Hurtigruten Named Most Sustainable Brand Within the Travel & Tourism Industry in Norway
Hurtigruten was named the leading sustainable brand in the travel and tourism industry in the latest edition of the Sustainable Brand Index for 2024. (more…)
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Cruise Baltic’s newly published Market Review reveals that more cruise lines will return to ports in the eastern part of the Baltic Sea region in 2024.
Carnival Cruise Line, with support from the Ministry for Grand Bahama and the Ministry of Youth, Sports and Culture, is announcing an exciting local community competition to name the Artisan Village at the new Celebration Key™ cruise destination. 
Cruiseline.com is pleased to announce the winners of the 2024 Member Choice Awards. These awards come from review rankings submitted by Cruiseline.com community members who sailed on cruises from January through December of 2023. 

Oceania Cruises has announced that the premiere issue of their brand new Your World magazine will be sent to past and potential future guests, as well as to travel advisors, in February 2024.
Carnival Corporation & plc today announced it was named as one of America’s Best Large Employers 2024 by Forbes, a leading source of business news worldwide. 
A new generation of traveller is here with more than two fifths of over 55s (42%) claiming to be adventurous, according to a recent survey.
Aurora Expeditions, an award-winning pioneer of polar travel, has reached a new milestone in its sustainability journey, and is now a Certified B Corporation™ in a definitive step in its vision to be the global leader in sustainable expedition travel.
BA unveils its expansive 2024 cruise itinerary database, spanning 13,700 sailings across 47 brands and 320 ships globally. 
Clia is ramping up its focus on agents in the UK and Ireland who are new to selling cruise with a dedicated new section on its website to help them get going in time for peaks.
One of the hallmarks of what makes Cruise Planners so unique is the culture of support and sharing among advisors and this is most evident in the newly released eBook titled: “Secrets from Top Producers”. 
Australia’s cruise industry has generated a record A$5.63 billion for the national economy in its first year of revival, bringing new levels of employment and visitor spending to destinations around the country.
New research by Saga has found that travellers can expect to spend an average of over £1,300 in hidden extras on a ‘pay as you go’ ocean cruise, and potentially as much as £3,000 more, while on river cruises it’s an average of £500 on top of the basic price, but with the possibility of that stretching to almost £2,000 more per person. 

Premier luxury and adventure travel company Abercrombie & Kent recently conducted a survey of guests who travelled to Antarctica last season to better understand what inspired them to choose the remote and storied destination.
The “Cruise Ship Market By Type (Mainstream Cruise Ships, Ocean Cruise Ships, Luxury Cruise Ships, Others), By Application (Transportation, Leisure, Others), By Size (Small, Mid, Large): Global Opportunity Analysis and Industry Forecast, 2021-2031” report has been added to ResearchAndMarkets.com’s offering. 


