Greg Dragonetti

Greg Dragonetti

Greg (he/him) is the founder and editor of CruiseInd. He has been writing about the cruise industry since 2009 and studying it since 1998. His first ship was the Norwegian Majesty.

P&O’s Britannia Gets Her Funnels

p&o Britannia under construction

Last week we broke the story that P&O are drastically going to change the livery of their newbuild the Britannia. One of the two big changes are a departure from the canary yellow funnels to blue with the P&O Cruises…

Prestige Cruise Holdings Files for IPO

Prestige Cruise Holdings have announced that they plan on a public IPO for the company. They are currently the parent company of luxary lines Oceania Cruises and Regent Seven Seas Cruises. The information was first discovered by Seatrade Insider from a…

Carnival Announces New Onboard Concert Series

carnival cruise lines logo

From Carnival PR Carnival Cruise Lines unveiled a new entertainment offering to bring the best in live music to the seas. A first-of-its-kind experience in the cruise industry, the Carnival LIVE Concert Series offers Carnival guests the opportunity to enjoy…

Navigator of the Seas in Drydock

Navigator of the seas drydock

The above photo comes to us via Twitter. The Navigator of the Seas is almost finished with her drydock in Freeport, Bahamas.  This is part of the entire fleet of Voyager-class ships receiving upgrades, including the pictured Flowrider. I’m working…

Seabourn and Fincantieri Agree on Newbuild

Seabourn Odyssey

Seattle based ultra luxary brand Seabourn Cruises has announced that they have reached and agreement with  Fincantieri S.p.A. in Italy. She will be based on the Odyssey class of ships, launched in 2009 with the Odyssey (pictured above). The new ship…