Cunard’s Mixologist, Ryan Lapag Latumbo is this year’s winner of the maritime division of the United Kingdom’s Bar Tenders Guild National Cocktail Competition. This talented bartender won his division with his cocktail “Sailor’s High Ball” and will join the other UKBG finalists in London in January 2022, for the chance to be crowned, overall winner of the prestigious National Cocktail Competition.

Rohan Goes - Team India Captain at the World Photographic Cup from Cuncolim, GOA will be representing Team India at the World Photographic Cup 2022 in Rome, Italy.

This year Starguard Elite hosted its annual Conference for Aquatics Professionals aboard the Royal Caribbean International ship Independence of the Seas. At the conference, RCI Lifeguards were awarded 5 STAR standard for safety, the only cruise line to be awarded the highest standard for aquatic safety. 

Costa Cruises is offering one of its cruise ships to house Ukrainian refugees fleeing the Russian invasion of their country. The company offered the cruise ship Costa Magica, which is currently out of service, to the Italian government as a potential hosing vessel for the Ukrainian refugees, if the number of refugees arriving in Italy increases in the coming weeks.

Royal Caribbean Group is looking to adopt SpaceX’s next-generation high-speed satellite internet system Starlink onboard its ships. Starlink is a high-speed broadband Internet service from SpaceX that connects to the constellation Low Earth Orbit (LEO). SpaceX intends to provide affordable internet with sustainable speeds anywhere and anywhere in the world.

Hurtigruten Expeditions, the world's largest and leading expedition cruise line announced today that the company will be the first to implement SpaceX’s innovative broadband service Starlink across all ships. In cooperation with long-time connectivity partner Speedcast, the installation across the entire fleet will be completed in October 2022.

Captain Omar Caruana and the crew of the cruise ship Mein Schiff 1, have been recognized with the Cruise Line Humanitarian Assistance Award from the Association for Rescue at Sea (AFRAS), an organization whose mission is to provide worldwide support and assistance to volunteer maritime rescue services and recognize and honor extraordinary maritime rescues.

At the christening ceremony in New York City MSC Cruises welcomed MSC Seascape, the 21st cruise ship to its fleet of innovative and glamourous ships. The naming ceremony took place at the Manhattan Cruise Terminal in recognition of New York becoming MSC Cruise's newest U.S. homeport in April 2023, offering wider variety of North American itineraries for guests.

Viking Cruises is taking the initiative in the cruising industry in implementation of pay raise based promotions. Crew members from every cruise company have consistently made complaints related to the unfairness of pay that is comparable to entry levels even when they have spent years loyally working for the company.

Carnival's Adora Cruises brand in China under CSSC Carnival Cruise Shipping announced on Thursday that it will deliver the world's first 5G cruise ship later this year. 

In cooperation with China Telecom, the company is building the world's first 5G cruise ship, as well as a large Chinese-made cruise ship.