Close-to-home river voyages that sail East Coast waterways, the Mississippi and other heartland rivers, or the Columbia and Snake Rivers in the Pacific Northwest, are growing in popularity.

Construction on Costa Diadema is well underway in Italy with the passenger cruise ship’s fore-end block having been installed. The fore-end section that has been placed weighs a total of 392 tons, is eight meters high and has a maximum breadth of 36.11 meters.

Let’s say you have the opportunity to fulfill one of your dream vacations – a trip to the beautiful Galapagos Islands. What is the best way to travel once you are there – on a cruise between the islands or on an island-hopping tour? Here you are presented with both options, through the story of two travelers who decided on different trips. The first takes a private yacht cruise while the other decides on a hotel-based vacation.

Fred. Olsen Cruise Lines has listened to its guests and is introducing a fourth Caribbean fly-cruise in 2015 to satisfy demand, to go on sale from 9am on 3rd September 2013. The 16-night ‘Caribbean Transatlantic Fly-Cruise’, M1504, offers cruise guests a chance to fly to Bridgetown (Barbados) from London Gatwick or Manchester on 23rd February 2015, to join 929 guest-ship Braemar. This delightful sunshine cruise will take in the beautiful destinations of Bridgetown (Barbados), Castries (St. Lucia), St. John’s (Antigua), Basseterre (St. Kitts), Philipsburg (St. Maarten) and Ponta Delgada (São Miguel, Azores) before cruising back to Dover.

Royal Caribbean International will sail two ships from the Port of Tampa for the first time in 12 years.