Kelly Craighead, president and CEO, Cruise Lines International Association, will serve as the godmother for Emerald Sakara.

Cassandra Kerr has taken up the new role of strategic business development director APAC for Silversea Cruises.

When John Chernesky, who's just joined Norwegian Cruise Line as SVP sales North America, traveled on Norwegian Bliss pre-pandemic, he noticed a dramatic change from his first NCL cruise 10 years ago.

Life at Sea Cruises, billed as the world's first and only three-year cruise, hired Kari Tarnowski as chief marketing officer.

Secret Atlas appointed polar explorer Mariano Curiel its new partner, and head of operations and sustainability.

Atlas Ocean Voyages hired sales veteran Tim Burtch as regional sales director for the central US.

Neville Mifsud, who shaped his family business, SMS Group, into a travel and tourism powerhouse in Malta with cruise operations in Europe, the UK and US, died April 8. He was 82.

John Chernesky, a decades-long veteran of Princess Cruises, succeeds Norwegian Cruise Line's Todd Hamilton as SVP sales North America.

Sean Bethge, VP newbuild for Marc-Henry Cruise Holdings, joint owner/operator of Four Seasons Yachts, is stepping down for personal family reasons.

With Royal Caribbean Group's Laura Hodges Bethge to lead Celebrity Cruises as president, her shared services operations team will have new reporting lines.