SeaDream Yacht Club has announced new routes for 2011. Among them, the company will offer its Elegant but Casual Holiday Experience cruises in a new region: Northern Europe, Scandinavia, the Baltic and the Atlantic Coast of France, Spain and Portugal.

Royal Caribbean and the operator of Shanghai’s cruise port have agreed to jointly promote cruising in China. Shanghai International Port Group (SIPG) and Royal Caribbean signed a memorandum of understanding in Shanghai on Monday.

Destination specialist Voyages of Discovery has launched its summer 2010 cruise atlas with 20 percent early-booking savings and low-cost air add-ons from 25 North American cities.

St. Kitts’ Port Zante can physically accommodate Royal Caribbean International’s Oasis of the Seas, the world’s largest cruise ship.

Royal Caribbean International named seven high-profile godmothers for the 225,000-ton Oasis of the Seas, one for each of the neighborhoods on the world’s largest cruise ship.

French Country Waterways announced a new program called “Casual Cruising” for 2010 aboard its 18-passenger luxury barge Esprit. Pricing for this new style of barging is $2,495 to $3,495 per person, double. Guests aboard the Esprit, sailing in France’s Cote d’Or region between St. Leger-sur-Dheune and Pontailler-sur-Saone, are met at and returned to a Dijon hotel.