Cruise stakeholders in St Kitts and Nevis are looking forward to visits by the 77,000-gross-ton Celebrity Mercury during the 2009-2010 Cruise ship season. The 1870-passenger Celebrity Mercury will make multiple calls to St Kitts’ Port Zante on 11-night; 12 and 15-night Eastern and Western Caribbean cruises.

Carnival over the next few months will take three ships out of service to add cabins with balconies. A total of 48 cabins on the Carnival Destiny, Carnival Triumph and Carnival Liberty will be retrofitted with balconies. These cabins currently feature floor-to-ceiling windows.

Cruise stakeholders in St Kitts and Nevis are looking forward to visits by the 77,000-gross-ton Celebrity Mercury during the 2009-2010 Cruise ship season. The 1,870-passenger Celebrity Mercury will make multiple calls to St Kitts’ Port Zante on 11-night; 12 and 15-night Eastern and Western Caribbean cruises.

MSC Cruises’ Balcony Blowout promotion offers discounts of more than 60 percent on select Saturday departures of MSC Orchestra this winter when booked by Oct. 13.

MSC Cruises is celebrating the winter Caribbean season by offering a special value for Baby Boomers and Seniors. Boomers and Seniors can save at least 50 percent on the price of a memorable MSC Cruises Caribbean sailing and get even more value for their money when they take the kids/grandkids along for free with the line’s “Kids Sail Free” policy.

After successfully launching the first level of its Five-Star Academy for travel agents last month, Celebrity Cruises is introducing the second, or “Two-Star,” level today. Agents who have already completed the One-Star level that became available last month can now move on to the second phase of the multi-tiered program.