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The Ritz-Carlton Yacht Collection has announced four new senior hires across North America and Asia.
The expansion of the company’s global sales team follows the launch of Luminara in July 2025 and its upcoming debut in the winter season of the Asia-Paci…
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Carnival Cruise Line has opened new 2027-28 itineraries, featuring a mix of Caribbean sailings from three U.S. homeports and expanded European voyages, including a special solar eclipse sailing on July 29, 2027.
The Carnival Miracle will sail from Galveston, T…
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Holland America Line has launched the Blend Bar, the first lipstick blending bar at sea. Beauty connoisseurs can design and take home a signature lipstick or gloss created onboard at the lipstick lab.
The company said that the hands-on bar experience is guided…
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Oceania Cruises celebrated the reprisal of its signature French restaurant, Jacques, onboard the Oceania Allura with a ribbon-cutting ceremony hosted by its namesake and the line’s first-ever executive culinary director, Chef Jacques Pépin.
The company s…
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“We continue with a record-setting pace every year, which is exciting,” Pamela Hoffee, president of Avalon Waterways, said in the 2026 European River Cruise Market Report.
In the report, made available by Cruise Industry News, Hoffee added that 202…
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The Mardi Gras is currently undergoing its first scheduled drydock at the Chantier Naval de Marseille in France.
The LNG-powered ship arrived at the European shipyard in late September, following a transatlantic crossing that started in Port Canaveral.
Deliver…
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AmaWaterways has announced three new dates for its Latin Touch sailings in 2026. The departures feature the company’s signature river cruise itineraries, enhanced with a Spanish-language focus and select programming that celebrate Latin culture.
The 2026…
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Marella Cruises revealed that its survey indicated that nearly three in five (57 percent) of Brits would go on a multigenerational cruise holiday.
Nearly two in five (32 percent) stated that spending quality time with family is the top reason why all generatio…
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Margaritaville at Sea has released additional details on the Beachcomber, which will debut in 2027 from PortMiami. The ship is set to feature the largest 5 o’Clock Somewhere, a multi-deck, poolside destination.
“Poolside experiences on Beachcomber …
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At Everllence, the MAN 49/60 dual-fuel two-stage turbocharged engine design promises a feasible decarbonization path forward, according to Sokrates Tolgos, global director for cruise.
“We have cut the methane emissions by half with the new engine,” he said. “I…
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The Disney Wonder recently kicked off a repositioning voyage to Sydney ahead of Disney Cruise Line’s farewell season in Australia and New Zealand.
Completing its summer deployment in Alaska, the 1999-built vessel sailed from Vancouver for a ten-night cruise to…
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Cruise Industry News has released its new 2026 China Market Report, providing an inside look into the Chinese cruise market for the next year and beyond.
The digital report offers a breakdown of the Chinese market by operator, berths and capacity.
It also prov…
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The Scenic Eclipse opened the 2025-26 cruise season in Brazil on October 6, 2025, with a visit to the port of Recife.
The Scenic ship is visiting nine destinations in the country as part of a repositioning voyage to Antarctica.
According to Port do Recife S/A,…
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Hurricane Priscilla is disrupting cruise operations on the West Coast, impacting Carnival and Royal Caribbean ships.
The Carnival Panorama was one of the vessels that had to adjust its itinerary due to the storm, which neared a Category 3 status on Tuesday.
Ca…
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The Port of Los Angeles welcomed Royal Caribbean International’s Quantum of the Seas earlier this month.
Replacing the Ovation of the Seas, which spent the summer sailing from California, the original Quantum-class vessel is now set to offer winter cruises fro…
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Holland America Line has concluded its 2025 season in Alaska, the company announced in a press release.
According to the cruise line, the cruise program included 117 sailings, which showcased the state’s glaciers, wildlife and culture.
To recognize community e…
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MedCruise has successfully concluded its 67th General Assembly in Šibenik, Croatia, according to a press release.
The association said that the event brought together 214 attendees representing more than 20 countries between Sep. 30 and Oct. 3, 2025.
Co-organi…
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The Cruises News Media Group announced in a press release that the 2025 International Cruise Summit (ICS) program has been released. The event will take place between November 18 and 19 in Madrid at Hotel Meliá Castilla.
The summit aims to serve as a platform …
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Lloyd’s Register (LR) has released updated guidance for the installation of fuel cells on ships, offering shipowners and shipbuilders a comprehensive framework to support the safe deployment of alternative power systems.
Thomas Bayer, lead specialist of …
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Havila Voyages announced that at the end of November, the Havila Polaris will be filled with pure liquefied biogas for a historic voyage along the Norwegian coast.
The sailing will prove that climate neutrality in the next tender on the coastal route is possib…
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