Carnival has announced that the CEO of CLIA, the special interests and lobby group of cruise lines, has been named the President of Carnival Cruise Lines. She’ll be replacing the departing Gerry Cahill, who is retiring. Official Statement added below.…
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NCL just announced that their first Breakaway-plus vessel, Norwegian Escape, will feature the largest ropes course at sea. There will be over-water planks, zip lines and a three story ropes maze that guests can climb through. The aquapark will feature…
Carnival announced a new port of call, Amber Cove, Dominican Republic. I wonder what this does for their Haiti plans. from Carnival: Amber Cove, an exciting new destination located in the heart of the Dominican Republic’s breathtaking North Coast,…
UPDATE: The majority shareholder of Cruise & Maritime Voyages, Global Maritime Group, have officially acquired the Astor. Official statement this morning: Astor originally joined the CMV fleet in December 2013 under a bareboat charter arrangement with full ship management services provided by…
In what can pretty much be described as the re-launch of Louis Cruises, which itself was a relauch of sorts of Royal Olympic Cruises; Celestyal Cruises announced that the 840-passenger Celestyal Odyssey will be joining their fleet. The Odyssey is…
St Lucia News Online is reporting that the 3 crewmembers that were rushed ashore after battling a fire onboard the Insignia this morning, passed away. An additional crew member remains hospitalized. All passengers were safely evacuated from the ship and…
A new cruise line has just started up, aimed at the premium Latin market. Sterling Cruise Line will sail their lone vessel, Sterling Gemini (ex-Crown Jewel, Super Star Gemini), round trip out of Aruba on 3,4 & 7-Night routes. Itineraries…
via Carnival: Carnival Cruise Lines will offer a series of 10- to 14-night voyages on six different ships between October 2015 and February 2016 that feature extended calls at magnificent destinations throughout the Caribbean, Bermuda, Mexican Riviera and The Bahamas.…
Pixelart artists eBoy have just released a Miami print. On the bottom left is the Port of Miami with a Cruise ship and several boats. You see that guy with a beard in the yellow shirt; with the laptop and…
P&O’s latest ship has just commenced her sea trials. Very proud to have worked on this amazing chandelier by @JonaHoadDesign on board @pandocruises incredible Britannia. pic.twitter.com/ciVWhKu0Kt — Litestructures (@Litestructures) December 9, 2014
Celebrity has just signed an MOU for two ships to be part of the new EDGE Class vessels. I’ll update our newbuild list. via PR Newswire: Celebrity Cruises has taken a bold step in ship design with the signing of…
via Royal Caribbean: Recognizing the deep bench of internal talent that has powered its long-term success, Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd named two senior company executives to chart the future course of the company’s two largest brands. Michael Bayley, who worked…
Full presser via PRNewswire: S&P Dow Jones Indices will make the following changes to the S&P 500, S&P MidCap 400 and S&P SmallCap 600 indices effective after the close of trading on Thursday, December 4: Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. (NYSE:RCL)…
Regent Seven Seas Cruises today unveiled the first render of their flagship, Seven Seas Explorer. Make sure to checkout to learn more.
Seabourn Cruise Lines have announced that they officially picked up the option for a second ship set to debut in 2018. These two ships will be slightly larger than the current Odyssey class ships. Full presser from Seabourn: Seabourn has…
The Virgin Group today officially announced the formation of Virgin Cruises. They appointed ex Disney and ResidentSea exec Tom McAlpin as their CEO. Next step will be figuring out what ships to use. Rumors are circulating that they want to…
UPDATE February 2015: Corrected the original article. Canamerica Cruises are in fact not looking for outside investors in the venture. Also correct the number of passengers the Scotia Prince carried during her most successful season. I’ve always been closely…
Semester at Seas was always a unique product. Their lone vessel Explorer (ex-Olympic Explorer) will head to a new home with Louis cruises this spring. That leaves the fall semester without a vessel. It’s being reported that they are stepping…
via Royal Caribbean: Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. today announced that Majesty of the Seas will transfer from its Royal Caribbean International cruise brand to its Pullmantur brand in 2016. Majesty of the Seas’ last 3-night sailing for Royal Caribbean International…
Princess cruises have agreed to sell the small 826-pax, 30,277gt, Ocean Princess to Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings [NCLH]. They will sail the ship under Oceania Cruises operations. Remember NCL purchased Prestige, and with it Oceania Cruises. She will join her…
via Royal Caribbean: Royal Caribbean International’s Voyager of the Seas, the largest cruise ship based in Asia Pacific, has just successfully completed her month-long $80 million revitalization bringing guests in the region a variety of first-at-sea features such as the FlowRider…
Here’s one of the first views that we have of what the newly Stretched MSC vessel’s will look like.
A rather uninspiring title, however interesting premise none-the-less. Reports suggest that former Home Improvement show runners are currently writing a sitcom that will be cruise ship centric for NBC. No further details are known at this point but it will…
**Make sure you’re following our Quantum of the Seas live blog. As she’s about to start her regular itineraries, the coverage will end soon, so make sure you’re all caught up. A group of pax on the maiden transatlantic voyage…