The vessel operators of Seattle’s port have started a program that will reduce emissions of Sulfar Dioxide by at least 80 percent and diesel particulate by 60 percent. This will help Seattle meet its clean-air targets. The program was unveiled this month. It is called ABC fuels. It involves low sulfur diesel fuel powering auxiliary [...]

Princess Cruises and Cunard have both lined the list of business to use GolinHarris Advertising agency to launch their new campaigns. The agency has a well-developed reputation for brand awareness, social media and promotions. The company was selected because it has experience with “new media”. The Los Angeles company is thought to be on the [...]

This year there has been a lot of competition among cruise lines on who can provide the best rooms for low prices. Norwegians newest Caribbean ship is trying something new. They will have one large, luxurious, communal living room and around it there will be 128 very small, studio cabins designed for young cruisers. The [...]

It was an ugly mess when this large Princess Cruise Line ship arrived in the port of Vancouver to discover that it had a 70 ton dead whale attached to the bow of the ship. The ship had clearly hit the whale at some part of the boats cruise through Alaska and back. The whale [...]

MSC Cruises announced that they would be offering an un-paralleled blowout sale on their European voyages planned throughout the end of 2009.  This sale will offer some of the best deal on cruises that we have seen yet in this year marked by promotions and bargain sales. This Europe-based cruise line says is offering massive [...]

This cruise ship is currently being widely talked about in the industry, largely because of its vast size. It will have a capacity of 4,200-passengers, and it will require a staff of more than 1000. The cruise ship will be one of the largest ever built. There is still much to be done and it [...]

The cruise industry is structured to gear for couples, however there has been a dramatic increase in recent years of the single adult demographics.  Currently, on some cruises a single can cost almost as much as a couple as both would occupy a cabin. Few single travelers find this to be a fair and economical [...]

There is but one way to top the elegant dinners, service, destinations and activities on a good cruise. That is by getting it all for much less money. And, this year you can. Most cruise lines have decided to slash prices dramatically in an effort to keep their ships full in the midst of recession. [...]

At New York’s French culinary institute, Oceania Cruises announced the details of their newest restaurant on their flagship. It will be named after celebrity chef, Jacques Pepin. Oceania Cruise has a food oriented concept which has led them to find it advantageous to team up with top chefs to find contemporary concepts for their restaurants. [...]

If you have been thinking of booking another one of this season’s great deals on cruises you had better act soon. Cruise line CEO’s are saying that the prices have bottomed out and will need to head back up. “The pricing has started to show limited signs of moving in the right direction,” says Norwegian [...]