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Singing Competition to be Launched – Caribarena Antigua

February 3, 2012
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Singing Competition to be Launched – Caribarena Antigua

Caribarena Antigua Singing Competition to be Launched Caribarena Antigua TOPS has received the endorsement of the Ministry of Education and Crime Stoppers Antigua for the concert series. The admission for the concert is $10, with proceeds going towards the music
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Singing Competition to be Launched – Caribarena Antigua

February 3, 2012
By Island Tips
Singing Competition to be Launched – Caribarena Antigua

Caribarena Antigua Singing Competition to be Launched Caribarena Antigua TOPS has received the endorsement of the Ministry of Education and Crime Stoppers Antigua for the concert series. The admission for the concert is $10, with proceeds going towards the music and art programmes of the Princess Margaret School.
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Putting the Costa Concordia Disaster in Perspective

February 2, 2012
By Island Tips

Do you, like me, get the feeling that most of the reporters covering the Costa Concordia disaster have never been on a modern mainstream ship? And that they're painting their pictures of onboard life based on, oh, I dunno, the Titanic movie? As an example, this today from the Associated Press : "The...
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Princess ship scoops up sailors during midnight rescue mission

January 25, 2012
By Island Tips

Passengers on Princess Cruises' 113,000-ton, 3,080-passenger Ruby Princess witnessed a dramatic rescue on Monday in the Bahamas.
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Carnival Corp. Plans Company-Wide Safety & Emergency Response Review

January 19, 2012
By Island Tips

In the wake of last Friday’s disastrous capsizing of Costa Concordia, Costa’s parent company, Carnival Corporation, today announced a comprehensive audit and review of safety and emergency response procedures across all of its cruise brands: Carnival Cruise Lines, Holland America Line, ...
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Cunard’s Queen Mary 2 gets a makeover

January 18, 2012
By Island Tips

Have you taken a Transatlantic cruise ??There are many to choose from. Ever since the launch in 2004 of the QM2 ( Queen Mary 2 ), cruise travelers have had a fabulous luxury cruise ship worth crossing the Atlantic on.? Certainly?her predecessor, QE...
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Costa Concordia Business Backgrounder: Italian Cruise Line, American Bucks

January 17, 2012
By Island Tips

In all the coverage this week of the Costa Concordia disaster, Costa Cruises (aka Costa Crociere, “crociere” being Italian for “cruises”) is identified as a subsidiary of Carnival Corporation, so I thought it might be useful to provide some background to the companies’ relationship. Costa’s history goes back to 1854, when ...
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Costa Concordia Business Backgrounder: Italian Cruise Line, American Bucks

January 17, 2012
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In all the coverage this week of the Costa Concordia disaster, Costa Cruises (aka Costa Crociere, “crociere” being Italian for “cruises”) is identified as a subsidiary of Carnival Corporation, so I thought it might be useful to provide some background to the...
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Peacetime shipping disasters – timeline

January 15, 2012
By Island Tips

The Costa Concordia is the latest in several major disasters at sea since the Titanic sank 100 years ago Timeline of some of the world's major peacetime shipping disasters since the Titanic sank 100 years ago: 15 April 1912 – Canada The White Star passenger ...
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Chillax On Princess Margaret Beach On Bequia – Island Lime Videos

December 30, 2011
By Island Tips

Bequia is a gem in the Grenadine Islands and one of the things that make it shine is Princess Margaret Beach. Today’s Island Lime Video deposits you onto the sands of this natural beach. If it were anymore real, you’d ...
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