Two California sisters are among the 203 passengers, mostly Americans, stranded in Cambodia after a Florida-based cruise company abruptly suspended its months-long residential cruise, citing “extraordinary” fuel costs, according to a report from the Associated Press and statements from the company.
The Villa Vie Residences ship, which had promoted a “new model of global living at sea,” offering long-term cruising, “suspended operations in Cambodia as the company works to address extraordinary increases in fuel costs and evaluate restructuring and recapitalization alternatives,” according to a statement from the company earlier this week.
The Fort Lauderdale-based company said that it faced “unsustainable financial
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