ACA receives Heart of Anchorage award

Chris Schutte with the Anchorage Downtown Partnership presented ACA’s Rod Pfleiger with this year’s Ship Creek Landing Award. Anchorage Downtown Partnership recognized the Alaska Cruise Association and John Binkley with the 2010 Ship Creek Landing Award at the Heart of…

New Princess ships

After months of negotiation, Carnival Corporation has signed a Memorandum of Understanding to build two new 3,600-passenger capacity vessels with the Italian State-owned shipbuilder, Fincantieri, for their Princess Cruises brand. At 139,000 GRT, the new vessels will be the largest…

DEC issues final cruise ship general permit for 2010-2012 seasons

Just 12 days prior to the first cruise ship arriving in Alaska, the Department of Environmental Conservation issued a final large cruise ship general permit. The permit establishes the rules by which cruise ships may discharge treated wastewater in Alaska,…

Used cooking oil gets new use as biofuel

Heather Hardcastle bids farewell to Steve Ball, environmental officer aboard Royal Caribbean’s Radiance of the Seas. Heather and Steve developed a successful protocol to recycle used cooking oil. Heather Hardcastle likes to think green. So does Royal Caribbean Cruises. So…

Patti Mackey, ‘We’d like to see Alaska say yes more often’

Patti Mackey, Executive Director, Ketchikan Visitors Bureau Name: Patti Mackey Title: Executive Director Business name: Ketchikan Visitors Bureau Briefly describe business: We are a destination marketing organization and have been in existence since 1976. We are an independent non-profit. Our…

Meltdown hits local tourism

By Scott Bowlen Ketchikan’s tourism industry felt effects from the national economic meltdown with declines in visitor numbers and most types of spending in 2009. Cruise passenger numbers dropped by about 0.5 percent from 941,910 in 2008 to 937,419 passengers…

Alaska faces $200+ million loss

EDITOR’S NOTE: While other destinations will see more ships, more passengers and more economic benefits from cruise tourism in 2010, Alaska is facing a serious downturn which will affect businesses and jobs across the state. Cruise lines are ready to…

Alaska loses ships in 2011

Princess cruises and Holland America announced last month that they would both pull one cruise ship from Alaska in 2011. Princess, the largest cruise operator in Alaska, said it would pull the 710-passenger Royal Princess in early 2011. Princess had…

‘We really benefit from cruise industry’

Bonnie Quill, Executive Director, Matanuska-Susitna Convention and Visitors Bureau (Mat-Su CVB). Name: Bonnie Quill. Title: Executive Director, Matanuska-Susitna Convention and Visitors Bureau (Mat-Su CVB) Briefly describe business: Mat-Su CVB is the destination marketing organization for the Matanuska-Susitna Borough. We receive…
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