MSC Cruises’ MSC Poesia will host Tito Puente Jr. and his six-piece band on a two-night Caribbean cruise departing Jan. 2. Fares start at $129 plus $57 in government fees and taxes. He is the son of the late Latin music percussionist, composer and arranger, Tito Puente, whose career as “El Rey” (the King) spanned half a century, seven Grammy Awards, 158 albums and thousands of performances.

London-based Tropicana Cruises will begin cruises from Havana in November, Cruise Industry News first reported. The Belize-registered line will use the 300-passenger Adriana, built in 1972, for the cruises, beginning Nov. 6.

AdventureSmith Explorations’ Peruvian Amazon voyage on the 12-suite Aqua will feature a VIP visitor in November -- “Jungle” Jack Hanna, naturalist, TV celebrity and Emmy award winner. Hanna is filming the upcoming season of his syndicated series “Into the Wild.”

In a continued effort to entice the single traveler, Silversea Cruises is again reducing its single supplement on more than 20 sailings in 2011. The discounted single supplement is 10 percent-25 percent above the double-occupancy fare, said Silversea.

InnerSea Discoveries, a new small-ship line that is a sister company to American Safari Cruises, plans to begin operations in Alaska in May. The company says its four seven- to 14-night itineraries are designed to take advantage of the wildlife in Alaska. Rather than just being an observer, guests are invited to participate in daily included activities, such as kayaking, hiking, stand-up paddle boarding, fishing, exploration by small water craft and more.

MSC Cruises’ MSC Poesia is finishing its inaugural Canada/New England season and will depart Quebec City on Oct. 23 for its nine-night repositioning cruise to Fort Lauderdale. Upon its return to Fort Lauderdale on Nov. 1, MSC Poesia begins three-, seven- and 10-night roundtrip Caribbean cruises.