- The crew of Holland America's Veendam was honored for the January 2015 rescue of a downed pilot 225 miles off the coast of Maui.
- Carnival Corp renewed Arnold Donald's employment contract for a year beyond his initial three-year contract. In the future it will be renewed automatically for one-year periods. Last year Mr. Donald's total compensation was a little more than $9.3 million.
- Princess Cruises confirmed to CND that Pacific Princess will return to service on Friday following the damage to the ship while arriving at Marseille earlier this month.
- The Sun Deck of AIDAluna was the setting for a fashion show by Jessica Minh Anh while it was docked in Manhattan Sunday. Later that evening the ship left on a 14-cruise along the East Coast of the US and Caribbean.
Details appeared in the October 24 edition of Cruise News Daily.