Royal Caribbean

The grandfather who was accused of accidentally dropping his 18-month-old granddaughter from the 11th deck of Royal Caribbean's Freedom of the Seas has changed his plea to guilty.

Salvatore “Sam” Anello agreed to a plea deal.  He was charged with negligent homicide in October, alleging that he dropped his granddaughter, Chloe Wiegand, from an open window on the 11th floor of the cruise ship in July.

Royal Caribbean announced it will add 15 visits to St. Maarten in 2020, which will bring as many as 68,000 additional guests to the island.

The new visits will begin in May 2020 and run through December 2020 and take place on Freedom of the Seas.

Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. announced it will move two of its cruise ships to support humanitarian efforts in Australia and California.

Royal Caribbean announced it has signed an agreement to build the first Royal Beach Club resort in Antigua.

The cruise line and the the government of Antigua and Barbuda, along with the assistance of the Consulate General of Antigua and Barbuda, signed an agreement that marks the start of the planning and development for the Royal Beach Club scheduled to break ground later this year.

The Royal Beach Club will be available exclusively to cruise like guests and occupy more than a half-mile of pristine beachfront.

Days after banning any Chinese passport holders out of concern for the spread of Coronavirus, Royal Caribbean decided to reverse the policy.

On Monday, Royal Caribbean announced it has decided to undo the ban, which was originally put into place to prevent passengers infected with the coronavirus from boarding their ships.

Royal Caribbean opened its additional cost exclusive area of Perfect Day at CocoCay, known as the Coco Beach Club.

The exclusive beach club touts the first floating cabanas in The Bahamas, an oceanfront infinity pool, beach cabanas, a dedicated restaurant with upscale dining and an exclusive bar.

Royal Caribbean has shared its new worldwide coronavirus screening procedures, meant to keep its guests safe while on a cruise.

The procedures add two-step checklist to prevent someone possibly infected with the coronavirus from boarding a ship.

Royal Caribbean released a statement today on the current coronavirus outbreak and its impact on the cruise business.

Three Spectrum of the Seas sailings have now been cancelled through February 8th, which is the only ship homeported in China at the moment by Royal Caribbean.

MSC Cruises, Royal Caribbean, Costa Cruises and more have all had to cancel sailings from China due to the coronavirus outbreak.