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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.

Virgin Voyages Record Booking Day as 2028 Baltics Sells Out
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Virgin Voyages Record Booking Day as 2028 Baltics Sells Out

  • 21 Aug
Virgin Voyages posted the biggest single-day revenue in its history on 13 August after its first Scandinavia and Baltics season sold out wit...
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Cruise Gratuities 2026: Six Lines Hike Daily Tips — New Rates
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Cruise Gratuities 2026: Six Lines Hike Daily Tips — New Rates

  • 21 Aug
At least six major cruise lines have raised automatic daily gratuities in 2026, led by Celebrity, Carnival, Princess and Holland America. He...
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Viking New Cruise Ships: Two More Ordered for 2032 Delivery
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Viking New Cruise Ships: Two More Ordered for 2032 Delivery

  • 20 Aug
Viking has exercised options with Fincantieri for two more 54,300-ton, 998-guest ocean ships for delivery in 2032, taking its orderbook with...
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Alaska's Glacier Cruises Face a Shrinking Window as the Ice Retreats
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Alaska's Glacier Cruises Face a Shrinking Window as the Ice Retreats

  • 4 Aug
Alaska drew about 1.7 million cruise passengers in 2025, most booked to see tidewater glaciers that new satellite data shows are melting fas...
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Cruise Q2 2026 Earnings: Royal Caribbean Raises, Norwegian Cuts as Sector Splits
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Cruise Q2 2026 Earnings: Royal Caribbean Raises, Norwegian Cuts as Sector Splits

  • 4 Aug
Royal Caribbean beat Q2 2026 estimates with $4.21 adjusted EPS and raised full-year guidance to $17.73–$17.87, while Norwegian Cruise Line t...
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Eclipse at Sea: The Cruise Ships Chasing Totality on 12 August 2026
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Eclipse at Sea: The Cruise Ships Chasing Totality on 12 August 2026

  • 3 Aug
Cruise lines from Cunard to Virgin Voyages have ships positioned for the 12 August 2026 total solar eclipse, whose maximum totality of 2 min...
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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

  • 28 Jul
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
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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