Beginning on the 2nd of July, a new cruise option will be incorporated into Mexico’s varied cruise itinineraries by the Spanish company Tropicana Cruises offering three destinations leaving from Puerto Progreso on Mexico’s Yucatan Peninsula. With (all inclusive) prices ranging from US$1,000 to US$3,000 dollars for the eight day cruise, the ports of call will [...]

The head of Mexico’s Tourism Ministry (Sectur), Gloria Guevara Manzo, together with representatives from the different Mexican states where cruise tourism is of great importance, are meeting with the directors of all the cruise lines which operate tours to Mexican shores. In interview with Notimex, the Mexican state news agency, Gloria Guevara said “the objective [...]

In front of the top decision makers and specialists attending the 17th Annual Florida Caribbean Cruise Association (FCCA) Gala Dinner and Entertainment Extravaganza held at the Miami Beach Convention Center, Fernando Olivera, the Tourist Product Development Director for Mexico’s Tourism Ministry, announced that last year Mexico’s ports received 6.6 mn cruise passengers, up 14% on [...]

Mexico is the world’s second most important market with regard to the cruise-ship industry, however, up until now, to take a cruise along the shores of Mexico’s 9,330 kms of coastline you had to leave the country. Finally, the country now boasts a 100% Mexican cruise line: the recently announced Ocean Star Cruise Company, which [...]

The Dutch cruise-line company, Holland America, launches its Western-Caribbean services out of Fort Lauderdale-Florida, as of October 17th, with the cruise liner MS Ryndham, offering 7 and 14-day sailings calling in at the world’s-most-visited cruise port, Cozumel, Mexico’s Caribbean-island paradise. Then, as of November 7th, the company will be incorporating its latest aqcuisition, the MS [...]

The Royal Caribbean International cruise line company launched its winter season cruises out of Tampa Bay, Florida., today, with port calls at Cozumel, the world’s-most-visited cruise port, and Costa Maya, on the Mexican Caribbean. For this new winter season, the company has replaced their ocean liner ‘Grandeur of the Seas,’ which formerly served the Western [...]

For its 2011 cruise program, the Spanish cruise-line company, Pullmantur, has announced it is to consolidate its presence in Mexican waters, offering the routes: Maya Caribbean and the Mexican Pacific. According to Eduardo Barroso, director general of Pullmantur in Mexico, the decision to consolidate services in the area was taken after analysing the positive results [...]

The recently announced Mexico City office of the cruise company Royal Caribbean Ltd will open in December and is to be managed by Gabriela Gonzalez Saul, who will be in charge of local Sales, Marketing and Commercial Operations. Each of the company’s three cruise brands: Azamara Club Cruises, Celebrity Cruises and Royal Caribbean International, are [...]