruise News Daily. 

Other Things You'll Want to Know - February 23, 2017

CND subscribers also read about:

• Princess canceling all calls in Turkey in 2017
• Silver Muse getting its own scarves

Details appeared in the February 23 edition of Cruise News Daily. 

Other Things You'll Want to Know - February 21, 2017

CND subscribers also read about:

• Royal Caribbean International dropping calls at Kusadasi due to security concerns.
• Meyer Werft cutting the first steel for AIDA's first fully-LNG-powered ship. (Video below)

Details can be found in the February 21 edition of Cruise News Daily.




The audio is in German, but you can get English subtitles by turning on closed captioning and then going to the settings (under the gear) and selecting auto-translate.

It's Not Us, It's Them

The latest Carnival brand to realize that customers just aren't comfortable going to Turkey is Princess Cruises.

But before there was Cunard and P&O, and before Holland America, there was Norwegian Cruise Line, but we just didn't know it.

The complete story appeared in the December 13 edition of Cruise News Daily. 

Holland America Talks Turkey

Holland America Line has made the decision to cancel all port calls in Turkey through 2017.

The move follows a similar announcement by Cunard & P&O Cruises, also owned by Carnival Corp.

While the European-based brands attributed much of their decision based on advisories of the British Foreign Office and US Department of State, Holland America attributed their decision to “guest preferences for alternate ports.”

The complete story appeared in the December 8 edition of Cruise News Daily.

Another Year without Turkey

Cunard said today there will be no Turkey on Thanksgiving in 2017 - and no Turkey any other day of the year on any of their ships. The line has again canceled all calls to all Turkish ports in 2017 due to safety concerns.

Sister line P&O agreed and did likewise.

The complete story appeared in the December 6 edition of Cruise News Daily. 

Carnival Going Cold Turkey

Carnival Cruise Line has joined most other cruise lines and decided to drop calls at Kusadasi for balance of their European season on Carnival Vista.

Details appeared in the September 12 edition of Cruise News Daily. 

Quitting Cold Turkey

Earlier in the aftermath of terrorist attacks in Istanbul, Princess and Holland America canceled all calls in Turkey through August, and for the rest of the year in Istanbul. They said they would make a decision on returning to Kusadasi as we drew closer to September. It's about as close to September as we can get, so we asked them today.

Both lines said they have now decided to forego calls at all Turkish ports for the rest of the year.

The complete story appeared in the August 30 edition of Cruise News Daily. 

Turkey Still Not Safe Enough

Two more lines are bypassing Turkish ports this week. Celebrity Cruises and Princess Cruises both canceled calls this week at several Turkish ports, and Princess extended the Istanbul ban through the end of the year.

The complete story appeared in the July 25 edition of Cruise News Daily.

HAL Talking Turkey

On the eve of Eurodam's scheduled overnight call at Istanbul, Holland America Line said today they have decided to cancel all calls at Istanbul through the end of the year.

The complete story appeared in the July 21 edition of Cruise News Daily. 

Lines Cancel Calls in France and Turkey

In two separate incidents, cruise lines have again proven how responsive they can be in moving their passengers out of the way of violence or political turmoil on a moment's notice.

The complete story appeared in the July 15 edition of Cruise News Daily.

More Lines Rethink Istanbul Calls

Cunard and Princess became the latest two lines to drop calls at Istanbul in the wake of Tuesday's terrorist bombing at the airport.

Details appeared in the June 30 edition of Cruise News Daily. 

Update on Istanbul

The travel industry today dealt with the effects of yesterday's terrorist bombing at Istanbul's airport.
Contrary to the way things looked last night, the airport reopened and was operational today.

Cruise lines are now taking a second look at the wisdom of continuing to call at Istanbul, and three lines have canceled their calls. Others have not yet canceled, but CND believes they are moving in that directions and are now simply finalizing plans before making announcements yet this week.

Details appeared in the June 29 edition of Cruise News Daily.

Istanbul bombing

In light of the terrorist incident at Istanbul's airport this afternoon, the next few days may see lots of changes for passengers on at least three ships scheduled to call at Istanbul over the next few days.

The complete story appeared in the June 28 edition of Cruise News Daily.

If Your Ship Calls in Turkey

Although it got practically no coverage in the US, there was a sizable terrorist bombing in Istanbul Tuesday that killed 11 (including seven police officers from the rapid response team) and injured 36 people, three critically.

What you should consider if your ship is stopping at a Turkish port.

The complete story appeared in the June 8 edition of Cruise News Daily.

Talking Turkey

The US Consulate in Istanbul has issued (on Saturday) an emergency warning to US citizens in Turkey warning them of “credible threats to tourist areas, in particular to public squares and docks in Istanbul and Antalya.”

The complete story appeared in the April 11 edition of Cruise News Daily.