Three major cruise lines announced it will allow some passengers to change or cancel their cruises to countries where the Zika virus is active. Norwegian, Carnival and Royal Caribbean are among the cruise lines

After a 9 year, hard fought battle with breast cancer the godmother of Celebrity Eclipse Emma Pontin passed away.  Emma was inspirational yachtswoman setting sail on her firs ocean-racing in 2002 on her first Challenge Transatlantic race with only one week sailing experience. 

In a response to the tense security situation in Turkey, AIDA Cruises adjusted its 2016 itinerary for AIDAstella canceling all Eastern Mediterranean cruises

AIDAstella will be re-deployed to the Western Mediterranean, taking over the voyages of AIDAaura.

Fire broke out once again onboard AIDA Prima cruise ship on Sunday morning. The ship is in final stages of testing at Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd.’s shipyard in Nagasaki. 

Gabriel & Blair are stars in the new Royal Caribbean promo campaign for gay couple’s planning to get married. If you are planning to get married this year on cruise ship, Royal Caribbean wants you to consider tying the knot on a romantic adventure sailing out at sea.

Cruise Critics Forum have revealed that Celebrity Cruises is canceling Prepaid Gratuities on Select Dining options. Previously prepaid gratuities were mandatory for all guest booking a Celebrity Cruise.

The Hospital hack was done by Martin Gottesfeld on April 19, 2014, over high-profile child custody case involving Justina Pelletier, for custody battle between the state and her parents.

Fire broke out once again onboard AIDA Prima cruise ship on Sunday morning. The ship is in final stages of testing at Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd.’s shipyard in Nagasaki. According to the firefighters and police, shipyard worker spotted cardboard and insulation material ablaze aboard AIDA Prima and immediately reported to the emergency response teams. Japanese police is investigating the fire as case of Arson attack. During this incident firefighters responded quickly putting out the fire and evacuating the workers in the sector where the fire started without any injured personnel.

The British Vice Admiral Clive Johnstone warned that ISIS can be serious threat to the vessels sailing in the Mediterranean. The threat has increased even more with Isil’s seizure of the coastal city of Sirte in Lybia which is only 500 km from Malta. ISIS is spreading further and further to the Libyan coast and possess sophisticated weapons capable of targeting vessels. "We know that they have ambitions to set sail. We know that they would like a marine arm, just like Al Qaeda a marine arm had," said Johnstone.