If you've ever considered taking a cruise vacation, now may be the time to try it out. Practically all cruise lines are offering significant discounts to just about anywhere they sail. ...more

February 15, 2009

Carnival Corporation has reported that advance bookings for 2009 cruises are running behind those from this year, with ticket prices for new bookings also at lower levels. ...more

December 19, 2008

Classical music is so called because it has worldwide, timeless appeal. For opening night, which is part of the Progress Energy Masterworks series, The Florida Orchestra celebrates the opuses of musical geniuses born centuries ago. ...more

October 19, 2008

Carnival Cruise Lines and Holland America Line, which sail out of the Port of Tampa, will raise ticket prices by an undisclosed amount but eliminate fuel surcharges for 2010 cruises, parent company Carnival Corp. said. ...more

October 15, 2008

The vast Tampa Bay includes more than 90 nautical miles of channels that likely would be unnavigable without the help of harbor pilots. ...more

August 7, 2008

Florida's attorney general is reviewing whether cruise lines such as Carnival Corp. and Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. adequately disclosed surcharges they started billing passengers this month to offset rising fuel prices. ...more

February 6, 2008

SEBRING – A press release described it as "a moving piece of art – fun, unique and educational." Linda Moore says it is a "luxury motorcoach." Moore, vice president and owner of Travel and Cruise World in Winter Haven, quickly noted something else. "This isn't a bus," she said. Holland America Line's Touring Explorer Coach will be making its first visit to Sebring this week to promote the company's 2008 cruise tours to Alaska and the Yukon. The coach will be in Sebring on Feb. 9 at the Quality Inn, located at 6525 U.S. 27 N. There will be four interactive seminars lasting 30 minutes each. They will run from 10:15 – 10:45 a.m., 11 – 11:30, 12:30 p.m. – 1 and 1:15 p.m. – 1:45. ...more

February 3, 2008

TAMPA The world's largest ship for laying pipe in deep water - a visitor to the Port of Tampa this month - will be leaving this week, according to the Tampa Bay Shipbuilding & Repair Co. The project, which required restructuring a dry dock to accommodate a vessel that's longer than two football fields, is one of the latest to benefit the port's three competing shipyards. ...more

January 31, 2008