Ground broke Tuesday on the Honduran island of Roatan for what is slated to be the Central American country’s largest cruise port facility when it opens in summer 2009.

Holland America Line is offering new itineraries and more sailings to South America and Antarctica with 18 cruises on Statendam, Prinsendam and Amsterdam in 2009.

Carnival Cruise Lines will launch a new cruise program March 2 out of San Juan with the 2,642-passenger Carnival Destiny.

Carnival, recognizing the need to deliver information to their guests quickly and effectively, decided to look toward Digital Signage, and the huge possibilities and potential that this form of communication held in enhancing guests’ “Fun Ship” vacation.

In 2008, Holland America Line will double departures of its seven-day deep southern Caribbean itinerary, created for those seeking a week-long cruise to lesser visited Caribbean ports.

Star Cruises Group., which includes Star Cruises and NCL Corp., recorded a net loss of $21.3 million in the third quarter, compared with a net profit of $60.4 million in the third quarter of 2006.