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Norwegian Cruise Line Names Lee Applbaum Chief Marketing Officer
Great Stirrup Cay, one of Applbaum’s named priorities, added a two-ship pier on December 28, 2025, with Great Tides Waterpark planned for September.
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Antarctica21 Opens Advisor Contest for 2027 Antarctica Air-Cruise
Applicants will be judged on sales potential and a post-trip marketing and sales plan, with entries open through July 21 and the winner to be chosen July 31, 2026.
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Cunard Sets 2027 Entertainment Lineup Across Fleet
Theatre at Sea returns October 20 to 27, 2027 on a transatlantic crossing with Olivier Awards-linked performances, workshops and backstage programming.
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Carnival Opens America250 Shipboard Celebrations in Baltimore
Guests boarding Carnival Pride saw a 40-foot Uncle Sam hat on the top deck, and military members and veterans received limited-edition America250 challenge coins.
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Fred. Olsen Becomes First Cruise Line With Silver Carbon Literacy
Fred. Olsen said the program now reaches 40 percent of its workforce and is tied to digitalized shipboard services and artificial intelligence-powered food-waste monitoring on Bolette.
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Ambassador Cuts Fly-Caribbean Deposits to £99 for 2026-27
A March 14, 2027, Caribbean Highlights and Atlantic Discovery sailing spans 18 nights, visits seven ports in seven countries and ends in Portsmouth.
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MS Vesteralen Returns to Bergen-Kirkenes Service After Refit
The full coastal roundtrip covers about 2,500 nautical miles over twelve days and calls at 34 ports, including longer visits in Trondheim and Tromsø.
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Norwegian Sun Drops Four Baltic Ports Amid Propulsion Issues
Norwegian Cruise Line said guest and crew safety was not affected, and satellite tracking after the Riga call showed Norwegian Sun making eleven knots toward Ronne.
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Star Princess Delays Seattle Alaska Sailing Departure to 4 P.M.
Star Princess is in its first Alaska season from Seattle, with capacity for 4,300 passengers at lower-berth occupancy and more than 2,100 cabins.
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MSC Meraviglia Stays in Southampton for 21 Cruises in 2028
The June 10 British Isles sailing is planned around the Football Championship, with live match streams, themed entertainment and calls including Belfast and Greenock.
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Margaritaville at Sea Welcomes Its One Millionth Guest
At PortMiami, a Miami-Dade County committee advanced a five-year preferential berthing agreement covering about one hundred seventy Beachcomber visits at Terminal C.
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MSC Cruises Launches July 4 Sale for U.S. Homeport Sailings
Five sailings from United States homeports overlap July 4, including MSC Seascape from Galveston and MSC Poesia from Seattle in MSC's first year sailing in Alaska.