Today's Cruise News covers three developments across the industry. A hairstylist working aboard Virgin Voyages' Brilliant Lady, employed by a third-party concessionaire, faces two federal counts of abusive sexual contact tied to a nine-night Alaska sailing that departed June 23, 2026; his first court appearance was held July 6 in Tacoma, Washington. Carnival Cruise Line has revised two 2026 sailings in its Sailings Exclusively for Adults, or SEA, program: an 11-night Carnival Firenze departure from Long Beach on November 2 with a reordered Mexican Riviera port sequence, and an 11-night Carnival Conquest departure from Miami on November 30 that replaces St. Maarten with St. Thomas. And Holland America Line has placed a Jefferson's Bourbon barrel aboard each of its 11 ships to mature at sea for at least six months, expanding its Single Barrel Series a ...