This summer will be full of important sporting events with the upcoming European Football Championship from June 10 to July 10 in France and the Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro from August 5 to 21. In order to bring this sporting events the cruise lines have developed a series of programs and activities on board to allow sport fans to follow all the soccer matches and the Olympic events. The events will be broadcasted in several venues on the Royal Caribbean, Costa and MSC ships. 

Thomson Majesty senior passenger was mugged on Saturday while the cruise ship was docked in the Port of Naples, Italy. The 72 year-old British tourist was on a daily tour at Via Pasquale Scura when she was approached by a man on scooter, who snatched two gold chains of her neck. Another tourist tried to help the woman and stop the robbery however he was physically assaulted by the robber. The police immediately arrived on the scene, and seized a motorcycle helmet, lost by the theft in the hectic period after the robbery.

The US Coast Guard suspended the search for a passenger who went overboard from Carnival Liberty cruise ship in the Gulf of Mexico a day after having set sail from Galveston, Texas. In a statement released on Monday, the Coast Guard said the search for Samantha Broberg, 33, was suspended on Sunday night after the teams searched the area for more than 20 hours, covering more than 11,130 square kilometers. The cruise company Carnival Cruise Line said that ship security video shows Samantha Broberg falling overboard at 2 am on Friday.

US Customs and Border Protection authorities in Florida found three Cuban refugees hidden in a ship arriving from Cuba. The three men worked as part of the production crew of the movie "Fast and Furious 8".

A 33-year-old woman identified as Samantha Broberg is missing from a Carnival Liberty cruise ship. The ships crew advised guests to return to their staterooms in order to conduct detail search all over Carnival Liberty. The onboard search teams didn’t found Samantha Broberg and Carnival Liberty notified U.S. Coast Guard about the missing person. According to a passenger onboard , the announcement was made that the missing woman did indeed fall overboard, according to the ships cameras.

Carnival released the following statement:

Norwegian Cruise Line has announced that in the coming months will quadruple the current bandwidth in the entire fleet, in order to meet the growing expectations of the guests regarding the use of the Internet. This enhancement is part of a long-term strategic agreement with EMC to greatly improve the level of satisfaction in using the Internet on board all ships of the company. To support the new WiFi network, the ships will add  technological upgrades worth several million dollars before the end of June, in order to increase the performance and bandwidth.

Inspired by its Mediterranean heritage, the campaign was developed to support the global growth plan of the company. To support the second phase of the expansion of its fleet, MSC Cruises, implemented an investment plan large-scale, long-term, covering a horizon of more than ten years, from 2014 to 2026 to enter service boats the new generations Meraviglia Meraviglia Plus, Seaside and World Class.

Holland America Line employee from the cruise ship MS. Amsterdam is rising her voice about the extremely poor treatment crew received in Fort Lauderdale on April 30, 2016. She has sent all documentation that negatively cites both American Guard employees and also Officer Santana from CBP, regarding the incident involving security guards unprofessional behavior by throwing crew luggage and screaming at them.

Campari Aperol brand is officially a Guinness world record holder after making the largest ever glass of Spritz onboard Costa Cruises ship, Costa Favolosa. The giant glass tall 1.5 meters and wide and 1.35 meters , positioned on the frame on the open deck of the cruise ship was filled with 1,000 liters of Aperol Spritz created strictly in line with the traditional recipe using 500 liters prosecco, 333 liters Aperol, 167 liters of soda water and 15 giant ice cubes. The previous record was set in Italy in 2010 with 537 liters in volume.

In preparation for its new cruise season of year-round short cruises from Port Canaveral, the cruise ship Carnival Valor (2974 passengers) from Carnival Cruise Line undergone a major renovation involving both new innovations and popular venues on other cruise ships are added to the fleet, such as steakhouse, 600 new balcony cabins, Guy's Burger Joint, Red Frog Pub, SkyBox Sports Bar, Red Frog Rum Bar, Blue lguana Tequila Bar, Alchemy Bar and Cherry On Top. The new areas are added during the dry dock from April 23 until last Sunday, May 8th, 2016.