Look for 6% growth in 2018
With cruise capacity expected to grow approximately 6 percent in 2018, regions set for the greatest increases are Alaska, Australia and Europe, excluding the Mediterranean.
Princess adds more cruises from L.A.
Princess Cruises has announced plans for two more voyages from Los Angeles to Alaska and back — a new route the line is debuting in 2018.
Norwegian to send Jewel to Alaska
Norwegian Cruise Line announced updates to its summer 2018 deployment.
National parks draw 2.78 million visitors
Skagway’s Klondike Gold Rush National Park of Skagway is Alaska’s most visited national park.
Alaska Airlines ‘committed to Alaska’
Like so many things in life, it all comes down to relationships. Some businesses develop relationships with their customers, but thousands of Alaskans call their relationship with Alaska’s major air carrier, Alaska Airlines, more of a union.
Industry creates appetite for philanthropy
More than 250 tourism-related businesses pulled together for the 18th annual Visitor Industry Charity Walk.
Seattle opens renovated cruise terminal
The Port of Seattle has renovated its Pier 66 to handle the 4,000-passenger Norwegian Bliss, which will be the largest cruise vessel on the West Coast when it arrives for the 2018 cruise season.
Fast facts about the small-ship experience
Interest in small-ship cruising, traveling onboard ships with a smaller passenger capacity, is on the rise among travelers.
Russians left big footprint on Kodiak Island
The Russian-American Company built a magazin, a warehouse or storehouse, between 1805 and 1808. This spruce log structure is now the oldest building in Alaska. By Discover Kodiak In 1741, members of Vitus Bering’s second voyage through the Gulf of Alaska set foot on Alaska soil, marking…