Oceania Cruises will offer its first South Pacific season during winter 2011-12, a season that will bring Oceania ships to 16 new destinations and 33 new ports.

Windstar Cruises is offering two-for-one cruise fares on select seven-day Caribbean voyages on new bookings made by Oct. 31. Eligible cruises are Wind Surf’s “Sea of Enchantment” voyages departing Nov. 28, Dec. 12, Dec. 19, Jan. 2, Jan. 16, Jan. 30, Feb. 27, March 13 and March 27. This itinerary is roundtrip from Bridgetown, Barbados, and visits St. Kitts, St. Martin, St. Barts, Îles des Saintes and St. Lucia. The two-for-one rates start at $1,379 per person, double occupancy.

MSC Cruises is offering air/sea packages from West Coast gateways for bookings of select balcony accommodations on Caribbean sailings of MSC Poesia that are made by Oct. 15. The packages include roundtrip air from Los Angeles or San Francisco to Fort Lauderdale, airport transfers and select balcony accommodations.

Royal Caribbean International has partnered with Chefmakers Cooking Academy, a cooking school dedicated to aspiring home cooks of all ages, to bring cooking programs to guests aboard the Liberty of the Seas and, beginning this fall, the Freedom of the Seas. The program is available at an additional cost and features more than a dozen classes that are taught in the ships’ galleys.

Royal Caribbean International is sponsoring the “Cruise them or Lose them” online game, which lets consumers play for a chance to win a cruises.

Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. will establish a corporate office in Mexico City. The new office will open in December to support the sales, marketing and commercial operations for the company’s three cruise brands -- Royal Caribbean International, Celebrity Cruises and Azamara Club Cruises. American Express will continue representing Royal Caribbean in Mexico until the end of the year to allow for a seamless transition.