Increased local value in Arctic communities, technology for the environment's sake and supporting Arctic research were among the main topics discussed at the Association of Arctic Expedition Cruise Operators’ 20th Arctic Cruise Conference. 

Royal Caribbean International will deploy six ships from five European homeports during 2025, including the return of Allure of the Seas for the first time since 2015.

Some 75% of travel agents in a recent Allianz Partners USA survey declared cruise bookings a key driver of their business, with interest in expedition and themed voyages increasing, and the number of multigenerational and solo cruisers on the rise.  

The Galveston Wharves Board approved a $5.3m engineering and architecture services contract for a fourth cruise terminal at the Port of Galveston to Bermello Ajamil & Partners.

Construction of MSC World America at Chantiers de l’Atlantique in Saint-Nazaire, France, is 50% complete with its LNG fuel tanks now installed.

Some 9.1m passengers will visit Mexico, 'one of the world's top cruise destinations,' in 2024, Carnival Corp. & plc CEO Josh Weinstein said in his keynote at the Florida-Caribbean Cruise Association conference in Mazatlán.

Cunard, in partnership with Australian bookstore chain Dymocks, will host the first Australian Literature Festival at Sea aboard Queen Elizabeth’s five-night sailing from Sydney to Tasmania on December 11, 2024.

Celebrity Cruises today took delivery of the fourth ship in its Edge series, Celebrity Ascent, at Chantiers de l’Atlantique in Saint-Nazaire, France.

Port of Dover’s Sonia Limbrick is pleased to have taken up her new role of head of business development for cruise, allowing her to transition to a reduced work schedule as she paves her way towards retirement.

Conway Scenic Railroad is rolling out a dedicated cruise train in a bid to become an iconic shore excursion from Portland, Maine into New Hampshire's scenic and historic White Mountains.