The Costa Fascinosa (114,500 gross tonnage and 3800 total guests), the new flagship of the Italian passenger fleet and Costa Cruises, the largest Italian travel group and Europe’s number one cruise company, will be officially delivered to Costa at the Venice Passenger Terminal on May 5.

Reach out to cruise clients who haven't made a commitment yet, because there's pent-up demand in the marketplace, cruise line executives told agents last week during a panel discussion at CLIA's Cruise3sixty conference here.

Paul Gauguin Cruises, operator of the highest-rated and longest continually sailing luxury cruise ship in the South Pacific, the m/s Paul Gauguin, is the first travel company to earn the "e-Stewards Enterprise" designation for pursuing globally responsible recycling practices for its electronics.