Princess celebrates 50th year by sending 7 ships to Alaska
Princess Cruises is celebrating 50 years sailing to the Great Land with its largest deployment ever, featuring the debut of Royal Princess.
Celebrity sends bigger ship north
The company plans to replace the 2,170-passenger Celebrity Infinity in Alaska with the bigger, 2,852-passenger Celebrity Eclipse for the summer of 2019.
Ships recycle, reduce and reuse
In addition to banning single-use plastics, cruise ships recycle, on average, 60 percent more waste per person than the average person recycles on shore each day, adding up to more than 80,000 tons of paper, plastic, aluminum and glass recycled each year.
Seattle has biggest cruise season ever
The Port of Seattle welcomed a record 1,071,594 passengers through its cruise terminals this year, with an estimated 1,092,345 expected in 2018.
Chamber supports TID model to fund marketing
The Alaska Chamber has adopted several advocacy policy positions important to the visitor industry.
Samuels: ‘There’s room to grow’ the visitor sector
Optimism and caution was the message coming from the cruise ship and tourism industries at the 38th annual Alaska Resources Conference.
Safety Improvements for Denali entrance
The State and the National Park Service are teaming up to improve safety on the Parks Highway near the entrance to Denali.
Another new ship for Alaska
American Cruise Lines will deploy its new 175-passenger American Constellation into the Alaska market for the 2018 summer.
Cunard adds more Alaska cruises for 2019
Cunard's first voyage to Alaska in more than two decades will be followed by four more Cunard sailings around the state.