Celebrity Cruises will mark its 11th season sailing in South American in December 2010. The season will include visits to 30 ports in 13 countries. Celebrity opened its winter 2010-11 Panama Canal and South America cruises and cruise-tours for sale on April 30.
Carnival Cruise Lines extended its cancellation of all port calls in Mexico through June 15. Sixteen cruises that were scheduled to stop in Mexico will be put on modified itineraries. Carnival is giving passengers the option of rescheduling their cruise for a later date through the end of 2010.
Crystal Cruises is introducing “Photography Experiences of Discovery” theme programming on two Mediterranean cruises this summer and fall.
Royal Caribbean International announced its 2010-11 short Caribbean cruise program, which offers 331 sailings on 20 itineraries visiting 15 ports of call. The cruise line will expand its deployment in Tampa with Radiance of the Seas from autumn 2010 through spring 2011, while Majesty of the Seas and Monarch of the Seas will continue their year-round Bahamas sailings from their respective homeports of Miami and Port Canaveral.
Beginning in May 2010, Celebrity Cruises’ Century will offer four- and five-night Caribbean itineraries year-round instead of limiting them to the winter season. The 2010-11 sailings on the 1,814-guest, recently refurbished Century are now open for sale.
Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. reported its first quarter 2009 net loss was $36.2 million, or $0.17 per share, compared to net income of $75.6 million, or $0.35 per share in 2008. The company said the results were significantly better than prior guidance of a loss of between $0.30 and $0.35.