Cruise Industry
Carnival Builds New Port in the Bahamas
Carnival Cruise Line revealed plans to build a new destination cruise port in the Bahamas, situated on the east side of Grand Bahama island. The...
May 3, 2017
Royal Caribbean Unveils New Gulf Coast Cruises 2018
Royal Caribbean announced a number of new Caribbean cruise options from Galveston, Miami and New Orleans. After a 3-year hiatus, the line will...
May 3, 2017
Saga Cruises Reveals New Christmas Cruises
This year Saga Cruises is offering a 9-night Scandinavian Christmas Markets cruise that gets travellers home just in time for Christmas plus 2 ...
May 3, 2017
Norwegian Cruise Line Makes First Call in Cuba
The growth of cruising to Cuba hit a new milestone on Tuesday, May 2, as a Norwegian Cruise Line ship called in the country for the first time...
May 3, 2017
Cruise Industry Contributes $3.2 Billion to Canadian Economy 2016
Cruise ships, along with their crew and passengers, make a significant annual contribution to the economy of Canada. Cruise industry spending...
May 2, 2017
New Cruise Ship Safety Regulations Introduced
Not long ago, requirements for cruise ships to report crimes were actually nonexistent. However, in 2010, Congress passed an important safety...
April 29, 2017
Holland America Launches Complimentary Navigator App
Holland America is changing the way passengers digitally access shipboard information and experiences across the fleet with the launch of a new and...
April 29, 2017
Royal Caribbean's Quantum Ultra-Class Ship to Be Based in Asia-Pacific
Royal Caribbean unveiled plans for the first Quantum Ultra-class ship to sail from Asia-Pacific region in 2019. Set to be launched in April 2019...
April 28, 2017
Turkey Offers $30 Per Cruise Passenger
The Turkish government is ready to pay cruise lines US$30 per passenger in a bid to win back cruise business after a severe slump in 2016. The...
April 27, 2017
AIDA Cruises Brings Oktoberfest Onboard
September is the time for Oktoberfest, and not just in the capital city of Free State of Bavaria. For the start of the world’s biggest and most...
April 27, 2017
Foreign Cruise Ship Operators Set Sail for Japanese Market
Foreign cruise ship operators set sail for a piece of Japanese cruise travel market. US-based Princess Cruises, already operating in Japan, will...
April 27, 2017
Adventure of the Seas Scheduled for Refurbishment January 2018
Royal Caribbean announced that the Adventure of the Seas ship will undergo a 30-day refurbishment in order to add new features and updates, as well...
April 26, 2017
Oceania Reveals 2018-2019 Tropics and Exotics Itineraries
The world’s leading destination-focused cruise line, Oceania Cruises, unveiled its most extensive tropics and exotics itineraries to date...
April 22, 2017
Norwegian Cruise Line Employs Lifeguards
Norwegian Cruise Line announced it will employ certified lifeguards on some of its ships this summer and have them on every vessel by 2018...
April 20, 2017
Viking and Fincantieri Sign for 2 Additional Ships, Option for Another 2
Fincantieri and Viking Ocean Cruises signed a memorandum of agreement for the building of 2 additional ships, with an option for another 2. The...
April 19, 2017