Memorable shore excursions have a lot in common with Hans Christian Anderson or Lewis Carroll. Both the authors and the tours rely on creative and clever story-telling to draw their audiences into another world.

Autumn cruises in Canada and New England are typically oversubscribed with leaf-peeping guests, but in early 2025 the region has successfully attracted a ship visit during the freezing dark of the Canadian winter.

With the cruise industry expanding its fleets, demand is high to bring on quality personnel among all brands, and not just at sea.

Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings placed the largest newbuild order in its history — eight ships for three brands — at Fincantieri, and confirmed a two-berth pier at Great Stirrup Cay.

‘I went from honey buckets to the president of a cruise line… that could happen to any one of you,’ was Rick Sasso’s message to students during the kick off of the Tomorrow’s Talent Today programme at Seatrade Cruise Global.

Jim Barreiro de Leon, with more than two decades of ship management experience, launched Ship Management Group with seasoned colleagues and offices and representatives in key maritime centers.

Alma Cruceros, a new Spanish operator, is the charterer of SunStone Group's Ocean Victory for summer Mediterranean service.

The Port of Seattle's 2024 cruise season opened Saturday with expectations for 1.7m revenue passengers (more than 800,000 individual passengers) on 275 calls.

A consortium led by Global Ports Holding(51%), local shareholder Steya(40%) and Ocean Infrastructures Management(9%) has been awarded bidder status for a 15-year concession to operate Casablanca’s new cruise terminal.