Cruise News

Carnival's North America market continues to be a star performer, and Europe is doing very well. Still, that won't be enough to return Carnival to full health post-pandemic. It needs to speed up growth in Asia and Australia.

Frank J. Del Rio will step down as president and CEO of Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings, effective June 30, the cruise company announced Monday. Harry J. Sommer, president and CEO…

Today’s edition of Skift’s daily podcast looks at hotel marketing and cultural tastes, cruise lines balancing debt and new ships, and a frankincense sommelier educating tourists in Oman.

Cruise lines will continue to debut new ships in the near term through a balancing act between refinancing debt and improving profit margins. The high cost of debt will not stop vessels from sailing. The three major cruise lines remain optimistic for demand recovery.

Norwegian Cruise is confident it can ride on the tailwinds of its 2022 marketing, pricing and service strategies into 2023 while spending less on them.

Seems Lindblad Expeditions has sailed out of the pandemic disaster. The company now needs to sail to profitability. Its early booking numbers sound solid, but 2023 has a ways to go.

Today’s edition of Skift’s daily podcast looks at Spirit's earnings purgatory, Hertz's brands revival, and cruise tourism in east and Southern Africa.

The rapidly rebounding cruise tourism market is providing African tourism with a lucrative opportunity to give destinations battered by the pandemic a new path to revenues.

Royal Caribbean seems confident it's smooth sailing now that the pandemic is over and passengers are ready to spend their savings on cruise experiences. But a potential recession could mess with all that.

One of the hottest areas for hotel companies is the open sea. Accor, the Paris-based hotel giant, hopes to launch a yacht-style cruise line Orient Express Silenseas by 2026, according…