On January 27, the world's largest cruise ship is set to glide out of the Port of Miami. For the several thousand passengers who have reserved a berth on its maiden voyage through the Caribbean, the ...

Micky Arison was born on June 29, 1949, in Tel Aviv, Israel. He migrated to the United States at a young age together with his family. Ted Arison, Micky’s father, is the one who started it all.

As initially reported in the October 1999 edition of Maritime Reporter & Engineering News, Ted Arison, a pioneer of the modern-day cruise industry, died in Tel Aviv, Israel, from heart failure.

Micky Arison is the chairman of Carnival Corp. and owner of the Miami Heat NBA franchise. He’s worth about $9 billion, according to Forbes. His late father, Israeli businessman Ted Arison, co-founded ...