Around 100 passengers and crew aboard Coral Princess tested positive for COVID-19 when she arrived in Brisbane from Port Douglas on Sunday.

Resorts World Cruises added Port Klang (Kuala Lumpur) for Genting Dream embarkations starting July 18.

Tracey Brennan joined the sales team of Regent Seven Seas Cruises in New Zealand as business development manager.

Cruise Lines International Association Australasia is reviving Cruise Month in September — the first since 2019.

Explora Journeys, the new upmarket cruise brand of MSC Cruises, appointed Nicole Costantin head of sales for Australia, New Zealand and APAC.

Southeast Asia received its first cruise ship transit call in over two years, with Royal Caribbean International’s Spectrum of the Seas arriving at Malaysia’s Port Klang this morning.

The Australian Cruise Association announced keynote speakers for its annual 2022 conference to be held in Townsville September 7-9.

The Northern Territory government has lifted the cap of a total of 350 passengers and crew on visiting cruise ships that was introduced earlier this year.

EYOS Expeditions was part of the team to discover the world’s deepest shipwreck, USS destroyer escort Samuel B. Roberts, in the Philippine Sea last Friday.

After dropping its 2022/23 Asia season, Norwegian Cruise Line plans to return to the region in 2023/24 with Norwegian Jewel.