Pullmantur Cruises has confirmed its 2013/2014 winter program, with three ships in South America and two ships in the Caribbean. (cruiseindustrynews.com)

Pullmantur Cruises of Madrid, the Spanish arm of Miami-based Royal Caribbean Cruises, is introducing its new branding today, December 21st, including a new livery consisting of two hues of blue for its ships. (thecruisepeople.wordpress.com)

Spain-based Pullmantur Cruises is re-branding, according to a company spokesperson in a released statement to Cruise Industry News. (cruiseindustrynews.com)

TourCrafters is promoting the “Spanish flavored cruises” from Pullmantur in North America. (cruiseindustrynews.com)

Pullmantur appears to be sharpening its focus on the domestic market in Spain. It will operate six turnaround ports in the country next year, among them, the recent addition of Valencia, Palma de Mallorca, A Coruña, and Bilbao. (cruisebusiness.com)

Spanish cruise operator Pullmantur has confirmed it will transfer its turnaround operation in the Baltic from Copenhagen to Malmo, starting in May 2013. (cruiseindustrynews.com)

After its recent successful second round-the-Iberian-Peninsula voyage on Empress, with Bilbao as the first port of call, Pullmantur announced an increase in its presence in the Basque port next year. (cruisebusiness.com)

Pullmantur announced that it would broadcast all 31 games of this year’s UEFA championship, between the 8 June and the 1 July, onboard all its ship. (cruisebusiness.com)

Pullmantur will be taking over the Monarch of the Seas from Royal Caribbean International in 2013, and with the ship comes a stronger Latin America strategy, according to company executives. The Monarch will join Pullmantur’s Zenith, Empress and her sister, the Sovereign. (cruiseindustrynews.com)

Major Travel, one of the UK’s longest established independent tour operators has signed as the sole UK GSA for Spanish cruise line, Pullmantur. (cruiseindustrynews.com)

The Ocean Dream may be leaving Pullmantur’s fleet as soon as this spring, sources told Cruise Industry News. The Spanish market is struggling amid euro-zone problems and the 1981-built, 1,422-passenger Ocean Dream has reportedly been chartered to Peace Boat. (cruiseindustrynews.com)

Gibraltar repair yard Gibdock says that it was tasked with going the extra mile to complete a recent cruise ship drydocking within a very tight two-week timeframe. (motorship.com)

The new port of Ravenna has seen its first full turn-around with Pullmantur’s Zenith embarking 1,700 passengers arriving via the Bologna Airport on chartered aircraft. (cruiseindustrynews.com)

As reported on Cruise Industry News earlier this week, Spanish-based Pullmantur Cruises has officially announced its new office in Brazil while ending charter agreements with tour-operator CVC. (cruiseindustrynews.com)

Pullmantur Cruises is reportedly cutting ties with South American tour operator CVC, and is set to fully operate its own ships in Brazil for winter 2011/2012, according to sources in South America who spoke to Cruise Industry News. (cruiseindustrynews.com)

Brazilian tour operator CVC has announced it will charter Pullmantur’s Ocean Dream next winter, 2011/2012, from November through March. (cruiseindustrynews.com)

Kyma Ship Management, the Greek ship management company, has acquired the 46,314 gross ton Atlatic Star from the Royal Caribbean group, Cruise & Ferry Info reports in its weekly newsletter. (cruisebusiness.com)

Cruise Industry News has learned Pullmantur’s Atlantic Star has been sold to an undisclosed buyer and will be renamed the Mona Lisa II. (cruiseindustrynews.com)

Following an engine failure on Pacific Dream, Pullmantur has moved to reactivate the Atlantic Star to replace the Pacific Dream starting on August 29th. (cruiseindustrynews.com)

Cruise Industry News has learned that Pullmantur has temporarily suspended Pacific Dream voyages due to engine problems on the ship earlier this week. (cruiseindustrynews.com)

Pullmantur will launch its seven-night “Pacifico Mexicano” cruises on July 4, operating one per week – 13 in total – until September 26. (guadalajarareporter.com)