Cruise News Articles

By Amanda Bohman An expected drop in visitors to Fairbanks this summer is proving to be true, preliminary numbers show. City bed tax receipts for the month of May are down by about 30 percent compared to last year, according…

By Libby Sterling The numbers aren’t good. Alaska, once a confident giant in the cruise industry, is now a market facing crippling challenges. Several ships have already been pulled from Alaskan waters for the 2010 season, an action that will…

It’s a good summer for humpback whales cruising the chilly waters of Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve, and park rangers would like to keep it that way. Park officials say a special area created earlier this summer to protect…

KTUU-TV News Anchor, Megan Baldino, was here in Sitka with cameraman, Micheal Nederbrock; traveling on the m/s Ryndam. Megan conducted a multi-part story on the cruise industry, and also visited Skagway, Juneau and Ketchikan. She interviewed folks like Sitka Chamber…

For a record 14th year, Crystal Cruises has been voted “World’s Best Large-Ship Cruise Line” by the readers of Travel + Leisure magazine. The ultra-luxury line is the only cruise line, resort or hotel to have won the prestigious award…

Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. has received the first ever “Clean Sea Award.” The award was announced at the Clean Shipping Awards ceremony held during the Nor-Shipping Conference, presented in cooperation with Det Norske Veritas (DNV). In total, 60 companies were…

Holland America Officer James Griffiths briefs guests aboard the Ryndam during a tour in Juneau. Listening in are, from left, Sen. Dennis Egan, Ashley Johnston and Tricia Sine. By Kate Golden The U.S. Supreme Court has slapped down the city…

Rod Pfleiger of the Alaska Cruise Association, left, and Ralph Samuels of Holland America, right, present a custom hunting knife to Don Habeger for his years of valuable contributions to the visitor industry. Don is the former vice president of…

Lalanya Downs and Rod Pfleiger of the Alaska Cruise Association explain the functionality of the Bulb Eater® to two participants of the Marine Treasure Hunt at the Alaska Ocean Festival. Good weather and 8,500 people helped make the Seventh Annual…

Guests aboard Holland America ships can sign up for volunteer work while in port. In Juneau, Gastineau Guiding has created the Marine Wildlife Research Exploration, which takes guests on an exploration vessel out of Auke Bay to look for and…