Viking River Cruises Celebrates Its 15th Anniversary and Biggest Year Yet - MarketWatch (press release)

Viking River Cruises Celebrates Its 15th Anniversary and Biggest Year Yet
MarketWatch (press release)
23, 2012 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- Anniversaries call for celebration, and as Viking River Cruises ( www.vikingrivercruises.com ) marks its 15th anniversary in 2012, the world's leading river cruise line is planning the biggest year in its history.

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Aussie spirit on Carnival cruise - Herald Sun

Aussie spirit on Carnival cruise
Herald Sun
Carnival Cruise Line is the largest cruise line in the world, with a fleet of 23 ships. From its Sydney base, the Carnival Spirit will sail to the South Pacific year-round, visiting New Caledonia, Vanuatu, Fiji and New Zealand.

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Doomed liner's captain trades blame with shipowners - Reuters


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Doomed liner's captain trades blame with shipowners
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N), the world's largest cruise line operator. According to transcripts of his hearing with investigators leaked to Italian newspapers, Schettino told magistrates Costa had insisted on the manoeuvre to please passengers and attract publicity.
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Costa CEO says captain misled company and crew msnbc.com
Fuel to Be Removed From Stricken Cruise Ship New York Times
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So what DID cause the liner to hit the rocks? - Daily Mail


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So what DID cause the liner to hit the rocks?
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So what would he have made of the gigantic, floating hotels that pass for modern cruise liners? In the past decade, the size of the passenger ships cruising the world's oceans has doubled. The biggest of these monsters weigh more than 225000 tons and ...
Cruise disaster: Perfect storm of events caused Costa Concordia crash Telegraph.co.uk
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Entertainers outnumbered sailors on doomed liner Reuters
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Carnival too big to let Concordia sink profits - MiamiHerald.com

Carnival too big to let Concordia sink profits
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... about 50000 people around the world board cruise ships to start their vacations. Half of them set to sea on a vessel owned by Carnival Corp, the industry leader based in Doral. Those odds help explain why analysts think the world's largest cruise ...

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Costa Backs Passengers - Wall Street Journal


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Costa Backs Passengers
Wall Street Journal
Costa, a unit of the world's biggest cruise operator, Miami-based Carnival Corp., also said it would reimburse passengers the full costs of their cruise, travel expenses and any medical expenses sustained after the grounding.
Costa: $14460 per person for ruined Italy cruises Sault Ste. Marie Evening News

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Carnival CEO Faces Disaster Fallout From Miami - Bloomberg


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Carnival CEO Faces Disaster Fallout From Miami
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He has expanded the company into the world's biggest cruise group via acquisitions of individual ships and ultimately entire cruise lines -- including the biggest cruise merger -- while building new vessels to accommodate thousands.

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