The Italian government made the urgent decree after the United Nations threatened to put one of its biggest tourist hotspots in the naughty corner.

NCL has kicked off its first new class of ships in nearly 10 years with an absolute ripper of a vessel. Get a load of it right here.

Western Australia is set to welcome a bit more cruise business off the back of the NT’s new cruise ban. Tourism WA staff are understood to be microwaving party pies in celebration.

Carnival Corporation has added another ship to the pile of vessels that it will offload in order to stay afloat beyond the COVID-19 pandemic.

COVID deniers and eternal optimists aside, this announcement by the federal Health Minister will come as no surprise to Aussies.

Sture Myrmell has been spotted doing the happy dance in celebration of this encouraging cruise announcement.

It looks like the cruise industry has managed to juggle its COVID-19 struggles with its sustainability goals. Next, it’ll be pulling rabbits out of hats and scarves from its pockets.

This cruise company boss reckons post-COVID travellers will be more attracted to what a cruise doesn’t have than what it does.

With Carnival recently announcing it would look to offload 13 ships, the curtain has been pulled back to reveal where some of those vessels are headed.

In sad news for Holland America Line loyalists, the cruise line is waving farewell to four of its vessels.

The cruise giant is set to say “bon voyage” to more ships. In more positive news, however, next year’s bookings are going strong.

Those of you who had clients ready and raring to sail out by mid-June may want to prepare a stiff drink before reading this.