Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. (RCCL) is launching a new cruise brand, CDF Croisières de France, which will target and cater to the French market. The new brand will begin sailing with the Bleu de France in May, after the ship has completed extensive renovations and undergone a cultural transformation to adapt French tastes.
MSC Cruises is offering savings of at least 50 percent on the MSC Lirica’s New Year’s cruise. The seven-night Western Caribbean sailing departs Fort Lauderdale on December 28 and calls at Key West, Grand Cayman, Cozumel and Nassau. Cruise-only fares begin at $899 for an interior stateroom and $1,049 for an ocean-view stateroom.
Carnival Cruise Lines will unveil an adults-only area called “Serenity” when its ship, the Inspiration, emerges from a month-long drydock in early October, the line said.
The North American cruise industry last year generated $35.7 billion in gross U.S. economic output and supported 348,000 American jobs paying $14.7 billion in wages, according to a new report prepared for Cruise Lines International Association (CLIA).
In anticipation of a significant increase in cruise ships and passengers, the Hamburg Cruise Center in northern Germany will expand from two to three berths by 2009 and will open a new cruise terminal in 2011.
Norwegian Cruise Line (NCL), the official cruise line of the PGA TOUR and Champions Tour, has launched the Golf Bermuda program, giving guests more options for hitting the links in Bermuda, where there are more golf courses per square mile than anywhere in the world.