EasyCruise is now offering Caribbean residents special promotional rates to mark the grand opening of the Apivita Spa, a Greek-inspired spa that will provide services including facials, massages, manicures, and pedicures.

Add the Carnival Dream and the Carnival Magic to the roster of new ships in the Carnival Cruise Lines fleet as the cruise line officially named the two 130,000-ton ships on order with Italy’s Fincantieri shipyard February 9.

Travel agents can now make commissions from selling MSC Cruises shore excursions. The cruise line announced Monday it will pay travel agents commissions on shore excursions. Agents who pre-book excursions at least three days prior to the departure date will earn 10 percent commissions.

Carnival Corporation and Orizonia Corporacion, Spain’s largest travel company which operates its own cruise fleet under its Iberojet division, have signed a letter of intent to form a joint venture to operate and expand the existing Iberojet Cruise brand in Spain.

MSC Cruises is presenting an expanded mix of cruise lengths and itineraries in the Caribbean for the 2007-2008 winter season.

Princess Cruises has pleaded guilty to a federal charge of not operating the Dawn Princess at a slow and safe manner near Alaska’s Glacier Bay National Park stemming from a 2001 incident where a humpback whale was later found dead.