Cruise Trends tips

Viking has unveiled more details about its initial public offering.

The Big Easy might be known for its festivals and easy, musical atmosphere, but it’s also home to a lively river and ocean port for leisure cruising. 

Windstar Cruises is rolling out new perks to say “thank you” to travel advisors.

Carnival Paradise crew members saving stranded sailors. (Photo Credit: Carnival Cruise Line Media)

WHY IT RATES: AmaWaterways is putting its sustainability front and center as we celebrate another Earth Day. — Lacey Pfalz, Associate Writer, TravelPulse

Riverside Luxury Cruises has unveiled its line-up of 2025 European river cruises.

Norwegian Cruise Line has officially kicked off its European cruise season.

Call it food flexibility on the water.

Officials are looking for a crew member who may have purposefully gone overboard from a Holland America Line cruise ship.

Viking has unveiled a new “Spirit of Mongolia” extension program for guests who sail on one of the line’s new China voyages.

AmaWaterways is delaying the launch of its new river cruises in Colombia.

Our life is ruled by time.

Celebrity Cruises is launching a new brand positioning and brand identity with the tagline “Nothing Comes Close.”

Holland America Line is celebrating a pair of sustainable seafood certifications—one from the Marine Stewardship Council, and the other from the Aquaculture Stewardship Council.

Viking has officially filed for an initial purchase offering (IPO) with the United States Securities and Exchanges Commission. Finance and investment publication Barrons says the IPO could be valued at more than $US10 billion.

“Ted Lasso” star Hannah Waddingham has been named the godmother of Princess Cruises’ newest ship, Sun Princess. The award-winning British actress and singer will christen the ship during an official naming ceremony in Barcelona on April 23.

Hurtigruten has appointed the world’s first “chief aurora chaser” to help guests get the most out of their Northern Lights viewing experiences while cruising along the coast of Norway.

Cunard will offer guests a chance to see “Pride and Prejudice* (*sort of)” at sea onboard its newest ship, Queen Anne.

Civil unrest in Haiti has forced the Royal Caribbean Group to cancel all plans to visit its private destination in Labadee.

Starting this fall, HX (formerly Hurtigruten Expeditions) will begin offering all-inclusive expedition cruises, the company announced today.

In recent days, escalated strife in Haiti’s capital of Port-au-Prince has garnered attention from around the world. Given the rampant gang violence and a mass prison break on March 3, the U.S. State Department reiterated its Level 4 Travel Advisory (“Do Not Travel”), while the U.S. Embassy in Port-au-Prince issued a security alert advising all U.S. citizens to depart the country as soon as they could.