Sun Princess named in lavish Barcelona ceremony
Sun Princess Naming Ceremony Actress Hannah Waddingham served as the godmother for the new Princess…
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Dún Laoghaire anticipates 80 cruise ship visits in 2024
Viking Venus Eamonn O’Reilly Dún Laoghaire anticipates over 80 cruise ship visits this year, bringing…
Star of the Seas introduces golden retriever as the ship’s ‘family dog’
Royal Caribbean’s Star of the Seas, scheduled to debut in August 2025, will introduce Sailor,…
Celebrity hosts first passengers at private resort Perfect Day at CocoCay
Perfect Day at CocoCay Laura Hodges Bethge of Celebrity Cruises The first passengers to visit…
Royal Caribbean starts construction on new private resort, Royal Beach Club in Bahamas
Royal Caribbean International has started construction on a new private resort, the Royal Beach Club…
Carnival Cruise Line reveals further details of the opening of Celebration Key
Josh Weinstein CEO of Carnival Carnival Cruise Line has revealed further details of the opening…
Norwegian Epic arrives at Civitavecchia to launch summer 2024 season
Harry Sommer of NCL Norwegian Cruise Line launched its 2024 Europe season on April 19,…
Silver Ray becomes 50th large vessel to complete famously narrow Ems conveyance
Silver Ray conveyance, April 21 2024 New Silversea ship Silver Ray has become the 50th…
New appeal as victim of 1968 Tuskar Rock air tragedy remains unidentified
Barney O’Beirne pilot on EI712, shot down over the Irish Seas in 1968 The remains…
Riverside cruise announces 170 departures and 52 itineraries in 2025
Jen Halboth CEO of Riverside cruises Riverside Luxury Cruises has announced new 2025 sailings with…
Seabourn cruises select indigenous godparents for the Seabourn Pursuit
Natalya Leahy President of Seabourn Seabourn announced the Wunambal Gaambera Traditional Owners as godparents of…
Debut of Princess Sun delayed until Sept 26 2025
John Padgett of Princess Cruises Princess Cruises and Fincantieri have jointly decided to postpone the…
Fincantieri shipyard hands over Queen Anne to Cunard cruise lines
Fincantieri’s Shipyard Director, Marco Lunardi, Cunard President, Katie McAlister, Luigi Matarazzo, General Manager of Fincantieri…
Christine Duffy receives CLIA lifetime achievement award for 2024
Christine Duffy President of Carnival lifetime award from CLIA Christine Duffy, President of Carnival Cruise…
MSC Cruises introduces summer 2024 ‘Stay & Cruise’ programme
Gianni Onorato CEO of MSC Cruises MSC Cruises has introduced the summer 2024 “Stay &…
WATCH: US Coast Guard evacuates Pregnant woman from Disney cruise ship off Puerto Rico coast
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TUI cruise environmental officer named as godmother of Mein Schiff 7
Fenia Kalachani of TUI with ship TUI Cruises announced the naming ceremony of its newest…
Hurtigruten to convert edible food waste into compost
Daniel Skjeldam CEO of Hurtigruten Hurtigruten introduced a specially designed reactor at one of its…
CLIA membership up 4pc on 2023 to record levels
Accredited agents who completed a minimum of the first level of CLIA training courses increased…
Radical change to dining options across Princess cruise fleet
John Padgett of Princess Cruises Princess Cruises is changing dining options across its fleet to…
Azamara to feature eight new ports in 2025–26 cruise programme
Dondra Ritzenthaler CEO of Azamara cruises Azamara Cruises announced new itineraries for 2025 and 2026,…
Bert Hernandez to become new president of Silversea
Bert Hernandez President of Silversea Bert Hernandez is to become new president of Silversea, effective…
MSC Cruises completes steel cutting for third world-class ship MSC World Asia
MSC World Asia steel cutting MSC Cruises completed the first steel cutting for its third…
MSC Cruises announces first over-water swing ride at sea
MSC World America ride MSC Cruises revealed Cliffhanger as the sole over-water swing ride at…
Cruise Ireland & Cruise Britain sign memorandum of understanding
Cruise Ireland & Cruise Britain sign MoU Cruise Ireland and Cruise Britain have signed a…
Stena acquires 49pc of Africa Morocco Link
Niclas Mårtensson CEO of Stena Line Stena Line has agreed to acquire 49pc of the…
NCL anounces mammoth order of eight cruise ships across three brands 2026–36
Harry Sommer of NCL Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings announced a newbuild order for eight vessels…
Celebrity Cruises launching branding campaign: ‘nothing comes close’
Laura Hodges Bethge of Celebrity Cruises Celebrity Cruises is launching “Nothing Comes Close,” a new…
Cork’s 2024 cruise season officially begins with arrival of Ambassador Ambition
Conor Mowlds of Port of Cork Company The 2024 cruise season in Cork officially began…
Viking reveals 650k passengers a year as it files for IPO
Torstein Hagen of Viking River cruises Viking has filed for its Initial Public Offering (IPO)…
MSC Cruises launches ‘world’s greatest bars’ programme
Gianni Onorato CEO of MSC Cruises MSC Cruises has launched the “world’s greatest bars” programme…
‘All change at Greystones’: Irish rail to end direct service to Rosslare port
Jim Meade CEO of Irish Rail Proposals to end direct rail services between Rosslare port…
MSC Cruises to introduce seven distinct districts on board MSC World America
MSC World America MSC Cruises is introducing seven distinct districts onboard the MSC World America…
Vision of the Seas latest ship to relocate to Norfolk, Virginia after bridge collapse
Due to the closure of the port of Baltimore, Royal Caribbean International’s Vision of the…
Eight Norwegian Dawn passengers stranded on Sao Tome had taken ‘private tour’
Norwegian Dawn Eight passengers on an NCL cruise were left stranded on the African island…
Carnival is evaluating another Excel Class ship order for 2028
Josh Weinstein CEO of Carnival Carnival Corporation will maintain its new strategy of acquiring one…
NCL cancels 20 cruises on seven ships from 2025 schedule due to fleet redeployments
Harry Sommer of NCL Norwegian Cruise Line has cancelled 20 sailings across seven different vessels…
Mediterranean cruise capacity to shrink slightly in 2024 to 16pc of global market
Kelly Craighead CEO of CLIA2 The Mediterranean is expected to remain the second-largest cruising region…
MSC makes history as Poesia sails up Amazon River
Gianni Onorato CEO of MSC Cruises MSC Cruises made history with its ship, the MSC…
Silversea announces direct sailings from Dublin onboard Silver Wind in 2025
Amanda Middler Silversea’s 2025 voyage collection includes two itineraries from Dublin onboard Silver Wind, with…