A cruise ship is designed specially for the pleasure trips in the oceans. The cruise lines are the companies that operate the cruise ships.

The cruise line business started growing in the late 19th century and became highly popular in the early 20th century. Several shipping companies took to the flourishing business and scores of cruise lines came up. Unfortunately the success story of the cruise business was washed away by a wave of failures in the 1990s.

But it could not completely damp the spirit of the business. The cruises still are popular part tourism industry. They still attract the great volumes of tourists from all parts of the world and collect the bulks of revenue.

The modern cruise ships are bon vivants - floating pleasure palaces. These floating mansions are sheer manifestations of Hedonism. They offer the services of the most hospitable staff working on cruise ships. The cruise ship jobs are highly coveted jobs in the world. Today the cruise lines do not solely deal in cruise travel business rather they operate transportation ships also.

The world famous cruise lines operating luxury cruises include A'rosa Europe, American Cruise Lines America, Anedin Line Europe, Anek Lines Europe, Baleria Ferries Europe, Brittany Ferris Europe, Bora Bora Cruises America, Birka Line Europe, Carnival Cruise Lines America, Celebrity Cruises Europe, Celtic Link Ferries Europe, Color Line Ferries Europe, Ocean village Europe, Costa Cruises Europe, Cruise West America, Crystal Cruises America, Cunard Line America, DFDS Seaways Europe, Disney Cruise Line America, EasyCruise, Fjordline Ferries Europe, First European Cruises Europe, Fred. Olsen Cruise Lines Europe, Hapag-Lloyd Cruises, Holland America Line America, Hoverspeed Europe, Kristina Cruises, Irish Ferries Europe, Minoan Lines Europe, MSC Italian Cruises, North Link Ferries Europe, Norwegian Coastal Voyage, Norwegian America Line, Norwegian Cruise Line, Oceania Cruises, Orient Lines, P & O Cruises Europe, P & O Irish Ferries Europe, P & O Ferries Europe, Polar Star Expeditions, Polferries Europe, Premier Cruise Line, Princess Cruises America, Radisson Seven Seas Cruises, Royal Caribbean International, Royal Olympia Cruises, Silversea Cruises, Seabourn Cruise Line America, SeaFrance Europe, Silja Line Europe, Star Cruises Asia-Pacific, Stenna Line Europe, Swan Hellenic, Swan Hellenick Europe, Tallink Europe, The Yachts of Seabourn, Travel Dynamics International America, Viking Line Europe, Windjammer Barefoot Cruises America and Windstar Cruises America.