Cruise line passenger traffic increased 17.8 percent at the Port of Tampa in January compared with a year ago - up to 84,546 embarking and disembarking passengers, a report shows. ...more

March 28, 2009

Cruise line passenger traffic increased 17.8 percent at the Port of Tampa in January compared with a year ago – up to 84,546 embarking and disembarking passengers, a report shows. ...more

March 27, 2009

It has an ice-skating rink, a rock-climbing wall, a nine-hole miniature golf course, three restaurants and a Ben & Jerry's ice-cream shop. ...more

November 21, 2008

Royal Caribbean's Independence of the Seas, which shares the title of world's largest cruise ship with sister ships Freedom of the Seas and Liberty of the Seas, has reached Port Everglades in Fort Lauderdale, from where the ship begin sailing on eastern and western Caribbean itineraries. ...more

November 20, 2008

The Port of Tampa along with nine other U.S. seaports accounted for 83 percent of the American cruise industry's passenger traffic last year, the Cruise Lines International Association, a trade group in Fort Lauderdale, said in a new report. ...more

October 22, 2008

Ten U.S. cruise ports, including the Port of Tampa, accounted for 83 percent of U.S. cruise embarkations in 2007, a report by the Cruise Lines International Association in Fort Lauderdale reported. ...more

October 21, 2008

In today's tough economy, cruising can offer travelers a good value - lodging, food, entertainment - all for a preset price. But the "not-included" fees and onboard "extras" add up fast. ...more

September 14, 2008