| Oceania in Cuba

NORWEGIAN Cruise Line
Holdings is coming close to
securing permission to sail in
Cuba, according to the company’s
president and ceo Frank Del Rio.
Del Rio said during a news
conference over the weekend
that he was “literally waiting
for the phone to ring to get the
final approval from the Cuban
government”.
He expects the line’s
684-passenger Oceania Regatta
will sail in Cuba by the end of the
year, and the 1,260-passenger
Marina would start voyages there
from next year.
Del Rio said Havana would
be the feature port in the new
itineraries.
“We want to use Havana as
much as possible on anything
in the broad Caribbean basin
because we think it is a star
attraction,” Del Rio said.
If approved Norwegian would
be the second major US line to
sail to Cuba after Carnival Corp.