Cruise News

  • Celebrity Cruises has announced its 2026-27 deployment, highlighted by a European summer season for the new Celebrity Xcel. “Our 2026-2027 season offers exciting new and expanded experiences for Celebrity guests to indulge their sense of curiosity across…
  • Hapag-Lloyd Cruises’ Europa is undergoing various updates during a three-week drydock in Bremerhaven, Germany. After arriving at the shipyard in mid-September, the 1999-built ship is currently more than halfway through the project, which involves 90 subcontrac…
  • “We have just three (new) ships spread over the next four years,” said Josh Weinstein, CEO of Carnival Corporation, speaking on the company’s third quarter earnings call. “That’s one ship delivery in 2025, none in 2026, and one ship in each of 2027 and 2…
  • The Port of San Diego is kicking off its 2024-25 cruise season in partnership with longtime homeport collaborator, Holland America Line. This season will feature 75 voyages and is anticipated to welcome 265,000 passengers to the region by the time it conclude…
  • Villa Vie’s Odyssey sailed the short distance from the Harland & Wolff Shipyard to the Belfast cruise terminal on Monday evening, where approximately 100 guests boarded the ship after a near five-month delay to the start up residential cruise line project.…
  • Five European port and destination cruise associations, Cruise Baltic, Cruise Britain, Cruise Europe, Cruise Norway, and MedCruise, have established a strategic alliance to enhance regional and international collaboration to address tourism and environmental c…
  • Royal Caribbean International’s Icon of the Seas is currently at the Grand Bahama Shipyard to undergo repairs. With its current cruise canceled last week due to technical issues, the 2023-built vessel arrived at the facility in Freeport on Sept. 28, 2024. The …
  • Sea Cloud Cruises has expanded its North American field sales team by appointing two new sales managers, Amy Kreston and Macen Stripling, according to a press release. Reporting to Vice President of Sales Kevin Smith, Kreston and Stripling will focus on buildi…
  • On September 30, 2024, the AIDAprima made its 150th visit to Rotterdam, becoming the cruise ship with the highest number of visits to the city in the past eight years, according to a press release. Since the AIDAprima’s inaugural call on April 19, 2016, the sh…
  • Carnival Corporation will have an increase in drydock days in 2025, with the company expecting to have 688 drydock days for the year, according to David Bernstein, chief financial officer, speaking on the company’s third quarter earnings call. The number of dr…
  • Carnival Corporation announced financial results for the third quarter 2024 and provided an updated outlook for the full year and an outlook for fourth quarter 2024. Third quarter net income was $1.7 billion, an increase of over 60 percent compared to 2023 an…
  • The Zaandam is starting Holland America Line’s 51-night “Tales of the South Pacific” cruise today in San Diego. The voyage is part of the company’s Legendary Voyages program and the itinerary sails roundtrip from California and features visits to destinations …
  • AIDA Cruises, together with Copenhagen Malmö Port (CMP) and Cruise Denmark – Copenhagen and Beyond, hosted a discussion on implementing sustainability across social, environmental and economic dimensions, according to a press release. The event, led by AIDA Pr…
  • The Port of Osaka is gearing up for a busy cruise season this fall after the reopening of the Tempozan Passenger Terminal in May. Since its reopening, the terminal has welcomed a range of cruise ships, including being the first port of call for the MSC Belliss…
  • Virgin Voyages is reintroducing its Summer Season Pass for 2025, offering guests the chance to “work from helm” throughout the summer, according to a press release. The month-long sea adventure promotes work-life balance, allowing travelers to mana…
  • After completing a summer deployment in Northern Europe, the Norwegian Dawn started a repositioning cruise to the Mediterranean on Friday. Departing from France, the ten-night cruise sails to Spain and also features visits to destinations in Portugal, England,…
  • Quark Expeditions has announced the addition of David Marathakis as regional sales director for the Americas and Randolph TenEyck as area sales director for the East. “With a wealth of industry knowledge, David is set to play a key role in our pursuit of deliv…
  • The Disney Wonder recently started a repositioning voyage ahead of its second winter season in Australia and New Zealand. After completing a summer program in Alaska, the Disney Cruise Line vessel set sail from Vancouver on September 23, 2024, for a ten-night …
  • Holland America Line is celebrating the holiday season with themed food and beverage menus across its fleet, according to a press release. Guests will enjoy festive offerings for Thanksgiving, Christmas, Hanukkah and New Year’s Eve. Highlights include a tradit…
  • Ambassador Cruise Line has partnered with Prima to launch a unique crafting cruise experience, “Crafting at Sea,” scheduled to set sail on the Ambience in April 2025. The week-long journey will be hosted by Prima’s Editor-in-Chief, Jo Checkley, and Craft Edito…
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