Increasing numbers of wedding and honeymoon couples are saying “I do” to cruise vacations, according to the Cruise Lines International Association (CLIA), the premier marketing organization for 21 member cruise lines that collectively operate more than 175 ships, and 16,500 North American travel agencies.

Europe’s Number One Cruise Line continues its trend of innovation with the introduction of new 17-night itineraries from Mauritius with stops in the Seychelles, Kenya and Madagascar aboard the Costa Marina. Costa is the first company to market regularly-scheduled Indian Ocean cruises to these destinations, which they will begin to offer in the 2007/2008 winter season.

MSC Cruises is offering a different way to start a vacation by cruising from one side of the ocean to the Mediterranean, combining history, the adventures of the sea and the exclusive comforts on board the stylish ships of MSC Cruises’ fleet.

The tropical destinations of Half Moon Cay, Grand Turk and Nassau will be featured on an exciting new three-port, five-day itinerary operated by Carnival Cruise Lines’ 2,052-passenger Imagination. The new itinerary, which begins August 13, is the latest enhancement to the ship’s popular year-round four- and five-day Caribbean cruise program from Miami.

Royal Caribbean International’s Majesty of the Seas has reentered service this week, following a 28-day scheduled drydock in the Bahamas. The newly refurbished ship is resuming its year-round four- and five-day schedule of Bahamas cruises from Miami.

Passengers on Royal Caribbean International’s cruises will be enticed to put down a $100 nonrefundable deposit for a future Royal Caribbean cruise without committing to a date or ship under a new component in the “Next Cruise” program.