15 NOV: A movie filmed aboard Royal Caribbean superliner Allure of the Seas has hit screens in the US.

11 NOV: Princess Cruises and Avalon Waterways are combining again to offer ocean and river cruising in one holiday.

9 NOV: Egypt plans to re-open a section of the Nile currently closed to passenger vessels, website cruisecritic.com reports.

20 OCT: Cunard has formally announced a decision to re-flag its three liners under Bermuda registry.

18 OCT: Celebrity Cruises is offering a free two-night sailing from Amsterdam to Southampton aboard Celebrity Constellation in early September next year.

13 OCT: Princess Cruises is reinstating the resorts of Mazatlan and Puerto Vallarta on Mexico sailings from Los Angeles.

13 OCT: The North American cruise industry is planning a massive sale all of next week.

12 OCT: Australians will be cruising in home waters with animated movie characters Kung Fu Panda and Shrek just over a year from now.

11 OCT: P&O Cruises has begun using ‘homemade’ online videos to try to tempt Australians to head to sea.

11 OCT: Royal Caribbean liner Freedom of the Seas was hit by "extreme wind and sea conditions" as it left Port Canaveral, Florida on Sunday night on a cruise to the eastern Caribbean.