Holland America Line celebrated the keel laying of its new 2,650-guest Pinnacle Class ship on Aug. 22 at Fincantieri’s Marghera shipyard in Italy.

For the first time, Carnival Pride will operate a series of 10- to 14-day Caribbean cruises round-trip from Baltimore and one-way between Baltimore and San Juan.

Leave it to Carnival Cruise Lines to take the #IceBucketChallenge to another level! The world’s most popular cruise line enlisted all 24 of its “Fun Ships,” as well as President and CEO Gerry Cahill, to participate in the #IceBucketChallenge.

After a long day ashore exploring the ruins of Ephesus or the Amazon jungle, suite guests can retreat to their accommodations and relax in a spacious sitting area.

Travel professionals who make five new Carnival bookings have a chance to win one of 40 $1,000 cash prizes or the grand prize of $10,000 as part of the line’s new “Book Five & Win” contest, which begins today and runs through October 15.

Holland America Line launched a “Discover Canada & New England Sweepstakes” that will award five of the line’s Pinterest followers a $500 American Express gift card.

Holland America Line’s ms Prinsendam kicks off the new year on Jan 3, 2015 with a 68-day Grand South America and Antarctica Voyage followed by a 55-day Grand Mediterranean Voyage.

Carnival Cruise Lines, Texas’ largest cruise operator, today announced an exclusive, multi-year partnership with the Dallas Cowboys, making Carnival the Official Cruise Line of the legendary NFL franchise and expanding the cruise operator’s already wide-ranging commitment to the Texas market.

Today Princess Cruises, a subsidiary of Carnival Corporation & plc (NYSE/LSE:CCL; NYSE:CUK), announced that it has reached an agreement with the Italian shipbuilder Fincantieri to build a new ship, which will enter service in 2017.

In response to the situation in Israel that has developed in recent weeks, Costa Cruises has modified the itinerary of Costa Pacifica cruises scheduled from Sept. 15 to Nov. 20, substituting overnight calls at Istanbul, Turkey, and one-day calls at Volos, Greece, for the originally scheduled overnight calls at Ashdod and Haifa, Israel.