Next year Puerto Rico will welcome the largest cruise ships in the world, Oasis of the Seas and Allure of the Seas, both from the Royal Caribbean line, as announced today by Puerto Rico Tourism Company’s Executive Director, Ingrid Rivera Rocafort and Port Authority Executive Director, Colberg Ingrid Rodríguez.

U.S. cruise lines are preparing to enter uncharted waters -- Cuban waters. Although U.S. tourists are still technically banned from visiting the Caribbean country, the process of normalizing relations between the U.S. and Cuba has the cruise industry ready to pounce.

MSC Cruises and Costa Cruises, which had passengers killed or injured in the museum attack, both suspended calls to Tunisian ports for the remainder of 2015.

MSC Cruises said that in the wake of Wednesday’s terror attack at the Bardo National Museum in Tunis, Tunisia, the line will suspend all remaining Tunisian port calls in its 2015 summer schedule.

Cuba Cruise launches a brand new cruise itinerary for its 2015/2016 season, including two full days in Cuba’s vibrant capital city and a new port of call in idyllic, palm-fringed Maria la Gorda.

In a fresh push to become a serious player in the competitive North American market, European cruise operator MSC Cruises will base a brand new ship year-round in Miami. The Geneva-based company made the announcement Tuesday afternoon during the Cruise Shipping Miami conference in Miami.