Beginning in September 2007, Norwegian Cruise Line’s Pride of Aloha will begin 10-day and 11-day itineraries from Honolulu, while the Norwegian Sun will be redeployed to Miami to sail seven-day western Caribbean cruises commencing in October 2007 and continuing through April 2008.

Cayman Islands-based Image, the largest shipboard photography concessionaire in the cruise industry, has signed an exclusive, long-term agreement to provide photo concession services on all existing Celebrity Cruises ships, as well as the planned Solstice-class new-builds beginning in 2008, Image announced last week.

Emerging from a five-week work period, Windstar Cruises’ motor sailing yacht Wind Surf sailed from Barbados on December 16 with all Degrees of Difference enhancements completed on board.

The Carnival Liberty will launch a seven-day Caribbean cruise schedule from Miami beginning in May 2008, and its upcoming, new sister ship, the Carnival Freedom, will reposition to Fort Lauderdale, to assume the Liberty’s six- and eight-day Caribbean cruises, in November 2008.

A rare opportunity awaits to visit the seldom-seen Galapagos of the North, the northern islands of Mexico’s Sea of Cortes. Known as the “Aquarium of the World”, the Biosphere Reserve is home to many species of whales, dolphins, sea birds, fish and plant life that is found nowhere else on the planet.

Royal Caribbean Cruise Line launched on January 1 the biggest ever “Turn of Year Marketing” campaign, targeting the UK and Ireland. In a concerted effort to boost awareness, the cruise line is for the first time ever running TV ads for its Celebrity Cruises brand, along with a press campaign.