Celebrity Cruises has announced that the human rights activist and youngest Nobel Peace Prize laureate Malala Yousafzai, will be the godmother of their latest cruise ship Celebrity Edge. The revolutionary new vessel currently under construction at the STX France shipyard will be christened in Fort Lauderdale in 2018.

In an email send to its associates, Royal Caribbean announced the closure of the German office in Frankfurt. The team around Dr.

U.S. Coast Guard search is underway for a missing Royal Caribbean crew member approximately 170 miles southeast of Galveston, in the Gulf of Mexico.

The police in Bonaire are searching for the crew member Adriana Morales de Florencio, an employee of Royal Caribbean. The young woman of Mexican Nationality left the cruise ship, Navigator of the Seas, while the vessel was in Bonaire on April 20, but did not return before departure, setting off the alarm.

After 22 years in service, Royal Caribbean cruise ship Legend of the Seas has retired. The vessel arrived at Navantia shipyard in Cadiz, Spain on March 26, where it will be refurbished and rebranded as TUI Discovery 2 for Thomson Cruises. With the Legend of the Seas, Royal Caribbean International said farewell from the oldest vessel of the popular Vision Class ship. 

The two upcoming Quantum-Class cruise ships, scheduled to join Royal Caribbean fleet in 2019 and 2020, will be named Passion of the Seas and Pulse of the Seas, according to the German popular cruise website Schiffe und Kreuzfahrten.

Great news for all passengers sailing on board Royal Caribbean cruise ships. Starting this month on all swimming pools lifeguards will be in charge for the safety of the passengers. By adding this safety feature Royal Caribbean will become the second cruise line to employ lifeguards.

Harmony of the Seas responded to an SOS emergency call from the US Coast Guard as a sailboat was in need of an assistance. The captain of the world’s largest cruise ship Gus Andersson, divert the course and headed north to take part in the search and rescue operation as the weather was getting windier. When the cruise ship reached the GPS coordinates provided by the US Coast Guard, speed boat with food and fuel was sent to the sailboat in need.

Royal Caribbean has canceled all cruise ship calls in Turkey for this year. Due to unpredictability in the country Brilliance, Rhapsody and Jewel of the Seas will not sail to Ephesus, Kusadasi in 2017. Instead, this port will be replaced with alternative destinations in the region such as Rhodes, Chania, and Mykonos in Greece. Kusadasi was the only port of call in Turkey added to Royal Caribbean 2017 cruise schedules.

Royal Caribbean cruise ship Majesty of the Seas was held from departing Port Canaveral after US Coast Guard inspectors detected safety issues onboard.