DeMarco and Del Rio Jr. Named Presidents of Regent and Oceania Cruises
Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings today announced the following key organizational changes at the senior executive leadership level effective January 1, 2023, as part of its succession planning process: The appointment of Andrea DeMarco, current Chief Sales and Marketing Officer for Regent Seven Seas Cruises, as President of Regent Seven Seas Cruises, succeeding Jason Montague. The…
Holland America’s Zuiderdam Completes 20 Years in Service
Holland America Line’s Zuiderdam is completing 20 years in service today. The lead ship of the brand’s Vista-class, the vessel entered service exactly two decades ago after being christened on December 14, 2002. The naming ceremony took place in Fort Lauderdale and saw the broadcaster Joan Lunden serving as the ship’s godmother. Soon after being…
Norwegian Prima Arrives to Port Canaveral for the First Time
Norwegian Cruise Line has announced the arrival of the brand-new Norwegian Prima to Port Canaveral, Fla., which will sail round-trip Caribbean cruises through March 2023. On Dec.11, 2022, Norwegian Prima embarked on her first cruise from Port Canaveral, offering round-trip Caribbean voyages through March of 2023, with calls to the tropical ports of Mexico, Jamaica,…
Royal Caribbean’s New Icon of the Seas Floated Out
The world’s largest and Royal Caribbean International’s newest cruise ship, Icon of the Seas has been floated out at the Meyer Turku shipyard on Friday. During the weekend, the ship will be moved to the outfitting dock, where its now fully assembled hull will be finished into a magnificent cruise ship during next year. “The…
MSC Names New Cruise Ship in New York City
MSC Cruises has welcomed the MSC Seascape to its fleet as its 21st ship with the line’s newest ship officially named at the Manhattan Cruise Terminal in New York City on Wednesday evening. The location was chosen in recognition of the addition of New York as a new homeport in April 2023 for MSC Cruises…
Norwegian Cruise Line: Record Day, Week and Month of Sales
Norwegian Cruise Line announced that November was a record-breaking booking month in a press release. The company said that November 25 the best booking day in the cruise line’s history, and November 28 was the best booked Cyber Monday, allowing NCL to achieve a record booking week for the week ending November 25, and to…
MSC Seascape Arrives in New York City
MSC Cruises’ new MSC Seascape arrived in New York City on Monday, December 5 after a trans-Atlantic crossing from Italy. The ship arrives in time for its upcoming naming ceremony that will take place on December 7 at the city’s Manhattan Cruise Terminal, according to a press release. This will be the first ship naming…
Norwegian Prima: Top 5 Unique Features
Ushering a new era for Norwegian Cruise Line, the Norwegian Prima debuted earlier this year. First in a series of six new cruise ships, the 142,000-ton vessel is equipped with several new features, such as the ocean’s largest go-kart racetrack and an upscale food marketplace. Cruise Industry News selected five of the ship’s most unique…
Seabourn Posts Record Booking Month for November 2022
Seabourn reported a record booking month for November 2022. The cruise line booked a record number of guests for 2023 and 2024 sailings, according to a company statement. Seabourn also had its best one-week booking period for expedition voyages since launching its new expedition ship, the Seabourn Venture, in July 2022. Josh Leibowitz, president of…
Venezia Completes Final Cruise for Costa Ahead of Joining Carnival’s Fleet
Set to debut for Carnival Cruise Line in 2023, the Costa Venezia is wrapping up its last sailing for Costa Cruises today. Marking the end of a program in the Eastern Mediterranean, the 2019-built vessel returned to Istanbul to disembark passengers of its final cruise in the region. After departing from the same port on…
World Dream Cruise Ship Heading to Auction
How much is a 2017-built megaship worth? The world is about to find out as the World Dream is heading to auction via the Singapore Sheriff following the demise of Genting Cruise Lines earlier this year. The 3,500-guest Dream Cruises ship will be sold via sealed bids due by 3:00 p.m. Singapore time on Dec….
Carnival Cruise Line Posts Record Cyber Monday Booking Day
Carnival Cruise Line is looking ahead to a very successful 2023 cruise season after posting a record Cyber Monday booking day on November 28. This year’s Cyber Monday booking day surpassed the 2019 Cyber Monday by 50 percent, according to the press release. “The Cyber Monday sale activity showed consumer demand across the fleet, and…
Big Three Cruise Corporations Set to Spend $2 Billion Food in 2023
Carnival Corporation, Royal Caribbean Group and Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings are on pace to spend roughly $2 billion on food and beverage items in 2023, according to Cruise Industry News estimates. This is based on third quarter spending this year, which saw Carnival spend $259 million, Royal come in at $195 million and Norwegian at…
Princess Winter Season Includes Global Cruise Program
Princess Cruises is planning a complete winter season in 2022-2023. Marking the return to service of the company’s entire fleet, the program will include itineraries in different parts of the globe – including South America. Debuting in the region, the Sapphire Princess is set to offer various itineraries to Patagonia, Antarctica and more. While most…
Maiden Call for MSC Seascape in Cadiz
The port of Cadiz in Spain today welcomed the MSC Seascape for the ship’s maiden call before she sets sail across the Atlantic for her official naming ceremony on Dec. 7 in New York. The maritime tradition of a Crest Exchange took place onboard MSC’s newest ship between Master of the Vessel Captain Francesco Di…