Carnival Cruise Lines will increase capacity on its seasonal cruise program from New York in 2010 with the 2,978-passenger Carnival Glory scheduled to operate a variety of four- and five-day Atlantic Canada voyages from June to September, followed by five one-week fall foliage cruises.

Cruise companies have announced a range of large discounts, with some winter cruises cut to a third of their brochure prices.

Cruise companies have announced a range of large discounts, with some winter cruises cut to a third of their brochure prices.

Celebrity Cruises today announced the Godmother of the most widely-heralded cruise ship to enter the market this year, Celebrity Solstice. Atypically, she’s not a star of stage and screen; instead, she stars in a field of enormous importance to Celebrity Cruises: the world’s oceans.

Travel agents who have clients dreaming of fresh air and sweeping ocean vistas have a great opportunity to provide a free upgrade to a balcony stateroom. Princess Cruises’ “Balcony Bonanza” offers a balcony for the price of an oceanview stateroom –representing a savings of up to $1,000 per cabin.

The Celebrity Galaxy will be refitted in March and will leave drydock as TUI Cruises’ first ship. TUI Cruises, a joint venture of German travel giant TUI AG and Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd., will spend about $62 million converting the Galaxy. Lloyd Shipyards in Bremerhaven, Germany, has been awarded the contract to refit the ship.