Royal Caribbean International announced that Allure of the Seas, Oasis of the Seas, Freedomof the Seas and Serenade of the Seas will sail the Caribbean from convenient Florida homeports for the winter 2015-16 season, which are now open for sale.

The British Virgin Islands’ new cruise pier development was highlighted as a new and exciting feature for the BVI’s cruise industry at the Cruise Shipping Miami exhibition and conference held last week.

Pierfrancesco Vago, chairman, Cruise Lines International Association Europe, has announced from the 30th annual Cruise Shipping Miami conference that more Europeans than ever booked a cruise in 2013. Number reached a record of 6.357 million.

Celebrity Cruises will broadcast the summer’s most highly anticipated sporting event, the 2014 FIFA World Cup in Brazil, on board its ships sailing to Alaska, Bermuda and Europe.