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Traditional marketing methods, such as emails and phone calls, are seen as more effective than social media. That’s among the cruise industry insights from the new “2019 How America Travels Study” from the American Society of Travel Advisors (ASTA). (travelagentcentral.com)

The results of InsureMyTrip’s annual cruise survey are in. As in last year’s survey of U.S. respondents, the prospect of becoming sick or injured, either before or during a cruise, was identified as the ongoing foremost concern among passengers. (travelpulse.com)

Brazil will see growth in its domestic market for the third consecutive season in 2019-2020, hoping to leave behind economic and political instability and embrace the cruise industry, according to the “2020 Brazil Market Report” by Cruise Industry News.

Norwegian Encore, Scenic Eclipse and AmaMagna took top honors as the best new cruise ships of 2019 in Cruise Critic’s 12th annual Editors’ Picks Awards. The awards — divided by ocean, luxury and river cruising — are selected by Cruise Critic’s team of international editors for a variety of categories, including best dining, best cabins and best for families. River cruises and luxury cruises are judged separately.

Cruise Critic has named the best cruise ships, lines and ports in the annual UK Editors’ Picks Awards, with Saga Cruises’ Spirit of Discovery picking up the award for “Best New Ship” in the Ocean category. The Awards also honours the best in River and Luxury cruising, with AmaMagna scooping “Best New River Ship” and Scenic Eclipse picking up “Best New Ship” in the Luxury category. (cruisecritic.co.uk)

U.S. News & World Report has released its annual list of the world’s best cruises. The report evaluated 176 ships in 17 of the top cruise lines to determine the rankings in six categories including best cruise lines for the money and best luxury cruise lines. (forbes.com)

New data from CruiseCompete for November 2019 shows the cruise industry continues to thrive. The CruiseTrends report provides information on the most popular cruise trends among consumers, including the most requested cruise ships, lines and travel dates for premium, luxury and river cruising. (travelpulse.com)

Porthole Cruise Magazine is pleased to announce the winners of its 21st Annual Readers’ Choice Awards. (more…)

Traveling by sea throughout Australia is becoming a popular past time for the domestic travelers. As a result, cruise operators are increasingly joining forces to offer ‘bite-sized’ breaks along the coast for the domestic travelers, says GlobalData, a leading data and analytics company. (more…)

Business Travel News is in receipt of Douglas Ward’s enormous tome Berlitz Cruising and Cruise Ships, now in its 35th year. It is 760 pages of small, but readable print. Cruising and Cruise Ships 2020 is up to the normal very high standard, but not perfect. BTN cannot justify the outright winner, Hapag Lloyd Europa 2, an otherwise splendid ship but not disabled passenger friendly. (btnews.co.uk)

Condé Nast Traveler readers rank the top cruise lines in the world, from mega ships to river cruises. Your top picks are all repeat winners, with Crystal leading the pack as No.1 in not one, but three categories. (cntraveler.com)

Shufflrr has released a case study showing how it has saved a major cruise operator significant resources by reigning in their marketing efforts through a presentation management strategy, culminating in thousand of saved man hours. (cruiseindustrynews.com)

German online cruise portals Dreamlines and e-hoi are planning to raise money to fund their rapid expansion, capitalising on growing demand for luxury holidays, people close to the matter said. Dreamlines, which is backed by Rocket Internet , Global Founders Capital, Holtzbrinck Ventures, Target Global, Dimaventures, Hasso Plattner Ventures, and TruVenturo is working with GCA Altium on the deal, which could value it at more than 200 million euros (176.7 million pounds), the people said. (euronews.com)