Travelers not fully vaccinated for COVID-19 will have to buy insurance and, to go ashore, 'bubble' excursions, MSC Cruises said in opening sales for US-based ships. Testing at embarkation and masks indoors will be required of all passengers.

With three of its ships planned to sail from Valletta, Viking partnered with Lufthansa to offer nonstop flights from Newark Liberty International Airport to Malta.

Princess Cruises scheduled fall return to service dates from Los Angeles, San Francisco, and Fort Lauderdale.

For the first time since the pandemic, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has specified its warning against cruise travel applies just to unvaccinated people.

Windstar Cruises informed travelers the post-'stretch' inaugural cruise of Star Breeze may not be able to call at all Caribbean ports since crew are not yet fully vaccinated.

Representatives of fresh produce growers, travel agents, tour operators, marine engineering services and entertainers attended a special briefing at Parliament House in Canberra with Carnival Australia President Sture Myrmell.

Charters from major airports across Italy, France, Germany, Spain and Switzerland will enable cruise passengers to join six of MSC Cruises’ vessels in the Mediterranean and Northern Europe.

Once Seabourn’s youngest executive chef, Jörg Lehmann now adopts the same role on board Swan Hellenic’s SH Minerva.

Due to continued travel restrictions, Seabourn Encore and Seabourn Ovation will not sail in Asia, Arabia or Australia from late 2021 to early 2022.