All Hawaii Cruises “Suspended” raises questions

BREAKING NEWS
All day long we have been hearing from NCL that all Hawaii Cruises have been "suspended until further notice" All of this comes on the heels of the Pride of Hawaii leaving and a huge infusion of $1 billion in cash  they received from Apollo, a private equity investment group.  This company now owns 50% of NCL and part of that deal may have included a requirement that they eliminate Hawaii cruises because of all of the losses that they have accrued.

What does this mean for the future of Hawaii cruises?  Will they be canceled completely?  Are they going to just have maybe one ship here that will service Fanning Island?  Our only conclusion is that something is going on and it’s not good when it comes to Hawaii cruises for this market.  There would be no reason to tell agents that all Hawaii cruises have been suspended because there’s no way that they could all be sold out at this point.

We’ll be keeping a very close watch on this and as soon as we have an "official" word we will be sure to let you know.

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Published by Bruce Fisher

Since 2006 Bruce Fisher has been publishing the Hawaii Vacation Blog and the Hawaii Vacation Connection Podcast which create daily content about Hawaii Travel and Tourism. This Blog is the only online resource providing Hawaii-based information aimed at travelers seven days per week. postings reflect the Hawaiian Islands, their culture and their lifestyle as accurately and thoroughly as possible.

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January 9th, 2008