The ‘Global Village’ will host international hotel chains, technology companies and wholesalers who are heading to São Paulo this April for the inaugural World Travel Market Latin America, with many exhibiting at a Brazilian travel trade show for the first time.

A month after the crippled Carnival Triumph cruise ship spent days without power in the Gulf of Mexico due to an engine fire, cruise leaders and experts began meeting Monday in Miami for an annual conference.

Seven heads of leading cruise lines are set to discuss the industry's current trends & future direction at the State of the Industry session. The session is slated for Tuesday, March 12, at the 29th annual Cruise Shipping Miami Conference, the only plenary session of the four-day event.