As Queen Mary 2 continues to significantly expand her presence in New York, Cunard Line announces an extended series of 12 ten-day voyages to the Caribbean from the Big Apple, as well as two 13-day sailings to Panama and the Caribbean and a 14-day Caribbean Celebration voyage featuring Christmas Day at sea and New Year’s Eve in the port of St. Thomas.

From exciting new routes in the Indian Ocean, to new and expanded spa getaways at sea, Costa continues to make its mark in the cruise industry as an innovation leader in 2008.

Carnival Cruise Lines is expanding its previously announced program of seven-day, four-port “Exotic Eastern Caribbean” voyages from Miami, featuring visits to stunning Half Moon Cay, a private Bahamian island, and Grand Turk, Turks & Caicos Islands, on the 2,758-passenger Carnival Triumph.

Regent Seven Seas Cruises’ luxurious 700-guest all-suite, all-balcony Seven Seas Mariner sets sail in 2008 for a 60-night circumnavigation of South America.

Increasing numbers of wedding and honeymoon couples are saying “I do” to cruise vacations, according to the Cruise Lines International Association (CLIA), the premier marketing organization for 21 member cruise lines that collectively operate more than 175 ships, and 16,500 North American travel agencies.

Europe’s Number One Cruise Line continues its trend of innovation with the introduction of new 17-night itineraries from Mauritius with stops in the Seychelles, Kenya and Madagascar aboard the Costa Marina. Costa is the first company to market regularly-scheduled Indian Ocean cruises to these destinations, which they will begin to offer in the 2007/2008 winter season.