Azamara Cruises has launched a new brand campaign titled “Journal,” which features a travelogue.

Azamara Cruises has launched a new brand campaign titled “Journal,” which features a travelogue.

Glacier Bay National Park in Alaska awarded new 10-year concession contracts to four cruise lines. The four contracts allocate 82 cruise ship trips into the park, with an additional 71 trips allocated under historical rights.

MSC Cruises’ North American expansion will continue in 2010, with the line operating its first series of Canada and New England sailings.

Ecoventura, a small-ship expedition company in Guayaquil, Ecuador, has invested $100,000 to install 40 solar panels and two wind turbines on the upper deck of the Eric, one of its four motor yachts that cruise the Galapagos Islands.

Norwegian Cruise Line launched Groups 2.0 in December, and its group booking volume skyrocketed in the program’s first 30 days, resulting in a record 400 percent increase year-over-year. Groups 2.0, which is part of NCL’s Partnership 2.0 initiative, is an enhanced group booking program allowing travel agents more flexibility to market and sell cruises to groups.