Cruise Industry
Cypriot President Gets Involved in Restoring Ferry Service to Greece
Cyprus' President Nicos Anastasiades personally got involved in backing efforts by a couple of DISY MPs to reinstate commercial ferry service between...
October 20, 2018
CroisiEurope Adds 4th Ship on Rhone River
CroisiEurope is adding a 4th ship to its fleet on Rhone River in 2019, with further details on the new ship to be announced during the coming weeks...
October 20, 2018
Virgin Voyages Adds Tattoo Parlor to Scarlet Lady
Virgin Voyages announced that its first ship, Scarlet Lady, will be outfitted with a tattoo parlor onboard, dubbed Squid Ink. When Scarlet Lady...
October 20, 2018
Port of Vancouver Ends Largest Cruise Season
2018 cruise season of port Vancouver wraps up on Friday, October 19, when Emerald Princess leaves Canada Place and sails down the Pacific coast to LA...
October 19, 2018
Uniworld Unveils Plans For 4 New River Ships
Uniworld announced plans to build 3 new river cruise ships, due to launch 2020. The newbuilds will sail on Nile through North Africa, Mekong in...
October 19, 2018
Carnival Cruise Line Raises Gratuity Rates
In a note that was shared with travel agents, Carnival informed that beginning December 1, the onboard gratuity rate is going up. From that date...
October 19, 2018
MSC Joins Ultra-Luxury Segment Via 4 Newbuilds
MSC Cruises and Fincantieri announced the signing of a MOA (memorandum of agreement) for the construction of 4 ultra-luxury cruise liners for a total...
October 18, 2018
VIDEO: Saga Passengers to See Finishing Touches Applied to Spirit of Discovery
Wilhelmshaven (Lower Saxony, Germany) is featured in the new Maritime Cities of the Continent voyage aboard Saga Sapphire, departing Dover UK on...
October 18, 2018
Cross-Bay Ferry Returns to Tampa Bay
The popular Cross Bay Ferry service (Tampa to St Petersburg) will soon be back to Tampa Bay. Starting November 1, travelers can take a ferry out...
October 18, 2018
Windstar Unveils Partnership with Utrip
A new offering from Windstar and travel personalization platform Utrip was unveiled that supports line’s strength of bringing passengers into...
October 18, 2018
Carnival Corp. Charters 3 Ships to Support APEC Summit
Princess Cruises and P&O Australia (both subsidiaries of Carnival Corporation) will charter 3 ships to house delegates to 2018 Asia-Pacific...
October 17, 2018
VIDEO: Liverpool Cruise Terminal Fly-Through
New images show what the landmark new Cruise Liner Terminal in Liverpool could look like. The city council intends to build the new complex in Mersey...
October 17, 2018
Carnival Victory to Be Transformed into Carnival Radiance
Carnival Cruise Line's 2,758-passenger Carnival Victory will undergo a major makeover in 2020 that is so big so the cruise line plans to rechristen...
October 16, 2018
AIDA Introduces Second Edition of Its Cruise Catalog March 2019-April 2020
The second edition of AIDA Cruises catalog “My hotel shows me the world” for 2019-2020 season was released on October 11. The cruise...
October 16, 2018
Pacific Adventure to Boast New Exclusive Retreat Area
P&O Cruises Australia newest ship Pacific Adventure (currently Golden Princess) will boast a private ‘Beach Club’ for a limited...
October 16, 2018