China's cruise giant to launch film-themed sailing season

China's Adora Cruise announced on Friday that it will jointly roll out a film-themed sailing season with the Changchun Film Studio Group Company Limited from late March to late June.

The first "Maritime Film Festival" sailing season will open on March 29 at Adora Magic City, China's first domestically built large cruise ship, while will also be held at two other large cruise ships -- Adora Mediterranea and Piano Land.

During the themed sailing season, some 100 classic films and popular new releases will be screened in theaters on the cruise ships and on their in-cabin TV channels.

And a wide variety of film-related cultural activities will also be held on the vessels.

The new sailing season marks the cruise giant's effort to take advantage of China's booming culture-tourism market.

The company said it has been improving its services by diversifying cultural offerings to give the customers more interactive and immersive experience.

The U.S. dollar increased in late trading on Wednesday.

The dollar index, which measures the greenback against six major peers, gained 0.55 percent to 100.091 at 3 p.m. (1900 GMT).

In late New York trading, the euro lost to 1.1539 dollars from 1.1610 dollars in the previous session, and the British pound decreased to 1.3338 dollars from 1.3429 dollars in the previous session.

The U.S. dollar bought 160.50 Japanese yen, higher than 160.44 Japanese yen in the previous session. The U.S. dollar rose to 0.7971 Swiss francs from 0.7931 Swiss francs, and it increased to 1.4071 Canadian dollars from 1.3993 Canadian dollars. The U.S. dollar climbed to 9.4610 Swedish kronor from 9.3618 Swedish kronor.