For the first time in Celebrity Cruises’ history, an American female will take the helm of a mega-ton cruise ship. At 37 years of age, San Francisco native Kate McCue will command Celebrity Summit – a 91,000-ton, 965-foot ship in the Celebrity Cruises fleet, sailing between the eastern United States and Bermuda.

Celebrity Cruises Middle East representative, Travel Matrix has announced the launch of their new website dedicated to the Middle East market. This new site will provide an online brand presence for Celebrity Cruises and its impactful content and images give great insight into its plethora of amenities, entertainment options, food and beverage outlets, range of kids and family activities, meeting facilities and more.

In celebration of five years since Celebrity Eclipse launched in Southampton, Celebrity Cruises is hosting the ‘Modern Luxury Giveaway’ – its largest ever agent giveaway and sales blitz taking place between 10 and 20 April 2015. Agents will receive a range of booking incentives, offers to entice clients and enjoy a series of themed visits and events.

Celebrity Cruises has taken a bold step in ship design with the signing of a letter of intent for a new class of ships, Royal Caribbean Cruises and French shipbuilder STX France have announced. The two 2,900-guest, 117,000-gross-registered-ton ships, developed under the project name EDGE will build upon the modern luxury experience of the brand’s Millennium and Solstice class ships.

The award-winning luxury cruise company Celebrity Cruises today announced a new partnership with leading food and recipe website, Great British Chefs. The rapidly growing website, with over 100 featured chefs boasting 120 Michelin Stars between them, is one of Britain’s leading authorities on great cooking and inspires food lovers with a vast selection of recipes, tips and how-to videos.

During Celebrity Cruises’ Celebrity Equinox recent scheduled dry dock in Cadiz (Spain), the ship joined Royal Caribbean International’s Allure of the Seas and Explorer of the Seas in a programme that tracks ocean circulation dynamics and measures atmospheric and oceanographic conditions, on repeated journeys.