After a Shipwreck, Cruise Lines Try to Win Passengers Back With DiscountsNews from New York Times: IT’S crunch time for the cruise industry. Following the Costa Concordia disaster, cruise companies have been aggressively lowering rates and ratcheting up promotions to lure back hesitant passengers. The two biggest companies — Carnival Corporation, the parent of more [...]

Convoluted laws leave cruise-ship victims at seaNews from Canada.com:Redirect Notice Redirect Notice  The previous page is sending you to http://www.canada.com/travel/Convoluted%20laws%20leave%20cruise%20ship%20victims/6184611/story.html. If you do not want to visit that page, you can return to the previous page. continues on Canada.com >>> Read the full article .     Related News: Tahiti cruise ship undergoes major rehabNews from [...]

Mexican port suffers loss of cruise shipsNews from USA TODAY: MAZATLÁN, Mexico — Jorge Figueroa made a living offering tours of this fishing port to passengers from the cruise ships lines that arrived regularly. By Dario Lopez-Mills, AP Officers subdue a man in a neighborhood in Mazatlan. Many cruise giants have stopped calling on Mazatlan [...]

Lawyers: cocaine on capsized cruise captain’s hairNews from Palm Beach Post: The Associated Press ROME — A group representing survivors of the capsized Costa Concordia cruise ship say traces of cocaine were found on a sample of the captain’s hair but not within the hair strands or in his urine — which would have indicated [...]

Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. Declares DividendNews from Sacramento Bee: MIAMI, Feb. 15, 2012 — /PRNewswire/ – The Board of Directors of Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. (NYSE, OSE: RCL) today declared a quarterly dividend of $ 0.10 per share payable on March 15, 2012, to shareholders of record at the close of business on February 29, 2012.  [...]