Virgin Voyages closed on a $550m capital raise led by Ares Management, and President Nirmal Saverimuttu will succeed Tom McAlpin as CEO as McAlpin moves to chairman.

Australian Pacific Touring (APT) fired back at allegations it owes A$2m in unpaid crew wages.

The Australian coordinator of the International Transport Workers Federation, Ian Bray, claims Australian Pacific Touring (APT) owes A$2m in unpaid crew wages.

Galveston City Council failed to approve a port plan to issue $50m in bonds to help pay for improvements to Cruise Terminal 25, the future home of Carnival Jubilee.

Pacific Travel Partners, a subsidiary of Australia's Aurora Expeditions, acquired the assets — essentially, the customer list — of US firm Vantage Deluxe World Travel.

Pacific Travel Partners, an offshoot of Aurora Expeditions, emerged as the successful bidder for the assets of Boston-based Vantage Travel.

Disney Cruise Line showed 'strong revenue and operating income growth' in the third quarter, Walt Disney Co. CEO Bob Iger said Wednesday.

Chile is considering a bill to allow foreign-flag passenger ships of all sizes to operate domestic cruises.

Carnival Corp. & plc closed its private offering of $500m 7% first-priority senior secured notes due 2029 and its upsized $1.3b senior secured first lien term loan B facility.

Miami-Dade County is preparing to sell $499.2m in bonds to help support cruise growth and infrastructure at PortMiami.