(Saturday, May 2. Los Angeles) All passengers boarding cruise ships are now being be given a questionaire to reveal if they have been in the presence of anyone with the H1N1 flu virus lately. In addition, people who are exhibiting signs of flu symptoms such as sneezing or sniffles will be subjected to special screening [...]

I just returned from the John Heald Blogger’s cruise chock-a-block full of Carnival Cruise Lines lovers. This is to be expected since hundreds of the people on board were fans of the erudite Carnival ambassador, cruise director John Heald. Heald waxes on daily shipboard life at his www.johnhealdsblog.com blog site. Hence the name “Blogger’s Cruise.”
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Cruise ships are still sailing full, and cruise lines are still optimistic about the future, but naturally the economy is having its effects on the industry, so here is an update on some of the inside stuff happening.
Norwegian Cruise Lines (NCL) announced its first profitable quarter in two years, actually reporting a $171.2 million profit [...]