A U.S.-based tour company on Thursday announced the launch of new people-to-people trips to Cuba that would transport U.S. citizens there by ship. Road Scholar, a Boston-based company, is offering the trips from Jamaica and Miami, with stops in Havana and other parts of Cuba.

Royal Caribbean and the port city of Cozumel, Mexico are enjoying good relations, according to Royal Caribbean vice president of government relations Michael Ronan.  Ronan met with Cozumel mayor Aurelio Joaquin Gonzalez prior to participating in the Diagnostic Cruise Tourism Workshop, organized by the Federal Ministry of Tourism. Ronan said his attendance at this event as a speaker was because of a direct request from the Tourism Ministry to help spread a vision statement for the cruise line segment of tourism.

Colombia has increased the number of cruise ships arriving in the country threefold in the last six years according to new figures from the Ministry of Commerce Industry and Tourism.

MSC Cruises has opened bookings on the MSC Divina’s first cruise in North America, which departs Nov. 20 from Miami. The three-night cruise will include a sail-away party, fireworks, photo opportunities, memorabilia gifts and special performances.