FTI Cruises has announced its third Cuba cruise season for the Berlin, starting in January 2020. According to Ralph Schiller, FTI Group Managing Director, the Berlin will sail 11 weekly cruises from Havana around Cuba from January 4 through March 14, calling at Santiago de Cuba as well as Georgetown and Montego Bay. (cruiseindustrynews.com)
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Change of plans for Cuba (Fox13news.com)
Hundreds of passengers arrived at Port Tampa Bay Saturday to board the Carnival Paradise. The cruise ship was originally scheduled to dock in Havana, Cuba, but has since been given a new itinerary. Many passengers were unhappy with this last-minute change, as it was a dream vacation they had been planning for over a year. (fox13news.com)
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Cruisers’ bucket-list dreams of visiting Cuba were put on hold this week when the U.S. government revealed new travel restrictions that prevent cruise ships from taking American citizens to the island nation. The changes were effective immediately. Cruise lines have since been scrambling to reroute ships due to call on Cuba this week and make alternative arrangements for future sailings — many of which had been scheduled more than a year in advance. (cruisecritic.com)
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Cruise Lines International Association (CLIA) issued the following statement on the U.S. Government’s new travel restrictions on Cuba: “Today, (June 5, 2019) the United States Government announced the immediate implementation of new regulations prohibiting previously approved cruise line travel to Cuba from the United States. Without warning, CLIA Cruise Line Members are forced to eliminate all Cuba destinations from itineraries effective immediately.”
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Carnival Corporation confirmed today that due to changes in U.S. policy, the company will no longer be permitted to sail to Cuba effective immediately, the company said, in a statement. (cruiseindustrynews.com)
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Following a statement from the U.S. Treasury Department regarding Cuba travel on Tuesday, Royal Caribbean International announced its June 5 and 6 sailings will not stop in Cuba. (cruiseindustrynews.com)
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Cruise line Carnival Corp is asking a U.S. court to dismiss lawsuits that claim the company profited from confiscated Cuban property, the first such cases brought since the Trump administration made them possible this month. (reuters.com)
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A recent wave of new government regulations regarding travel to Cuba led many to question how cruises to the island nation might be affected. In the three weeks since the April 17 announcement, little clarity has been provided by the U.S. government pertaining to how the policies would (or wouldn’t) affect the cruise industry. Reports of unprecedented lawsuits against Carnival Cruise Line for using ‘seized’ terminal facilities in Havana also have elevated concerns about the future of Cuba cruises. (cruisecritic.com)
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Mickael Behn grew up attending shareholder meetings of a port company that no longer existed, except on paper. The Havana Docks Company used to run maritime operations in the busy harbor of Cuba’s capital, until they were confiscated at gunpoint by revolutionaries in 1960. (nytimes.com)
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The Trump administration is tightening restrictions on Cuba with new sanctions and a crackdown on tourism to the island disguised as family visits or other official business. President Donald Trump’s national security advisor John Bolton announced the move during a speech Wednesday in Miami, according to PBS. (benzinga.com)
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Virgin Voyages president and CEO Tom McAlpin and Diana Block-Garcia, vice president of destination, itinerary and revenue, were joined by La Habana Cruise Port officials yesterday (April 2) for a ceremonial celebration of the formalization of Virgin Voyages’ contract to sail to Cuba in 2020, according to a press release. (cruiseindustrynews.com)
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