Cruise Lines International Association worked with the California state legislature to amend Assembly Bill 5, 'The Opportunity to Work Act,' to protect the independent contractor option for the more than 26,000 CLIA travel agents in California.
Five new lawsuits have been filed against cruise lines under Title III of the Helms-Burton Act, which deals with the trafficking of stolen property in Cuba.
With cruise business growing in the Great Lakes, stakeholders are pleased about US Customs and Border Protection's recently approved modified cruise passenger process.