Cruise Industry

Cunard boasts the busiest booking day in a decade for its newest liner Queen Anne
Cunard Line announced that the first day of booking for its newest liner MS Queen Anne was the busiest day of booking in a decade. Queen Anne's...
June 28, 2022
SH Vega cruise ship successfully acquisitioned by Swan Hellenic
The Finnish shipbuilder Helsinki Shipyard Oy (Helsinki, Finland), having received bids for the NB 517 auction, announced that Swan Hellenic had been...
June 28, 2022
Construction of the cruise port in Samana (Dominicana) to begin in July
DR President Luis Abinader announced that in July 2022, he would give the first peck to build a cruise port in Samana (Dominicana). In the activity...
June 27, 2022
RCI-Royal Caribbean's President's Cruise 2023 (ship Allure OTS)
RCI-Royal Caribbean announced it is going to Texas for the company's next President's Cruise. While on the "2022 President's Cruise", Michael Bayley...
June 27, 2022
P&O UK removes pre-departure COVID tests on 5x Iona ship cruises
P&O UK removed its pre-departure COVID testing requirement on selected Iona ship voyages in June & July 2022. Passengers will not need to...
June 26, 2022
Windstar celebrates 35 years of Tahitian cruises
French Polynesia's Tahiti Islands are best accessed via small ships allowing effortless travel amongst some of the iconic 121 islands & atolls...
June 26, 2022
VIDEO: Rolls Royce rolls off Carnival Ecstasy ship ahead of move to Celebration
For 3 decades, an antique Rolls Royce has been cruising the high seas on CCL-Carnival Cruise Line's ship Carnival Ecstasy. Now, the popular fixture...
June 26, 2022
Dominicana to host the 28th Florida-Caribbean Cruise Association/FCCA conference in Santo Domingo
On October 11, 2022, Dominicana will serve as host to the 28th Florida-Caribbean Cruise Association (FCCA) conference in Santo Domingo. It will...
June 25, 2022
World's largest hybrid cruiseferry to serve the Britain-France route
The cruise ship set to carry travelers between the UK and France in the next few years will be the world's largest hybrid vessel. In a statement...
June 25, 2022
Carnival Corporation expects bookings for 2023 to be "at the top end of their historical range"
The world's largest cruise shipowner Carnival Corporation on Friday, June 24, forecast a core profit for 2022-Q2, as the company returns to full...
June 25, 2022
Celebrity Cruises' entire fleet is back in service
Celebrity Cruises will celebrate its complete 15-ship fleet comeback when Celebrity Infinity sets sail for the Caribbean from Fort Lauderdale...
June 25, 2022
Viking OCEAN's cruise ship Viking Saturn floated out at the Fincantieri Ancona shipyard (Italy)
Viking Saturn ship - the newest in the Viking Ocean Cruises fleet and currently under construction by Fincantieri, was floated out on Thursday, June...
June 24, 2022
AmaWaterways launches 2nd river cruise ship in Egypt - AmaLilia
AmaWaterways announced it will launch a 2nd river cruise ship to sail in Egypt. AmaLilia is scheduled to debut on the Nile River in 2024...
June 24, 2022
A-ROSA SENA departs from Cologne (Koln, Germany) on maiden voyage
On June 18, 2022, the A-ROSA SENA departed from Cologne/Koln (Germany) for her maiden voyage with her first passengers onboard. Prior to this, the...
June 24, 2022
Right to forced use for up to 2 years of Havila Capella granted to Havila Kystruten
Hordaland District Court has granted Havila Kystruten (parent company of Havila Voyages) arrest in Havila Capella (2021-built cruiseferry), and...
June 24, 2022