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Cruise industry news and analysis: new ships and orderbooks, cruise line strategy, itineraries, port development and the passenger economics of the fastest-growing sector in travel.

Cruise Orderbook at Midsummer: Explora III Delivered as Five More Ships Race for Q4 Debuts
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Cruise Orderbook at Midsummer: Explora III Delivered as Five More Ships Race for Q4 Debuts

  • 29 Jul 2026
Fincantieri handed over the 922-guest Explora III on 23 July, leaving five new cruise ships still to debut in 2026. The year's 13 deliveries...
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Legend of the Seas Debuts as Royal Caribbean Beats Q2 and Raises 2026 Guidance
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Legend of the Seas Debuts as Royal Caribbean Beats Q2 and Raises 2026 Guidance

  • 29 Jul 2026
Royal Caribbean's Legend of the Seas, the third Icon-class ship and now the world's largest, carried its first guests from Civitavecchia on...
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The Megaship Race: Why Cruise Lines Keep Building the World's Biggest Ships
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The Megaship Race: Why Cruise Lines Keep Building the World's Biggest Ships

  • 09 Jul 2026
Royal Caribbean's Legend of the Seas has pushed the cruise industry into the 250,000-gross-ton era. Inside the unit economics driving ever-b...
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Europe's River Cruise Boom: How to Choose Between the Rhine, Danube, Douro and Seine
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Europe's River Cruise Boom: How to Choose Between the Rhine, Danube, Douro and Seine

  • 09 Jul 2026
European river cruising carried a record 1.49 million passengers in 2024 and keeps growing. This guide compares Rhine, Danube, Douro and Sei...
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How Cruise Lines Make Money: The Real Economics Behind Cheap Fares, Casinos and Private Islands
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How Cruise Lines Make Money: The Real Economics Behind Cheap Fares, Casinos and Private Islands

  • 09 Jul 2026
Cruise lines earn roughly two-thirds of revenue from tickets and a third from high-margin onboard spending. Here is how casinos, drinks pack...
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First-Time Cruise Guide: Choosing a Ship, Decoding Cabins and Dodging the Hidden Costs
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First-Time Cruise Guide: Choosing a Ship, Decoding Cabins and Dodging the Hidden Costs

  • 09 Jul 2026
A record 38.3 million people will cruise in 2026, and nearly a third are first-timers. Here is how to choose a line and itinerary, what grat...
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Cruise Industry Sets Course for Another Record in 2026 as the Orderbook Swells to $87 Billion
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Cruise Industry Sets Course for Another Record in 2026 as the Orderbook Swells to $87 Billion

  • 09 Jul 2026
Cruising enters the second half of 2026 at full speed: a record 37.2 million passengers sailed in 2025, CLIA counts 325 ocean ships this yea...
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