Terry Dale, president and CEO of the Cruise Lines International Association, said that CLIA-member lines are seeing an increase in honeymoon and wedding cruise business, and that they have accordingly expanded their offerings.

Silversea Cruises will undertake a major internal restructuring initiative of its top executives, the company said recently. Albert Peter, CEO since 2001, will transition to deputy chairman of Silversea Leisure and Travel, an affiliate company based in Monaco and headed by Manfredi Lefebvre, chairman of Silversea Cruises Holding.

SeaDream Yacht Club has revealed it will not return to South America for the 2007-2008 winter season due to what it termed a multitude of unexpected operational challenges encountered during its inaugural season in Brazil and Argentina.

Costa Cruises will soon open the books on its cruises from China on the Costa Allegra to the rest of the world. The sailings, which have been marketed in China, will also be made available to the U.S. market in the next few weeks, Costa said.

The Baltic has become a popular cruise destination within the last five years. This has emerged from an analysis compiled by COWI, which has researched the growth of the international cruise market. The consultants have looked at the destinations within the Baltic region and compared them with the destinations in other sought-after cruise areas.

Discovery World Cruises added a second ship, the Explorer II, under a long-term lease. The 394-berth Explorer II, formerly the Minerva operated by Swan Hellenic, will undergo a “soft refurbishment program” before entering service with Discovery, the company said.