Royal Caribbean International and Celebrity Cruises´ guests can now complete the dreaded airline and luggage check-in process for their flights home even before they step off the ship. The new service enables guests to bypass the traditional airport check-in process, adding convenience and reducing wait time by an estimated 45 minutes to two hours. The service is being rolled out at ports across the United States, based on approval by the U.S. Transportation Security Administration, Customs and Border Patrol, as well as seaport, airport and airline security personnel.

Orient Lines has built on its announcement of the 25 new European ports added to next year´s itineraries with the new 2006-2007 Worldwide Cruise Holidays brochure. The new brochure is enhanced by inspirational ports of call and the added elements of adventure and discovery. A range of optional excursions and a variety of activities are also available in each port of call.

Flexible one week itineraries cover Barbados, St Vincent, Martinique, The Grenadines, Grenada and St Lucia with the unique feature of EasyCruise being that the ship stays in port every night, allowing passengers to choose whether to go ashore or to stay on board. In addition, as the ship arrives in port each morning there are many opportunities to go ashore during the daytime as well as at night. EasyCruise offers a range of excursions to its passengers who want to explore and get the most out of their visit to this charming and exciting part of the Caribbean.

Maintaining its commitment to rich destination experiences, Crystal Cruises is introducing its 2007 collection of ultra-luxury worldwide cruises for Crystal Symphony and Crystal Serenity. Featuring 152 different ports, the rich 2007 roster of 63 exotic, romantic, historic and tropical itineraries, range in length from seven to 109 days for the line´s 12th annual World Cruise. New for 2007 will be a return to a season cruising Asia, a call in Israel for the first time since 1999, Antarctica, more seven-day cruises than ever before, more overnight stays, an emphasis on more ports per cruise and eight maiden calls in Chile, Norway, Vietnam, Tunisia, Lithuania, Mozambique, Mexico and Russia.

Celebrity Cruises has made a giant leap toward transforming a century into a millennium in just five weeks. The line has signed with Fincantieri in Palermo, Italy, to handle the significant revitalization of its 77,713-ton Century cruise ship in 2006. The approximately $55-million makeover designed to incorporate on Century a variety of Celebrity´s most popular Millennium-class attributes marks the line´s most extensive refurbishment to-date, and the first time the company has worked directly with Fincantieri.

Norwegian Coastal Voyage (NCV) tweaked its 2006 Antarctica itinerary by adding extra days on the ice, a stop in Puerto Natales and more time in the Beagle Channel, the Strait of Magellan and Ushuaia. The line also will introduce themed programs with guest lecturers on its Coastal Odyssey voyages, focusing on Norwegian heritage, maritime traditions or the life of composer Edvard Grieg.