Royal Caribbean Cruises

Arne Wilhelmsen, a founder of Royal Caribbean Cruises who helped shape the modern cruise industry, has died. He was 90. The Miami-based company said in a statement that Wilhelmsen died Saturday in Palma, Spain. No cause of death was given. As a member of the company’s board for three decades, Wilhelmsen saw the potential for the cruise industry to become…

Here are the top stories from the past week from the NBC 6 Weekend Digest:

A federal jury says Royal Caribbean Cruises owes $3.38 million to the family of a passenger who died during an Alaskan cruise.

Broward Schools Superintendent Robert Runcie and school district officials were holding one of four meetings with Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School parents and guardians Thursday. NBC 6 anchor Johnny Archer reports.

A woman claims Royal Caribbean Cruises is responsible for a zip line accident that killed her husband on the Honduran island of Roatan.

The search has been called off for a man who jumped overboard as his cruise ship as it traveled to Cape Liberty, New Jersey, from the Bahamas.

8-months-ago, a Minnesota family was told there were no options to save their newborn little girl with a deformed heart. But that changed when they met with a South Florida doctor.

Royal Caribbean Cruises will have a new tipping policy come 2018, according to a news release.

NBC 6’s Willard Shepard breaks down the numbers and tells us how many in South Florida were busted for taking money from the government.

An early morning fire in Marathon shut down U.S. 1 for several hours in both directions as crews fought the blaze that engulfed a marina and caused an estimated $1 million in damages.

Norwegian and Royal Caribbean cruises on Wednesday announced that they have received permission from the Cuban government to sail from the U.S. to Cuba.

A federal appeals court in South Florida is considering whether investigators are required to obtain a warrant before obtaining cellphone records detailing a suspect’s movements.

Royal Caribbean Cruises has announced plans to build a new terminal at PortMiami that will serve as homeport to Royal Caribbean International ships, including one of the world’s largest passenger ships.

SpaceX has successfully launched Falcon Heavy, the most powerful operational rocket in the world, into orbit.

The Celebrity Reflection cruise ship was given the “all-clear” Saturday after a security threat was found to be not credible, officials say.