The German cruise line AIDA has presented a check to the SOS Children's Village Iloilo in the southeast Philippine island of Panay. The donation was made possible by the proceeds from the onboard sales of the book "Kreativ - fold the most beautiful towel animals", in which the cruise operator gathers ideas for artfully folded animals. 

Cristina Munoz, Brand Partnerships and Events Manager at Cunard Line, has received an award for her work to help raise £2million for a national youth charity organization. She was presented with the “Outstanding Individual Award” by The Prince’s Trust at a ceremony at the St. Pancras Renaissance Hotel in London. Following the 10 year partnership with the national youth charity, Cunard has raised £2 million to help Prince’s Trust reach more young people.

The latest cruise line Virgin Voyages, set to debut in 2020 has released a video of what their first “Lady Ship” will look like, and it’s changing the way people think of cruises. Catch the first glimpse of the new cruise ship from Virgin Voyages. Scheduled to set sail in 2020 with year-round Caribbean cruises from Miami, the stylish modern design is a fresh look in the crowd.

During inaugural keel laying ceremony held today at the Fincantieri shipyard in Genoa, Virgin Voyages released rendering photos of their first cruise ship. After lots of planning and design, the latest in a series of reveals took place with this milestone ceremony.

A few years ago, no one would have predicted that blogging on the internet would be such lucrative business. Naomi Neo a 21-year-old girl from Singapore started voicing out her own opinions and blogging about usual mundane stuff like school life and relationships on the internet.

Celebrity Cruises plans to invest $400m into modernizing its entire fleet by the end of 2023. The largest investment project the brand has ever made is named the 'Celebrity Revolution.' All 9 cruise ships currently in the fleet will be getting some features inspired by the newbuild Celebrity Edge, coming by the end of 2018.

Costa Cruises and the superstar Shakira presented the official start of the donation project “Building Happiness” for construction of a school in Colombia. The project by the Pies Descalzos Foundation aims to help disadvantaged families and children in Colombia by providing access to quality education.

Smithsonian Chanel released an interesting video showing how risky is to do a docking maneuver at the port of Ocho Rios, Jamaica. In the video captain of the cruise ship MSC Divina Pier Paolo Scala, explains what the challenges are during the docking of a large vessel. “It is very, very quick maneuver there, and we need to watch for the stern when we turn, that we are completely clear as we enter the starboard side.” Says Captain Scala.

This year the annual Barilla Pasta World Championship took place in Milan and Parma from 27 to 29 September. The competition organized by Barilla, world’s market leader in pasta production, was under the guidance of five award-winning Italian chefs and two international experts.

Azamara Club Cruises announced today that it has entered into an agreement to purchase the P&O cruise ship Adonia. The vessel is a sister ship to Azamara Journey and Azamara Quest, belonging to the same “R Class” ships of the former cruise company Renaissance. The new addition of Azamara fleet will be named  “Azamara Pursuit” joining the cruise line March 2018.