Destination News - Cruising.Aug 27, 2007 CLIA CLIA Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments of 1988 Congressional legislation that promulgated quality assurance practices in clinical labs, and required them to measure performance at each step of the testing process from the beginning to the end-point of a Targets Luxury Cruise AgentsThe Cruise Lines
Name Headquarters A'rosa Europe NCL America America AIDA Cruises Europe American Cruise Lines America International Association's (CLIA's) Luxury Cruise Specialist certification program is gaining traction, as a reported 100 CLIA-member agents have signed up and another 15 already have completed it. Aug 24, 2007 Travel Agents Convicted in Fraud Cruise Scam. Travel agents should take note of the case of two travel agents brought up on fraud charges in Texas this week. Aug 24, 2007 Ambassadors Cruise Ambassadors Cruise Group Names Sales VP Ambassadors Cruise Group, which operates Windstar Cruises and Majestic America Line, has appointed Brian Clement as its vice president of retail sales. Aug 24, 2007 Carnival Cruise Carnival Changes Itineraries With Costa Maya Costa Maya is a small tourist region in the state of Quintana Roo, Mexico, located between Cancún and Belize. The area is generally undeveloped but has been growing quickly and rapidly after construction of a large pier to accommodate cruise ships. Calls Carnival Cruise Lines This article or section needs sources or references that appear in reliable, third-party publications. Alone, primary sources and sources affiliated with the subject of this article are not sufficient for an accurate encyclopedia article. is revising three of its ships itineraries in the face of damage to incurred by Costa Maya's port due to Hurricane Dean. Aug 24, 2007 Carnival Cruise Carnival Corp. and the government of St. Maarten on Wednesday finalized an agreement to build a new two-berth cruise ship pier. Aug 23, 2007 Carnival Cruise Carnival Expands Short Cruise Program From Miami Carnival Miami Carnival is similar to Trinidad and Tobago Carnival because it is based on the history of the Trinidad and Tobago Carnival. Miami Carnival is held on the first weekend of October in Miami. Cruise Lines is picking up the pace on its shorter cruise offerings from Miami with the addition of Carnival Imagination and Carnival Destiny Carnival Destiny is a cruise ship that is owned and operated by Carnival Cruise Lines. When she entered service in 1996, she was the largest passenger ship ever built as measured by gross tonnage, and the first passenger ship larger than the 1940 RMS Queen Elizabeth. in September 2008. Aug 22, 2007 Crystal Cruises Crystal Cites Early European Booking Patterns, Releases Itineraries EarlierNoting earlier booking patterns for its European itineraries, Crystal Cruises has published its 2008 European collection brochure months ahead of schedule. Aug 22, 2007 Cunard Cunard Offers Exclusivity On Queen Victoria7Diners with Grill-category accommodations on Queen Victoria, which comes into service in December, are in for a special ride. Aug 23, 2007 Cunard Cunard Adds Voyage To QE2's Farewell Season Cunard Line is squeezing as much life out of QE2 as it can before the ship is laid to rest in Dubai a year from now. Aug 22, 2007 Embracing Cruises India Embracing Cruises India is taking note of the appeal of a cruise vacation and to entice more lines to include India's ports on its itineraries, the government is looking to ease rules and restrictions and make it less burdensome for tourists to obtain visas. Aug 23, 2007 Hapag-Lloyd Hapag-Lloyd Introduces Gambia River Gambia River River, western Africa. Rising in Guinea and flowing northwest through Senegal and west through The Gambia to the Atlantic Ocean, it is 700 mi (1,120 km) long. It is the only western African river that is easily accessible to oceangoing shipping. Sailing The Hapag-Lloyd expedition ship, MS Bremen For other uses of "Bremen", see Bremen (disambiguation). MS Bremen, is a cruise ship operated by Hapag Lloyd since 1993. She was built as Frontier Spirit at the Mitsubishi Shipyard, Kobe (Japan) in 1990. , will voyage down the Gambia River this October, the first such itinerary for the German cruise line A cruise line is a company that operates cruise ships. Cruise lines have a dual character; they are partly in the transportation business, and partly in the leisure entertainment business, a duality that carries down into the ships themselves, which have both a crew headed by the . Aug 22, 2007 Norwegian Cruise NCL NCL Norwegian Cruise Line NCL New Caledonia (ISO Country code) NCL National Consumers League (Washington, DC) NCL Neuronal Ceroid Lipofuscinosis (adult type) Reduces Second-Quarter Losses Norwegian Cruise Line Norwegian Cruise Line (NCL) is a company operating cruise ships, headquartered in Miami, Florida. It is most well known for its Freestyle Cruising, which means that there are no set times or seating arrangements for meals, nor is formal attire required. reported its second quarter results on Wednesday, and while the numbers were better than last year's, the cruise line still lost a net total of $24.6 million. Aug 23, 2007 Oceania Cruises Oceania Cruises is a United States-based shipping company that operates three luxury cruise ships on world-wide itenaries. It is currently the world’s largest upscale cruise line, offering good-quality food and intenaries at a cheap price when compared to other upscale Apollo Management, a huge private equity group that's well known in maritime circles and that owns Oceania Cruises, plans to invest $1 billion cash in NCL Corporation, parent of Norwegian Cruise Line and NCL America. Aug 20, 2007 Royal Caribbean Royal Caribbean Issues Advisories, Alters ItinerariesRoyal Caribbean International, as of noon Tuesday, issued its latest advisory on its ship itineraries affected by Hurricane Dean. Aug 22, 2007 Windjammer Cruises Labor Issues Spell Trouble For Windjammer Cruises Crewmembers reportedly not receiving pay; a rumored private equity buyout-Windjammer Barefoot Cruises, the family-owned line consisting of four boats, has seen better days. Aug 24, 2007 ZZ Editorial eMail: edit@AirGuideOnline.com For Air Transport & Travel Business Experts contact our Director of Content Aram Gesar eMail: bizintel@AirGuideOnline.com For more global news, reviews, features and analysis, please subscribe to our Newsletters: http://www.airguideonline.com/order_formsubs.htm#news To Advertise: advert@AirGuideOnline.com AirGuideFlightTracker is a new service that keeps travelers informed on flight and airport status via the Web. 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