A new notice flags a potential 14% charge added to early 2026 sailings even as the tax’s legality remains unresolved.

Hawaii’s Legislature will be asked to consider amending part of a 2025 state law that attempts to tax cruise ship passengers but is tied up in federal litigation.

Should cruise ship cabins be taxed in the same way as hotel rooms and vacation rentals? That’s what one popular tourist destination is proposing in a new plan that would make cruise passengers pay ...

Cruises to Hawaii are about to get more expensive than ever, but not because cruise lines are increasing their prices. Earlier this year, Hawaii passed new legislation to extend the state’s Transient ...

Shares of cruise company Norwegian Cruise Line (NYSE:NCLH) jumped 5% in the afternoon session after a federal appeals court blocked Hawaii from implementing a new climate change tax on cruise ...

At least one cruise line has started charging its passengers Hawaiʻi’s tax on visitor stays and the new, landmark environmental “green fee” that goes with it, even though a court order currently bars ...

Hawaii’s plan to slash cruise ship visits has the local cruise sector urging a rethink, with business leaders and policy groups saying there are more collaborative ways to reduce emissions than simply ...