2017 was another record year for Germans cruising, with 2.19 million people, an 8.4% increase, choosing a sea-going holiday.

The focus of discussions and negotiations with cruise line executives was to increase destination calls, explore new marketing opportunities as well as the reinforcement of traditional ones.

The cruise industry is expected to generate up to $60 billion in ship orders in 2018 alone, even more proof of the “tremendous feeling of optimism about the global cruise industry,” according to CLIA President and CEO Cindy D’Aoust.

Royal Caribbean International's Symphony of the Seas, the world’s largest cruise ship, will set sail on its first cruise in April.

According to The Riviera Maya Times, Princess Cruises Latin American director Ruth Leal announced the Mexican cruise industry saw a 52 percent increase in passenger arrivals and a 42 percent jump in the number of ships visiting the country.

Carnival Cruise Line will offer 17 new aboard in 2019. The five-day Cuba voyages will be the line's first to operate round-trip from Miami and feature a day-long call in Havana as well as stops at popular Caribbean and Bahamian ports