After four years darkened by the COVID pandemic and recovery, the cruise industry is emerging into the light, participants in the State of the Industry debate told an overflow audience at Seatrade Cruise Global on Tuesday.
Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings placed the largest newbuild order in its history — eight ships for three brands — at Fincantieri, and confirmed a two-berth pier at Great Stirrup Cay.
Rep. Robert Garcia (D-CA), a freshman congressman who co-chairs the Congressional Ports Caucus, told a Seatrade Cruise Global audience Congress has to be a federal partner in the future of cruising. He highlighted two areas.
An update on cruising in China, Korea and the Philippines was shared this afternoon during a lunch organised by Hong Kong Tourism Board on the first day of Seatrade Cruise Global 2024.
Autumn cruises in Canada and New England are typically oversubscribed with leaf-peeping guests, but in early 2025 the region has successfully attracted a ship visit during the freezing dark of the Canadian winter.
Celebrity Cruises is beckoning discerning travelers to come on board and discover a world where ‘Nothing Comes Close' to the elevated experiences that await.
Memorable shore excursions have a lot in common with Hans Christian Anderson or Lewis Carroll. Both the authors and the tours rely on creative and clever story-telling to draw their audiences into another world.
‘I went from honey buckets to the president of a cruise line… that could happen to any one of you,’ was Rick Sasso’s message to students during the kick off of the Tomorrow’s Talent Today programme at Seatrade Cruise Global.
Award-winning actress and performer Hannah Waddingham will serve as the godmother for Sun Princess during naming festivities April 23 at Port of Barcelona.
Jim Barreiro de Leon, with more than two decades of ship management experience, launched Ship Management Group with seasoned colleagues and offices and representatives in key maritime centers.
Following robust bookings growth in the region, Norwegian Cruise Line promoted Damian Borg to director of sales strategy and operations for Asia Pacific.
As Seatrade Cruise Global opens in Miami Beach, the latest edition of official publication Seatrade Cruise Review is out with a cover feature on ways the industry is embracing AI.
The Port of Seattle's 2024 cruise season opened Saturday with expectations for 1.7m revenue passengers (more than 800,000 individual passengers) on 275 calls.
A consortium led by Global Ports Holding(51%), local shareholder Steya(40%) and Ocean Infrastructures Management(9%) has been awarded bidder status for a 15-year concession to operate Casablanca’s new cruise terminal.
