Cruise news (cruise industry market-tagged)
- Cruise Industry
CCL expands Baltimore cruise homeporting with Carnival Miracle ship
CCL-Carnival Cruise Line is set to broaden its operations from the Port of Baltimore through a new two-year agreement with the Maryland Port...
May 26, 2026 - Cruise Industry
Seabourn Sojourn concludes Seabourn service ahead of Mitsui Ocean Cruises transfer
Seabourn Sojourn has completed her final revenue season under Seabourn Cruise Line, closing out a charter arrangement. Later this month, the vessel...
May 26, 2026 - Cruise Industry
Azamara Cruises expands 2028 schedule with largest Asian season to date
Azamara has unveiled its spring, summer and autumn 2028 deployment, introducing one of the most extensive destination-led programmes in the...
May 26, 2026 
CCL-Carnival expands Isla Tropicale/Roatan with new Mangrove Bay development
Carnival Cruise Line/CCL has introduced a new visual identity and expanded recreational facilities at its private destination of Isla Tropicale (fka...
May 24, 2026- Cruise Industry
TUI Cruises maintains growth amid Arabian Gulf disruption
TUI Group’s cruise division recorded solid growth during 2026-H1 despite operational disruption linked to the conflict in the Arabian Gulf...
May 21, 2026 - Cruise Industry
Mexico rejects Royal Caribbean’s Perfect Day Mexico development
Mexican authorities have officially rejected RCG-Royal Caribbean Group’s proposed Perfect Day Mexico development in Costa Maya following...
May 21, 2026 - Cruise Industry
Australia to raise departure charge for flight-and-cruise travellers
Australia will increase its Passenger Movement Charge for travellers departing the country by air or sea from January 1st, 2027, lifting the fee from...
May 21, 2026 
Barcelona accelerates measures against cruise tourism with planned tax increase
Barcelona is intensifying its campaign against overtourism with new measures aimed at reducing the number of short-stay cruise visitors arriving in...
May 19, 2026
Windstar Cruises establishes UK operating base to expand trade distribution
Windstar Cruises has set out plans to establish a formal operating presence in the United Kingdom, a development positioned to significantly broaden...
May 19, 2026
Port Ajaccio (Corsica) hosts Marella Cruises’ 30th anniversary celebrations
Port Ajaccio (Corsica Island, France) marked the 30th anniversary of Marella Cruises on May 7th, during a joint celebration held simultaneously in...
May 17, 2026- Cruise Industry
TUI Cruises deploys MXP365 chat across entire Mein Schiff fleet
TUI Cruises has introduced the MXP365 Mein Schiff Chat service fleetwide, expanding the digital functionality of its mobile platform to include...
May 16, 2026 - Accidents
Ambassador Cruise Line's ship Ambition remains under health restrictions
More than 1,700 passengers and crew aboard the cruise vessel Ambition have been confined on board in Bordeaux following an outbreak of...
May 14, 2026 - Cruise Industry
Silver Spirit ship returns to service following comprehensive refit
Silversea has completed an extensive refit and refurbishment of the cruise vessel Silver Spirit, bringing the line’s S.A.L.T. culinary...
May 13, 2026 - Cruise Industry
MSC Opera ship completes HVO biofuel trial at sea
MSC Cruises and Italian energy company Eni have completed a biofuel trial aboard the cruise vessel MSC Opera, in a project aimed at reducing...
May 13, 2026 - Cruise Industry
MSC Poesia started MSC’s first Alaskan cruise season from Seattle (WA USA)
MSC Cruises has entered the Alaskan market with the inaugural departure of MSC Poesia from Seattle, marking the company’s first deployment in...
May 12, 2026