Silversea Cruises has announced that 10 voyages this year will feature the Relais & Châteaux L’École des Chefs interactive cooking school. Through this partnership, Silversea will offer the only Relais & Châteaux L’École des Chefs cooking school at sea. The program offers guests a culinary curriculum and events hosted by Silversea culinary trainer Chef David Bilsland. The curriculum for each of these cruises is designed to celebrate the cultural flavor of the ship’s itinerary.

Vacationers booked aboard Royal Caribbean Cruises voyages diverted to Montego Bay or Ocho Rios, Jamaica, following the delayed opening of the new cruise port at Falmouth are eligible for special savings off JamaicaForaDay cruise passes through the company’s “Daycation”offer. Guests booked on ships diverted to Montego Bay are eligible for a group discount on the Sunset Beach Resort Cruise Pass, while guests booked on ships diverted to Ocho Rios can receive a group discount on the Sunset Jamaica Grande Resort Cruise Pass.

With so many back-to-back cruises -- whether in the Caribbean, along the Mexican Riviera or what has become more standard in Europe -- it’s good to see when cruise lines offer a one-of-a-kind option.

Almaco was awarded a multi-million euro contract to modernize accommodation and food handling areas onboard Mein Schiff 2, the ship that TUI Cruises is adding to its fleet in the spring 2011. TUI Cruises is a joint venture cruise line comprised of TUI AG and Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd.

MSC Cruises is offering winter cruises to the temperate Mediterranean with rates starting from $499 per person. The cruises are eight, nine, 10 and 11 nights long.

The addition of a fourth ship in Europe in 2012 has prompted Norwegian Cruise Line to reposition ships that sail Caribbean cruises. The moves include a departure from Port Canaveral. NCL will take the Norwegian Sun out of Port Canaveral for the 2012-13 season and move it to Miami.