Overview

• Royal Caribbean extended its pause at the private Labadee resort, formalizing a long-term reroute of ships away from Haiti.
• The U.S. State Department now advises against all travel to Haiti under its highest advisory level.
• Germany’s Foreign Office urges its nationals to leave the country, and the German embassy in Port-au-Prince is closed.
• Authorities report coordinated gangs battling police, storming prisons and carrying out daily kidnappings as a state of emergency and curfew remain in effect.
• Affected itineraries are being shifted to Jamaica, the Bahamas and the Dominican Republic, disrupting plans for thousands of cruise passengers.