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Whether it’s a new restaurant, a wine-themed cruise in France, or partnering with celebrity chefs, cruise lines—ocean- and river-going—are whipping up some tasty treats for your culinary aficionado clientele.

Top cruise line executives, cruise industry insiders and anyone with a pulse on the cruise industry, including destinations and ports, have been meeting this week in Fort Lauderdale for Seatrade Cruise Global.

Adventures abound on board cruise lines—captivating enough to convince kids of all ages that they’ve plunged down the rabbit hole into a seagoing wonderland.

Agents, here are a few savings and incentives major cruise lines are extending to you and your clients.

Recommend recently attended CruiseOne/Cruises Inc.'s 2015 National Conference aboard the Norwegian Escape. The week-long event was filled with announcements—such as CruiseOne's new brand, Dream Vacations—presentations on leading cruise lines on what's new and trending, plus various presentations on how to gain new business and be innovative, as well as plenty of networking cocktails and celebrations, too. Here's a breakdown of what we learned during the week-long sailing.

According to CLIA’s 2014 Economic Impact Study, which was just released in October 2015, “Demand for cruising worldwide increased 68 percent in the last 10 years, from 13.14 million passengers in 2004 to 22.04 million passengers in 2014. Since 2013, demand grew 3.4 percent.” Take note of those numbers, because North America accounted for 55 percent or 12.2 million cruise passengers.

Trinidad & Tobago is anticipating 16 ships and more than 30,000 visitors during the 2015/2016 cruise ship season, which kicks off next month.

Since the U.S. changed travel regulations to Cuba this past January, tour operators, cruise lines, and the travel industry as a whole have been buzzing with excitement about newer and better travel opportunities to the island.

The cruise industry is booming and fleets are expanding, so we put together a list of some new cruise ships coming down the pipeline.

There was a flurry of cruise news at this year's Cruise Shipping Miami conference. Here are some notable take-aways.

Cruise lines continue to up the ante when it comes to exclusive onboard experiences and indulgent services.

When it comes to the next new thing, cruise industry leaders are famously in the front lines with visionary plans. By all indications, 2015 promises more of the same, including a roster of new ships and a slate of timely developments.

Cruise lines are partnering up with big-name brands to provide kid-friendly activities on board their ships. Now families have more options when choosing itineraries designed to keep their children entertained and learning, too.

Cruises no longer follow the cookie-cutter mold—they now offer themes, as well as special tours to fit every personality. Whether your clients like to sleep in, are practicing or novice yogis, or are wine enthusiasts, we found a cruise to fit their personality and lifestyle.

Here’s a look at three cruise lines that know how to cater to the kid cruiser in all of us.

Cruise lines across the board offer a slew of wedding and honeymoon services. Here’s a sprinkling of those offerings.

We've rounded up FAM trips and commission perks from four leading cruise lines.

In a sea of travel agent programs, incentives, summits and information, we've rallied five new programs to help you stay ahead of the game, gain perks and indulge in FAM trips or enter to win a getaway.

Cruise Shipping Miami officially opened Tuesday, March 12, with the State of the Global Cruise Industry plenary session featuring the top executive from the world's larger cruise corporations, including Carnival, Royal Caribbean, Norwegian Cruise Line and MSC Cruises.

For the cruise industry, it’s been a challenging few years of sluggish spending and nervous regard of high-profile accidents at sea. But cruise execs are starting to feel good again, predicting a slight upturn in the number of people cruising this year.