Based on precise booking data, Cruise Holidays has revealed trends in the average cost of today’s most popular cruises, including those to Alaska, the Mediterranean and the Caribbean. This information is contained in the final results of the 2007 Cruise Holidays Travel Trends Survey.
Cunard’s Queen Elizabeth 2 will host 100 Southampton veterans at a special lunch, in conjunction with the City of Southampton, to commemorate the 25th Anniversary of the Falklands Campaign on June 10 while QE2 is berthed in her homeport.
Royal Caribbean International has announced that the Mariner of the Seas will be deployed to Los Angeles on February 22, 2009, making it the first Voyager-Class ship to sail from the West Coast.
Majestic America Line canceled the June 30 departure of the Empress of the North, a total of seven cancelled sailings since the sternwheeler ran aground in Alaska’s Inside Passage May 14.
Princess Cruises will debut the Ruby Princess in November 2008. The line has unveiled the ship’s name along with its inaugural deployment, a season of seven-day Western Caribbean sailings from Fort Lauderdale.
Carnival Cruise Lines is tapping into the ever-popular Elvis Presley craze. The cruise line is partnering with St. Louis-based Jazz Cruises, a provider of full-ship charter music cruises, to offer “The Elvis Cruise.”