
Azamara Club Cruises is officially relaunching in April with celebratory maiden voyages and the addition of new amenities.

Royal Caribbean International announced that the first revenue voyage for Allure of the Seas’ inaugural season will take place one week earlier than originally planned. The first revenue voyage will be a seven-night Western Caribbean itinerary departing on Dec. 5.

Royal Caribbean International announced that the first revenue voyage for Allure of the Seas’ inaugural season will take place one week earlier than originally planned. The first revenue voyage will be a seven-night Western Caribbean itinerary departing on Dec. 5.

French Country Waterways is featuring $250 price savings during its April departures. For those who are celebrating quinquennial wedding anniversaries (which take place every fifth year), the company is offering discounts that equal the number of years – 5 percent for the fifth anniversary, 15 percent for the 15th year all the way up to 50 percent for the golden anniversary.

Carnival Corp & PLC, which recently announced the sale of the 1984 built Artemis, received $100 million for the 44,588 gross ton ship, the world’s largest cruise shipping group says in its 2009 annual report. Carnival booked a $45 million profit from the sale.

Royal Caribbean International’s Oasis of the Seas is a “gratifying success,’ but parent company Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. probably won’t build more of the 225,000-ton ships after Allure of the Seas debuts in December. RCCL Chairman and CEO Richard Fain said Oasis is commanding “tremendous premiums’ and “onboard spending handily above other ships.’