Royal Caribbean International Voted Best Luxury Cruise Operator in Travel Weekly's China Industry Awards 2008 (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance) Royal Caribbean International has been named "Best Luxury Cruise Operator" in Travel Weekly's China Industry Awards 2008, after just one year of operations in Asia.

Top five bargain destinations for winter (USA Today) If you can manage a vacation this winter, you'll find bargains all over the world.

One-ship Orient Lines shuts down -- at least for now (USA Today) Citing tough economic times, the company says it will "delay" the revival it had planned for April 2009 and will refund passenger money. It gave no timetable for when cruises would resume.