Articles tagged “cruise lines”

Royal Caribbean Group CEO Jason Liberty talked about his strategy for the cruise giant at Skift Global Forum 2025.

MSC Cruises’ newest ship brings its latest sustainability technologies to the U.S. market. Multi-fuel design, shore power, and advanced water treatment illustrate progress toward net-zero marine operations by 2050.

The global cruise sector is led by a highly concentrated group of four companies that control 79% of the market.

The rulings underscore growing pressure on travel marketers to back up climate claims. LNG may reduce certain pollutants compared with heavy fuel oil, but it doesn’t make a cruise “green” on its own.

The real tourism winners? Those who bet early on celestial tourism while others are still looking skyward wondering if anyone would actually travel for a 100-second show. (Hint: Many people will.)

Royal Caribbean's passengers are definitely spending. Its plans to improve how its loyalty program and co-branded credit card reward guests may fuel future growth.

Ritz-Carlton’s cruise rollout may have been delayed but it's enjoying premium pricing - $10,000 and up per guest.

Carnival is using aggressive marketing and exclusive destinations to sustain historically high cruise prices, even as economic uncertainty weighs on other travel sectors.

As visitor numbers climb and warnings of environmental risks mount, it remains to be seen whether new rules will be introduced, or if Antarctica will remain a frontier for high-carbon adventure tourism.

Cruise lines are rethinking what drives guest interest in a destination. Conservation-led private islands investing in ocean health and local communities are creating the kind of differentiation guests increasingly expect and value.