Windstar Cruises is partnering with Cruise Strategies Ltd. to expand the line’s presence in Canada. With this new partnership, Windstar will work closely with Cruise Strategies’ sales and marketing team to plan and implement sales as well as provide marketing, public relations and communications support to increase awareness of the line in the burgeoning Canadian marketplace.

Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. executives joined Honduran dignitaries to cut the ribbon at the grand opening of the Town Center at Roatan Port.

Boston’s Black Falcon Cruise Terminal will undergo a $3 million upgrade to its passenger facilities. Work will begin this spring and be completed by the end of the year.

The envelope please. Mein Schiff wins as the name for TUI Cruises’ first ship. Translating into “My Ship,” the name was chosen from over 30,000 ideas. The competition was carried out in partnership with Bunte, a German celebrity magazine. The ship will be christened on May 15.

Royal Caribbean International’s Mariner of the Seas –the largest ship ever to offer cruise vacations from the West Coast- arrived in Los Angeles on Feb. 19. The 142,000-ton ship will sail year-round from the Port of Los Angeles on seven-night Mexican Riviera cruises visiting Cabo San Lucas, Puerto Vallarta and Mazatlan.

Royal Caribbean International’s Mariner of the Seas –the largest ship ever to offer cruise vacations from the West Coast- arrived in Los Angeles on Feb. 19. The 142,000-ton ship will sail year-round from the Port of Los Angeles on seven-night Mexican Riviera cruises visiting Cabo San Lucas, Puerto Vallarta and Mazatlan.