Sharing More of the Wealth

Carnival Corp has increased their quarterly dividend by 17%. The line declared a quarterly dividend today of 35 cents per share.

Details appeared in the April 14 edition of Cruise News Daily.

Fathom Now Has More Trouble

The Coast Guard still hasn’t given Adonia the green light to sail, but many Cuban-Americans in Miami seem to be trying to stop Fathom from even operating the cruises to Cuba. Aside from public protests, the opposition is taking two approaches in the courts to stop the cruises.

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

Looking Good

Carnival Vista has completed its sea trials in the Adriatic and has returned to the yard in northern Italy where Fincantieri workers are doing the last of the finishing work.
   The 133,500-ton ship will set sail on its maiden voyage from Trieste on May 1.

Photos courtesy of Carnival Cruise Line. All rights reserved. May not be copied or used without express permission. 

A Quick Trip to New Zealand

Princess Cruises, which offers more cruises to New Zealand than any other cruise line, has released a time-lapse video of a 13-night cruise around New Zealand by Golden Princess.

During the speeded-up voyage, Golden Princess visits a total of six different ports on both the north and south islands.

Disney Freshens Things Up for 2017

Disney has their loyal fans who sail with them exclusively time after time. They keep them coming back by continuing the Disney quality for which the company is known in all their hospitality businesses, but also by constantly offering something different.

Sometimes its sailing to a new area that they haven’t sailed to for a couple of years - and may not again or a couple - and other times it’s going back to the same place but throwing in a couple of one-off itineraries which have different ports of call, or maybe even some brand-new ports.

The complete story appeared in the April 12 edition of Cruise News Daily.