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Margaritaville at Sea Is Adding Another Cruise Ship

Margaritaville at Sea is adding a third ship to its growing fleet. In a major move announced on the third anniversary of the brand’s launch, the company has confirmed the purchase of the Costa Fortuna, a 102,500-ton vessel currently operated by […]

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Bahamas Cruise Passenger Arrivals Keep Climbing 
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Barbados Is Projecting a Big Cruise Season
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Cozumel Is Seeing Big Cruise Growth 
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Royal Caribbean Just Revealed the First Look at Its New Perfect Day Destination in Mexico, Including the World's Longest Lazy River
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Royal Caribbean’s Newest Ship Will Feature “Back to the Future,” a 1930s Chicago Supper Club and 40 Places to Eat and Drink
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Barbados Is the Caribbean’s Fastest-Growing Cruise Destination 
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Royal Caribbean Says 2025 Bookings “On Track” 
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Cruise Arrivals Keep Climbing in St Kitts, Hitting a New Post-Pandemic High
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Norwegian Cruise Line’s Newest Ship Is Now Sailing to the Caribbean From Port Canaveral
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Trinidad Just Closed What Officials Are Calling a “Dynamic” Cruise Season 
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The Best Royal Caribbean Cruises to Aruba This Summer, Including Caribbean and Florida Homeports 
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Visiting Old San Juan on a Cruise? Here’s How to Make Your Day Memorable, From a Legendary Piña Colada to the Perfect Souvenir
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In a Shift, Cruise Tourism Is Powering the Dominican Republic’s Continued Growth 

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The Dominican Republic is riding a wave of maritime momentum as cruise tourism drives a record-breaking first quarter for the country’s visitor arrivals—repositioning the sector as a core engine of growth in 2025. While stayover arrivals slightly slowed in the […]

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How Grand Bahama Is Becoming the Caribbean’s Newest Cruise Powerhouse 

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It’s only about 70 miles as the crow flies between Florida and the west end of Grand Bahama. While the island is closer than almost anywhere to the US, it’s been something of an afterthought in the travel industry in […]

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Cruise Tourism Is Booming in the US Virgin Islands, With More Growth Ahead in 2025

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The shopping on Main Street. The painkillers at the Mountain Top. Beach-hopping in St John. It’s no secret why the US Virgin Islands is a Caribbean cruise powerhouse, and the destination continues to see strong growth in passenger arrivals, Caribbean […]

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More Growth Ahead for San Juan, Puerto Rico Cruise Port 

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Fresh off $42 million in new port improvements, San Juan’s popular cruise terminal is seeing more growth, Caribbean Journal has learned.  Puerto Rico’s primary cruise destination is off to a 10 percent jump in traffic so far this year, according […]

Saint Lucia Is Tapping the World’s Fastest Woman (And Its First Gold Medalist) to Bolster Its Cruise Industry

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She’s the world’s fastest woman, and now Julien Alfred is helping Saint Lucia bring in the world’s biggest cruise ships.  Allred, who won the island’s first-ever Olympic gold medal in Paris last summer, is working with Saint Lucia tourism officials […]

The Nassau Cruise Port Is Putting the City’s Iconic Straw Market in the Spotlight 

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It’s not just a market. Not just a collection of vendors and artists. Nassau’s legendary Straw Market is a living, breathing symbol of the creativity of The Bahamas.  And now the city’s cruise port is putting the Straw Market back […]

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Royal Caribbean, MSC and Disney Just Helped the Caribbean’s Most Popular Cruise Port Set Another Record

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The Caribbean remains the most-visited cruise destination in the world, and if you’re taking a cruise somewhere in the region, chances are one particular port will be your first stop: Nassau, The Bahamas, the powerhouse of the regional cruise industry […]

The Dominican Republic Is Building a New “State of the Art” Cruise Port 

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The Dominican Republic has already been seeing strong growth in the cruise industry in recent years. Now, the country is adding another new port.  The plan is for a major new cruise terminal in the Port of Barahona on the […]

Four Seasons’ First Cruise “Yacht” Will Have a Champagne and Caviar Bar 

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Luxury resort brands are getting into the small-ship cruise space. Ritz-Carlton already has two ships, and now Four Seasons is at it, too, with plans for a “yacht” of its own.  The Four Seasons I ship, which makes its debut […]

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Royal Caribbean’s Next Big Cruise Ship Now Has a Name, With Plans for a November 2026 Debut 

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Royal Caribbean’s next big cruise ship now has a name, Caribbean Journal has learned.  It’s called Legend of the Seas, and it will be making its first Caribbean sailings in the fall of 2026 as the next member of the […]

Carnival’s New Grand Bahama Cruise Destination Is Planning a July Opening 

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Gold Rock Beach. The Port Lucaya Marketplace. The conch salad. Dinner at Flying Fish. Travelers are increasingly hip to the renaissance of Grand Bahama, which has several new projects underway including a new Six Senses.  But the biggest infusion into […]

This Cruise Ship Just Made Its First Call on St Kitts’ Port Zante 

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It’s one of the fastest-growing cruise ports in the Eastern Caribbean, and now St Kitts’ Port Zante has another new ship in its portfolio.  The new Iona ship, part of the P&O Cruises fleet, made its first call on Port […]