Cruise Ship Scheduled to Sail Today After Days of Issues
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Doug Parker provides several updates regarding the cruise industry for July 11th. The report begins with details concerning the Celebrity Infiniti, which has been stuck in Kusadasi, Turkey, following an electrical fire and power outages. The cruise line intends to depart for Athens, Greece, today with an estimated departure time of 3:00 p.m. To address the delays, the company is offering complimentary shore excursions and a combination of a 50 percent refund and a 50 percent future cruise credit for guests on the July 12th sailing. In other news, Royal Caribbean has taken delivery of the Star of the Seas from a shipyard in Finland. This vessel is the second in the Icon class and is scheduled to sail from Port Canaveral next month. Additionally, Panama has decided to end its cruise ship homeporting incentive program because it was not driving sufficient tourism growth. The report concludes with a photo submission from a guest and an overview of recent performance in cruise stocks, noting increases for Carnival Corporation, Royal Caribbean, Norwegian, and Viking.
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Celebrity Infiniti following an electrical fire along with days of intermittent power outages on Celebrity Infiniti.
The company is standing firm that the ship will be ready to leave Kusadasi, Turkey today and sail back to Athens, Greece.
The line is issuing a 50% future cruise credit and 50% refund for the guest on tomorrow's July 12th sailing.
Royal Caribbean has taken delivery of its newest mega ship, Star of the Seas, from Myer Turku Shipyard in Finland.
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