Royal Caribbean’s new cruise ship aims to be the ideal vacation for young families

Royal Caribbean is betting big on young families with its newest, biggest cruise ship, Icon of the Seas. When the 7,600-passenger vessel launches in 2024, the line hopes it will create “the best family vacation in the world,” according to Michael Bayley, the line’s president and CEO — the kind of no-compromises, something-for-everyone experience that will create believers out…

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American drops Bangalore route, but is it gone for good?

American Airlines announced one of its flashiest long-haul routes just weeks before the pandemic hit, and now, nearly three years later, that service may never actually take off. The 8,078-mile flight, which was supposed to connect Seattle with Bangalore, India, was originally scheduled to begin in October 2020. The coronavirus ended up grounding the global aviation market just weeks…

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Royal Caribbean’s new Icon of the Seas will be world’s biggest cruise ship, with room for nearly 10,000 people

Royal Caribbean has done it again. The cruise line has announced it’s building the largest cruise ship ever — even bigger than its recently unveiled Wonder of the Seas, the current record-holder for world’s largest cruise ship. The new Icon of the Seas will carry 7,600 passengers at maximum occupancy (or nearly 10,000 people when you account for the…

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