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Turks and Caicos Travel Is Trending Up Right Now 

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Forward bookings for the Turks and Caicos Islands’ peak winter season are trending ahead of last year, signaling renewed momentum for the destination after a softer second half of 2025. According to Experience Turks and Caicos, bookings for travel between December and March. are projected to exceed the same period last winter, with steady month-on-month […]

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Carnival Cuts First Steel on Next Caribbean Cruise Ship 

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Carnival Cruise Line has cut the first steel on its newest cruise ship: Carnival Jubilee.  The new ship, which is being built at Meyer Werft in Papenberg, Germany, is slated to debut in November 2023 in Galveston, Tex.  The news comes as Carnival marks the brand’s 50th anniversary this year.  “It’s our birthday and with […]

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Princess Cruises Has a New Ship

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Princess Cruises has taken delivery of its newest ship, the highly-anticipated Discovery Princess.  The ship was delivered in a ceremony this week at the Fincantieri Shipyard in Italy.  It’s the 15th MedallionClass ship for Princess, with capacity for 3,660 guests.  The ship is the sixth and final “Royal-class” ship for the company, featuring new culinary […]

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Seabourn’s New Caribbean Cruise Ship

Luxury small-ship brand Seabourn has unveiled its newest cruise ship for the Caribbean: Seabourn Ovation.  The new ship made its madden arrival to the US this week, where it will homeport in Miami for a series of voyages exploring the Caribbean, Mexico and Central America from November through March 2022.  The 600-guest luxury ship will […]


Princess Cruises Has a New Ship

Belize is set to welcome back its first cruise ship call since the onset of the pandemic, Caribbean Journal has learned. On July 7, the Carnival Vista ship will call on Belize, tourism officials confirmed this week.  Because the ship will be a “fully vaccinated” cruise, Belize will not be implementing a travel bubble.  The […]

Balearia Relaunches Ferries from Florida to The Bahamas

Balearia Caribbean has relaunched its ferry service from Fort Lauderdale to The Bahamas.  The South Florida-based company runs ferry services from Port Everglades to Bahamian destinations including Bimini and Freeport.  The company will be offering three sailing services a week, with ferries on Wednesdays, Fridays and Sundays.  Balearia has relaunched its operations with a host […]

Carnival’s P&O Cruises to Homeport New Ship in Antigua

Continuing a growing trend of major cruise lines home-porting in the Caribbean, Carnival’s P&O Cruises brand has finalized negotiations to homeport a new mega-ship in Antigua.  The Arvia ship, which is currently under construction, will join the fleet in December 2022.  “We are thrilled to partner with P&O and the Antigua Ministry of Tourism in […]

New Royal Caribbean Ship Coming to Caribbean in November

Royal Caribbean’s newest cruise ship will make its debut in the Caribbean in November.  The new Odyssey of the Seas will launch in the Mediterranean this summer before heading to Fort Lauderdale for its first Caribbean sailings in November.  Odyssey of the Seas will be the first of its class, Quantum Ultra Class, to cruise […]

Another New Carnival Cruise Ship

Carnival Cruise Line has taken delivery of another new cruise ship, the company announced this week.  The new Carnival Panorama is the 27th ship in the brand’s fleet, and the third in the company’s Vista class of ships.  Carnival Panorama will be homeporting in Long Beach, Calif., part of a broader strategy to expand its […]

Windstar Launches “Stretching” Process on First Ship

Windstar Cruises in in the midst of a unique fleet upgrade project — it’s “stretching” three cruise ships.  The $250 million “Star Plus” Initiative will literally cut three of its ships in half and add new 84-foot midsections, effectively “stretching” them into longer, upgraded ships.  And now Windstar has officially begun stretching its first ship, Star […]

Norwegian Cruise Line Takes Delivery of New "Encore" Ship

Norwegian Cruise Line has taken delivery of its new Norwegian Encore cruise ship in Germany.  The 1,100-foot-long, 170,000-gross-ton ship has a capacity of nearly 4,000 guests.  The ship will launch this fall in Miami, with seven-day Caribbean cruises, before launching cruises from New York in April. The latter will include a stop in Bermuda.  The […]

Princess Cruises Debuts Major New Ship

Princess Cruises has officially taken delivery of a major new cruise ship that will soon be heading to the Caribbean.  The new Sky Princess cruise ship is the first Princess ship built from the ground up as one of its new MedallionClass smart-platform ships.  The handover ceremony was held at Fincantieri’s shipyard in Italy this […]