Satellite imagery shows how neighboring cruise-owned islands, Royal Caribbean's Perfect Day at CocoCay and Norwegian's Great Stirrup Cay, have changed from 2016 to 2024. Satellite image ©2025 ...

Cruise lines have had exclusive destinations for decades, but Royal Caribbean was the first to, "shall we say, put these private islands on steroids," said Patrick Scholes, a lodging and leisure ...

The high seas have long been cruise lines’ primary domain, but many are investing more in land-based destinations.

Cruise lines have had exclusive destinations for decades, but Royal Caribbean was the first to, "shall we say, put these private islands on steroids," said Patrick Scholes, a lodging and leisure ...