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International conference on impact of cruises this week in SC

...year-round cruise embarkation point in 2010, when Carnival Cruise Lines permanently based its 2,056-passenger liner...invested in a cruise terminal in 2004. But later, Carnival Cruise Lines moved the liner serving the city to New Orleans...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/2013-02-03/international-conference-impact-cru
Debate over Charleston's cruise industry continues

...of threats from the growing industry.In the past, Charleston hosted only a handful of seasonal cruises. But Carnival Cruise lines permanently based its 2,056 passenger liner Fantasy in Charleston two years ago, giving the city a year-round...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/2012-04-22/debate-over-charlestons-cruise-indu
Charleston residents, groups sue Carnival

CHARLESTON, S.C. --- Residents and environmental groups sued Carnival Cruise Lines on Monday, alleging that the company's vessels docking in this historic city are a public nuisance and amount to illegal hotel...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/metro/2011-06-13/charleston-residents-groups-s
Study: Charleston gets small economic boost from cruise ships

...new report "provides an objective analysis and perspective on the economic impacts of the cruise industry."Carnival Cruise Lines permanently based its 2,056-passenger liner Fantasy here almost two years ago, creating a year-round cruise...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/metro/2012-02-08/study-charleston-gets-small-e
SC gets home-ported cruise liner

...Carolina is ushering in a new era of tourism with the first cruise liner to be permanently based in the state.The Carnival Cruise Lines Carnival Fantasy arrived in port Tuesday morning as a sail boat fired a gun in salute and a tug boat escorting...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/latest-news/2010-05-18/sc-gets-home-ported-cruise-l
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Some worry about growing cruise industry in SC

...Officials say a modern cruise terminal is needed to handle the growing cruise business. Beginning this spring, Carnival Cruise Lines will base its 2,056-passenger Carnival Fantasy in Charleston. On Monday, the Celebrity Mercury, which carries...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/stories/2010/01/26/liv_564657.shtml
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Across South Carolina

...modern cruise terminal is needed to handle the growing cruise business in Charleston. Beginning this spring, Carnival Cruise Lines bases its 2,056-passenger Carnival Fantasy in the city. Former US Attorney Wilkins seeks prosecutor's job...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/stories/2010/01/20/met_563852.shtml
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Across the Southeast

...MIAMI - Authorities are investigating the disappearance of an Ohio woman who was reported missing Monday from a Carnival Cruise Lines ship. The 36-year-old woman, whose identity was not released, had been on a four-day cruise to Key West...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/stories/2006/09/12/met_96278.shtml
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Island offers beaches, diving, solitude

...western tip of Roatan, I could see too many varieties of fish to even begin to name them. It was spectacular. Carnival Cruise Lines of Miami began making stops in Roatan in 2003. "We have a diversity of ports of call on our itineraries," said...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/stories/2004/12/19/liv_437563.shtml
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Odds and Ends

...who quit her job to take a cruise hit the jackpot. Carol Baird won a $321,694 slot machine jackpot aboard a Carnival Cruise Lines ship off the U.S. Virgin Islands early Wednesday. Baird, 59, quit her job after realizing she had booked...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/stories/2004/12/04/biz_436250.shtml
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