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Article: Cruise lines steering a new course to attract customers
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- The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (Milwaukee, WI)
- Article date:
- October 28, 2001
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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,