Passengers who suffered no physical injury from the grounding of the Costa Concordia are being offered a settlement of about $14,500. Lawsuits filed Friday put that figure in the shadows.

Reports of a 30-percent discount for shipwreck survivors on future cruises sparks global outrage as Carnival and Costa try to contain the damage to their brands in wake of Concordia crisis.

On an average day, about 50,000 people around the world board cruise ships to start their vacations. Half of them set to sea on a vessel owned by Carnival Corp, the industry leader based in Doral.

In the hours after her husband’s murder, investigators grilled Narcy Novack on her husband’s temper, their marital ups and downs and his sexual peccadilloes.

Travel experts say it’s difficult to tell how many potential passengers have been scared away from taking cruises.

As details about some victims of the ill-fated ship were released, the captain said hadn’t abandoned ship but had slipped on deck and tumbled overboard into a lifeboat.

Carnival starts to assess the financial damage in the grounding of the Costa Concordia that killed at least 6.

The casualties among passengers on the Costa Concordia cruise ship disaster had risen to at least six, as of Monday evening, with some 29, including a Minnesota couple, still missing.

The cruise industry will have to battle fear of cruising in the aftermath of the Concordia disaster, where dramatic photos and accounts present a “nightmare” on the sea. But most vacationers usually end up fearless.

A Homestead couple was onboard the Costa Concordia when it began to sink off the Italian coast with 4,200 passengers and crew onboard.

Amid a record year for Miami tourism, casino companies tout their resorts as a big boost for the vacation industry. Does it need the help?

South Florida’s largest business group votes to push for bringing casinos to the region, provided local governments and workers get a share of the new business.

Vacationer Lynny Ravitz and her nephew were heading for an interactive dolphin encounter at Miami Seaquarium on Wednesday when 10-year-old Jake Goldberg spotted something else that piqued his interest: a giant tank where fish, lobster and stingrays swarmed humans spewing bubbles from white helmets.