In April 2022, Norwegian Cruise Line raised their daily gratuity rates for the third time since 2019. 

The gratuity rates are:

Carnival Cruise Line has cancelled all of its scheduled stops to the island of Antigua.

The president of the Antigua and Barbuda Cruise Tourism Association, Nathan Dundas, announced that Carnival had cancelled its scheduled calls to the island by Carnival Pride, Breeze, Magic, and Legend.

No official reason has been offered by Carnival, but the announcement comes on the heels of Antigua Prime Minister Gaston Browne accusing the Florida-Caribbean Cruise Association of exploiting the region for lower visitor tax rates. 

Disney Cruise Line has purchased land on the island of Eleuthera in the Bahamas to build a new private property.

Royal Caribbean announced new sailings for 2020-2021 winter season.  

Adventure of the Seas will homeport in Galveston, sailing four- and five-day cruises.

Enchantment of the Seas will sail seven-night itineraries from San Juan, Puerto Rico for the first time.

Explorer of the Seas will offer five- and nine-night sailings from Miami.

Independence of the Seas will cruise out of Port Everglades in November 2020, sailing four and five nights to the Western Caribbean and Nassau.

Carnival Cruise Line announced its next new ship, Mardi Gras, will feature architectural features and designs that will enhance many aspects of its balcony, ocean view and interior staterooms.

Carnival designed the new staterooms in partnership with DCA Design International. The cruise line says these new rooms will reflect new and innovative design practices that are ergonomically-friendly and maximize visual space, clean lines, surfaces and storage.

Distinguished by muted turquoise hues, the staterooms’ are enhanced by design touches that include:

Norwegian Cruise Line announced today a new program that aims to recognize and reward educators in the U.S. and Canada.

In advance of Teacher Appreciation Week (May 6-10, 2019) and the North American debut of the cruise line's 15th ship, Norwegian Joy, the company is leveraging the ship's heartwarming name for a compelling campaign that acknowledges and celebrates the intersection of travel and education by honoring deserving teachers that are doing the most to bring joy to their students.  

MSC Bellissima made her inaugural visit to Valencia, Spain on Monday.

To commemorate the event, a special event was held with represenatives from MSC along with municipal and port authorities.  The event was attended by the president of MSC Cruises in Spain, Emiliano González, Francisco Lorente, president of MSC Cruises Spain and invited personalities such as Francisco Romeu, Grup Romeu or Jaime Matas, Deputy General Director of the Bank Sabadell, among others.

An Australian man that suffers from Motor Neurone Disease (MND) was denied boarding on a Royal Caribbean ship due to his condition this weekend.

Cell biologist Justin Yerbury posted on social media that the cruise line denied his family boarding of their Royal Caribbean cruise, which has been planned since November.

Princess Cruises announced the Sky Princess will offer guests a new French restaurant, which is the first time in the cruise line's history a French restaurant will be offered to North American guests.

The new restaurant, La Mer, is the creation of Three-Michelin Star Chef, Emmanuel Renaut. Sky Princess will arrive in Ft. Lauderdale in December 2019 for an inaugural season of Caribbean cruises.