Oceania Cruises is evaluating the rollout of paying commissions to travel advisors on non-commissionable fares (NCFs), following the lead of sister brand, Norwegian Cruise Line.

Frank J. Del Rio, President and CEO of Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings Ltd, is retiring after three decades in the cruise industry.

Norwegian Cruise Line’s President and CEO Harry Sommer says comments made by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in the past week has been both encouraging and discouraging.

Andy Stuart, the President and CEO of Norwegian Cruise Line, will step down from the top job at the end of 2020. The ‘planned departure’ sees an organisational restructure at the very top ranks, with the appointment of Harry Sommer, current President, International for NCLH named as his successor.

This week LATTE chats with Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings’ President, International Harry Sommer. Sommer was promoted to the position last year and is responsible for sales, marketing, public relations and office operations for Norwegian Cruise Line, Oceania Cruises and Regent Seven Seas Cruises in all markets outside the United States and Canada.

Senior officials at Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings are hopeful the NSW Government will urgently redress the cruise infrastructure crisis in Sydney, insisting the topic must to be put back on the agenda.In Sydney yesterday at NCLH’s local headquarters, President of International for Regent Sevens Seas Cruises, Oceania Cruises and Norwegian Cruise Lines, Harry Sommer, was blunt in saying the Task Force established to analyse the capital city’s cruise port shortage and recommend a viable solution had achieved “zero”.