Long-awaited further technical guidance in the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's conditional sailing order did not go as far as many had hoped.

Cruise lines welcomed the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's new guidance that Americans who are fully vaccinated against COVID-19 can travel 'at low risk to themselves' in the US and abroad.

Luxury travel network Virtuoso appointed Mary Beth Wressell as VP product marketing, a newly created role.

Royal Caribbean's Michael Bayley asked travel advisors to contact their lawmakers about getting cruising started from the US by July.

President Joe Biden designated Commissioner Daniel Maffei to chair the Federal Maritime Commission.

Mobile Mayor Sandy Stimpson called on the US to lift the conditional sailing order, stating the loss of cruising to Alabama has had a 'severe and detrimental impact' to Mobile's economy and the small businesses that are supported by it.

The US Travel Association joined a growing number of groups and destinations calling for a path to restart cruising stateside.

Holland America Line is deploying Zaandam and Nieuw Statendam in Canada/New England during 2022.

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis called on the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to lift the conditional sail order during a round table with cruise line leaders at Port Canaveral Friday.

What's a river town without riverboats? That's been the sad story on the Lower Mississippi for a year. Until now.