Travel writer (and ITN columnist) Rick Steves has released a rolling travel bag, the Ravenna Rolling Case. Weighing just over 7 pounds and measuring 21"x14"x9", it fits into smaller European overhead bins but can be expanded an extra 2 inches for more storage space. The main compartment contains two mesh drawstring bags, adjustable compression straps and a removable document pouch. It is available at store.ricksteves.com/shop/p/ravenna-hard-case-luggage at a cost of $189.99. Shipping is...

In South Australia, visitors can join EP Cruises (phone +61 433 011 665, epcruises.com.au) on their 5-hour “Ocean to Plate” cruise, on which passengers will harvest their food from the waters of Streaky Bay to have it prepared by the onboard chef and served as canapés along with a glass of wine. Each passenger will be provided snorkel gear for gathering oysters, blue crab or abalone from the ocean floor or a rod and reel to catch tommies, salmon and garfish from the...

On Oct. 6, Hapag-Lloyd’s ms Europa, carrying 350 passengers, became the first cruise ship to stop at the port of La Goulette in Tunis, Tunisia, since a terrorist attack on the city’s Bardo National Museum in March 2015 left 21 people dead. At least two other ships have Tunis stops scheduled in 2016, Regent Seven Seas Cruises’ Seven Seas Explorer and Holland America Line’s Rotterdam, and Viking Ocean Cruises’ Viking Sea has port stops scheduled throughout 2017.