Carnival News

Artist's rendering of the Norwegian Epic. The half owner of Miami-based Norwegian Cruise Line said in a recent report that it has enough cash on hand for now, but warns about continued risks in the world economy and demand for cruises.

Cruise lines have a wide variety of patrons taking vacations with them. You will see the young and old, the married and the divorced/single, and those with families, and adults who just want to enjoy their cruise.

Travel Weekly reports Carnival Cruise Lines will return to Europe in 2011 if Americans start to travel to the continent again next year.

Australia's largest pleasure cruise company said on Thursday it would continue to insist that young adult passengers be accompanied by parents even though the policy has been branded discriminatory.

Israel's wealthiest woman, Shari Arison, is an accidental billionaire. She inherited her fortune from her late father, Israeli-born Ted Arison, who founded Carnival Cruise Lines and in the 1990s also became a major investor in the Jewish nation .

The Oasis of the Seas isn't the only new ship afloat. Scott Carmichael writes about his three-day cruise to nowhere aboard the new Carnival Dream.

Auto financing company Americredit Corp. said Monday it named Robert Sturges, head of Nevada Gold & Casinos Inc., to its board of directors.

It was a "fun" night in New York City as Carnival Cruise Line launched its 22nd and newest ship the Carnival Dream.

Mobile's new cruise ship arrived a day late due to Tropical Storm Ida and prepared for a quick departure for the Mexican coast.

The four cruise ships in port blasted their horns in celebration of the first ship, Carnival Glory, christening the new 445-metre-long 21-metre-wide mega cruise ship pier on Wednesday, St.

Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. is trying to cash in on the growing cruise business in Asia by signing an agreement with Shanghai International Port Co., the cruise company said Tuesday.

Companies in the travel distribution chain may need to coin a new word, or else turn the word "other" into a verb, because that's what's happening to them.

The cruise ship operator posted uninspiring third-quarter results, and then -- faster than an onboard bingo caller can belt out "B-9" -- spooked investors by forecasting a loss for the fourth quarter.

Miami-based Norwegian Cruise Line has entered into an agreement to sell $450 million in notes with a rate of 11.75 percent to unnamed foreign buyers.

Meshulam Zonis, the former head of operations for Carnival Cruise Lines and the line's first official hire, died on Nov.

Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. reported third quarter profits of $230.4 million, or $1.07 a share, down 44 percent from $411.9 million, or $1.92 a share, in the year-ago quarter.

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Members of Carnival Cruise Line's Executive Travel Agent Forum concluded that travel distributors needed to do better at differentiating themselves and staying in touch with their customers through a variety of channels.

As Microsoft Corp. rolls out Windows 7 worldwide, Holland America Line joins in the fun with a month-long series of festive High Seas Launch Parties of its own across its entire fleet.

CASTRIES, St Lucia -- Cruise spending is up in a down economy in destinations visited by cruise line-members of the Florida-Caribbean Cruise Association.