• Latest
Grenada To Enjoy A Busy Cruise Ship Season

Grenada To Enjoy A Busy Cruise Ship Season

7 years ago
Grenada honey one step closer to being legally sold on Trinidad market

Government meets with unions representing public workers

6 hours ago
Claims of coronavirus at SGU designed to create fear and panic

Covid-19 update: Grenada Dashboard 16 April

6 hours ago
Mia Mottley’s profile in courage on anti-discrimination

Grenadian PhD candidate sets sights on environment and climate justice

11 hours ago
Entertainers fully vaxxed and ready to perform at Sandals Grenada

Entertainers fully vaxxed and ready to perform at Sandals Grenada

13 hours ago
Senator identifies finance as major shortcoming for sectors he represents

St Clair: MNIB resuming exporting of produce is good news 

13 hours ago
Working together for growth & development

Working together for growth & development

18 hours ago
Government says “no physical altercation” between journalist and junior minister

Collaborate with NaDMA for Covid-19 compliant relief effort

1 day ago
Securing Economic Integration: The importance of intraregional trade

Guidance for processing incoming persons from St Vincent

1 day ago
Ridge to Reef and MNIB launch Pest Management Project

MNIB resumes exporting; Increased inquiries from Barbados

1 day ago
Environmentalists unconvinced over Levera no-encroachment claim

Levera Project holding community consultations

1 day ago
SGU and Government of Grenada establish diagnostic testing facilities

SGU reopening; mandatory vaccination for all on campus

1 day ago
Finding a way forward

Finding a way forward

1 day ago
NOW Grenada

Main Header Ad 468x60

booked.net
  • Front Page
  • Categories
    • General News
      • All
      • Agriculture & Fisheries
      • Arts & Culture
      • Business
      • Education
      • Environment
      • Health
      • History
      • Lifestyle
      • Law
      • Politics
      • Technology
      • Travel & Tourism
      • Weather
      • Youth
    • Sports
      • All
      • Athletics
      • Cricket
      • Football
      • Watersports
    • Community
      • All
      • Tribute
    • Crime
    • Features
      • All
      • Today in History
    • Opinion/Commentary
    • Press Releases
      • All
      • Advertisements
      • Notices
  • Video
  • Notices & Vacancies
  • Advertise
  • Contact Us
No Result
View All Result
  • Front Page
  • Categories
    • General News
      • All
      • Agriculture & Fisheries
      • Arts & Culture
      • Business
      • Education
      • Environment
      • Health
      • History
      • Lifestyle
      • Law
      • Politics
      • Technology
      • Travel & Tourism
      • Weather
      • Youth
    • Sports
      • All
      • Athletics
      • Cricket
      • Football
      • Watersports
    • Community
      • All
      • Tribute
    • Crime
    • Features
      • All
      • Today in History
    • Opinion/Commentary
    • Press Releases
      • All
      • Advertisements
      • Notices
  • Video
  • Notices & Vacancies
  • Advertise
  • Contact Us
No Result
View All Result
NOW Grenada
No Result
View All Result

Article Header

Grenada To Enjoy A Busy Cruise Ship Season

This story was posted 7 years ago
22 November 2013
in General News
2 min. read
Share
With a total of 161 cruise vessels to call to its shores between the months of October 2013 and July 2014; and at least two months scheduled to welcome more than 30 ships, Grenada is expected to have a very busy and productive cruise ship season.

Cruise Ship
Cruise Ship Celebrity Summit as it docked at St. George’s Cruise Ship Terminal on 13 November 2013.

According to the Grenada Board of Tourism’s (GBT) Head of Product Development and Customer Service, Mrs Nikoyan Roberts, the cruise ship season is Grenada’s “opportunity to convert a one-day visitor into a two-week visitor, based on how well we represent our diverse product and give consistent service excellence to all visitors.”

In a recent interview, the GBT Official told the GIS that although the 2013-2014 season has experienced a decrease in ship calls; it is comparatively better than last season, due to calls now being received from larger cruise vessels.

“Ship calls this season are down by 11.5% (instead of having 182 ship calls, we have 161 calls) however, we have also experienced a slight increase of 2% in cruise passenger capacity with this season providing 235,062 passengers, as opposed to last year’s passenger capacity of 231,277 passengers,” Mrs Roberts said.  Grenada is also currently working on successful outcomes, with ongoing negotiations for additional cruise calls during the Summer period.

This Winter cruise season, Grenada welcomes inaugural calls from three cruise vessels; the MSC Musica on November 28, 2013 (passenger capacity 2,550); the Aida Bell on April 8, 2014 (passenger capacity 2,500); and the MSC Divina on May 30, 2014 (passenger capacity 3,959).  The MSC Divina is also scheduled to return to the destination on July 25th, 2014, en-route from World Cup Soccer in Brazil.

“The MSC Divina will actually provide two chartered calls. They are travelling out of the Southern US, into Brazil for World Cup Soccer and they will stop in Grenada on their way down to Brazil and on their way back up again,” Mrs Roberts informed.

According to the GBT’s cruise schedule for the rest of the month, Grenada expects calls from – Celebrity Eclipse on November 22;  Balmoral on November 23;  Emerald Princess on November 24; Ventura on November 25; Celebrity Summit and the Silver Cloud on November 27; the MSC Musica (inaugural call) on November 28; and AIDA Luna on November 30. This is a combined total cruise passenger capacity of 17,795 passengers, of which approximately 60% are expected to either book scheduled Tours (35-40%), and take independent Taxi Trips (15-20%) of Grenada’s touristic offerings.

The cruise ship season is one of the most important touristic income-generating activities of the year. Its related activities do not only translate into immediate earnings for the industry’s stakeholders, but significant revenue for the country on a whole.

GIS

NOW Grenada is not responsible for the opinions, statements or media content presented by contributors. In case of abuse, click here to report.

Tags: businesscruiseseasonshiptourismtravelvisitor
Next Post
Burke Admits to Job-seeking with Multitude of Institutions

Burke Admits to Job-seeking with Multitude of Institutions

Comment on story Cancel reply

Please enter your valid email address.
Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed.

Home Sidebar NP 300x250

© NOW Grenada. All Rights Reserved. Published by Aqua Design Inc. | Terms of Use | Privacy Policy

No Result
View All Result
  • Front Page
  • Categories
    • General News
      • All
      • Agriculture & Fisheries
      • Arts & Culture
      • Business
      • Education
      • Environment
      • Health
      • History
      • Lifestyle
      • Law
      • Politics
      • Technology
      • Travel & Tourism
      • Weather
      • Youth
    • Sports
      • All
      • Athletics
      • Cricket
      • Football
      • Watersports
    • Community
      • All
      • Tribute
    • Crime
    • Features
      • All
      • Today in History
    • Opinion/Commentary
    • Press Releases
      • All
      • Advertisements
      • Notices
  • Video
  • Notices & Vacancies
  • Advertise
  • Contact Us

Copyright NOW Grenada

We are using cookies to give you the best experience on our website.

You can find out more about which cookies we are using or switch them off in settings. Visit our Privacy Policy | Terms of Use.

NOW Grenada
Powered by  GDPR Cookie Compliance
Privacy Overview

This website uses cookies so that we can provide you with the best user experience possible. Cookie information is stored in your browser and performs functions such as recognising you when you return to our website and helping our team to understand which sections of the website you find most interesting and useful. Visit our Privacy Policy | Terms of Use.

Strictly Necessary Cookies

Strictly Necessary Cookie should be enabled at all times so that we can save your preferences for cookie settings.

If you disable this cookie, we will not be able to save your preferences. This means that every time you visit this website you will need to enable or disable cookies again.