Barbados has unveiled plans to construct an ultra-modern cruise facility, in the capital city of Bridgetown. Totally Barbados has been informed that, when completed, the Sugar Point Cruise facility will allow the tourism-driven country to welcome some of the largest cruise ships in the world.

Royal Caribbean came in first of domestic cruise lines in the use of advanced marketing, according to a report by Market 21, the leading advisory firm in the use of advanced marketing tools. Royal Caribbean's Celebrity Cruises came in second among the large cruise lines.

Monaco-based Star Clippers will operate a limited season of cruises in Cuba in 2014 aboard Star Flyer. The line currently plans two repositioning cruises ending or originating at Cienfuegos, Cuba -- one six-night roundtrip from Cienfuegos, and five seven-night roundtrips from Cienfuegos in February and March 2014.