Article: Cruise lines steering a new course to attract customers

Cruise lines steering a new course to attract customers

E. Mediterranean routes dropped, deemed too risky

By KRISTIN JACKSON

Seattle Times

Sunday, October 28, 2001

Cruise lines are deep in changes and red ink after the Sept. 11 attacks.

Bookings slumped by half at some major lines in the days after the terrorist attacks. When the phone rang at travel agencies or cruise- line offices, it was from people canceling.

Some ships have been mothballed, and one cruise line, Renaissance,

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