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Cruise Industry News has released the debut edition of its Design Trends Report, profiling the leading cruise ship designers across the globe.

Condé Nast Traveler readers ranked the best cruise lines in the world in our 2017 Readers’ Choice Awards survey, including large ships (more than 2,500 passengers), medium ships (500 to 2,500 passengers), small ships (fewer than 500 passengers), and river cruises. (more…)

Some cruise lines targeting Chinese customers, many via facilities such as on-board casinos, are actually pulling capacity out of the China market, suggests a new research report. Brokerage Sanford C. Bernstein and Co LLC suggested one reason is major discounting in some market segments resulting in pressure on yield per passenger. (ggrasia.com)

Major cruise lines will cut back in the Chinese market next year, as market capacity is estimated to be down 13.3 percent, according to the “2018 China Market Report by Cruise Industry News”.

More than 94 percent of travel agents polled in a TravelAgentCentral.com survey say the cruise industry performed well or did a reasonable job during the hurricane issues of the past month. (travelagentcentral.com)

The Cruise Industry News Quarterly Magazine has been expanded to work on all mobile and desktop devices, with a new web-based app offered by Cruise Industry News.

The Orderbook page at Cybercruises.com has been updated (images as well) with the latest announcements of news construction from Silversea Cruises (Silver Moon at Fincantieri Genova, with delivery in 2020) and Coral Expeditions (new class of expeditions ship at Vard Fincantieri, delivery for mid 2019).

The Brazilian government wants to boost its cruise business after years of decline that recently saw the market dip to 2007 levels, according to the 2017-2018 Cruise Industry News Annual Report.

MaineCruisePro offers a wide range of consulting services for ports, cruise lines, and cruise industry stakeholders in Maine and beyond. (more…)

Barcelona tops the list as the UK’s most favoured holiday destination, with a massive 522,800 searches per month, research has revealed. This was closely followed by long-haul destinations Bali and Cape Verde, which are becoming increasingly popular amongst the UK public. (more…)

Cruise.co, which operates what is calls the UK’s largest cruise website, has announced the completion of its acquisition of the German cruise travel agency Kreuzfahrtberater.de, in a transaction totalling 25 million euro. (cruiseindustrynews.com)

Budapest, Castaway Cay, Glacier Bay and Europe’s rivers won top honors in the second annual Cruise Critic Cruisers’ Choice Destination Awards, which were revealed Wednesday. (cruisecritic.com)

Travel + Leisure readers have spoken: Cunard is the best mega-ship line and relative newcomer Viking Ocean Cruises is the best large line. The annual 2017 awards also identify medium-size, small-ship and river cruise lines that took top spots. (latimes.com)

The Orderbook page at Cybercruises.com has been updated (images as well) with the announcements of Ritz-Carlton that it will enter the yacht cruise business with three new 298-berth cruising yachts of 623 feet each and of Chilean Antarctica XXI that announced a 70-berth 298-foot newbuilding for its Antarctic fly and sail business.

Bon Voyage!!! But wait…let’s make sure that you will have a good voyage. When you have diabetes, you may have many questions about going on cruise. Sure, it sounds great.