Cruise ship Monarch from cruise line Pullmantur, which starting this month will visit Curacao on a monthly basis, was officially inaugurated yesterday. This will also visit the island on 2014. MS Monarch is the second of three Sovereign-class cruise ships owned by RCCL.

When the next Cruise Shipping Miami convenes March 10th, 2014, it will mark the 30th anniversary of the industry’s signature annual event. Owner and organizer UBM Live is planning a tribute to the cruise business’ past, present and future to mark the three-decade milestone.

Miland Petrozza, the front man of German thrash metal veterans Kreator, is more used to his fans wading through mud and sleeping in tents than coming to his concerts from an afternoon of shuffle board.