Colors: Blue Color

Nepal is increasing the cost of climbing Mount Everest, raising the permit fee from $11,000 to $15,000 — a 36% hike and the first increase in nearly a decade. The new fee will take effect in September and apply to the popular spring climbing season along the standard South Col route.

The Florida-Caribbean Cruise Association (FCCA), the trade association that represents the mutual interests of destinations and stakeholders throughout the Caribbean, Mexico and Central America along with Member Lines that operate over 90 percent of the global cruising capacity, announced that Marie McKenzie, Senior Vice President of Government & Destination Affairs for Carnival Corporation, has been appointed the Chair of the FCCA Operations Committee.