Tag Archives: Caribbean

Cruise operator Royal Caribbean Group is in discussions with new and existing markets around the world to recruit thousands of workers to staff its ships and private destinations to keep up with record cruise demand. The number of people taking cruises hit a record in 2023, and with the surge …

Prince Charles speaks during the opening ceremony of the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting, in Kigali, Rwanda, on June 24.Dan Kitwood/The Associated Press Commonwealth leaders settled in 2018 that Britain’s Prince Charles should succeed his mother Queen Elizabeth as head of the organization, but as they gathered again in Rwanda …

Britain’s Prince William and Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge arrive at Philip S. W. Goldson International Airport, Belize City, Belize, March 19, 2022. — Reuters pic BELIZE CITY, March 19 — Britain’s Prince William and his wife Kate arrived in Belize yesterday for a weeklong Caribbean tour that was marred by …

Royal Caribbean International’s cruise ship ‘Allure of the Seas’ enters its new home port in Fort Lauderdale on Nov. 11, 2010.Joe Skipper/Reuters Royal Caribbean and Norwegian Cruise Line on Wednesday canceled sailings amid rising fears of Omicron-related coronavirus infections that have dampened the nascent recovery of the pandemic-ravaged cruise industry. …

Royal Caribbean CEO Richard Fain delivers a speech at a shipyard in western France, on March 23, 2018.LOIC VENANCE/AFP/Getty Images Royal Caribbean Group’s Chief Executive Officer, Richard Fain, is stepping down after more than three decades with the U.S. cruise operator that is still recovering from the slump caused by …

This month, the British Virgin Islands (BVI) will sink three disused, airplanes (which have artfully been crafted to resemble sharks) to create an artificial reef for marine life. Beyond the Reef, a team comprising an underwater engineer, an oceanographer, a metal sculptor and an environmental filmmaker, is working on the project in collaboration …