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Harmony of the Seas “a construction site” – claim

Harmony of the Seas is still “a construction site”, according to its first paying passengers. The world’s biggest cruise liner earned the world’s biggest headlines for its launch – but not all of them were […]

WORDS BY Peter Lynch . May 27 2016
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What’s inside the Genting Dream

It’s Asia’s first home-grown luxury cruise line.  Now we can reveal  what Genting Dream has on offer that will make it different to other luxury cruise ships. Bookings have just opened for Australians and New Zealanders. […]

WORDS BY Cruise Passenger . May 27 2016
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Asia, Northern Europe & Alaska: Where Aussies cruised in 2015

Australian cruisers are visiting Asia, Northern Europe, Alaska, Mexico and New Zealand, plus taking a record number of domestic cruises according to the latest stats from the Cruise Lines International Association released yesterday. For the […]

WORDS BY Cruise Passenger . May 27 2016
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Another record – over one million Australians cruised last year

Australian cruise passengers can take a bow for the second year running. They have again broken records with highest proportion of ocean cruisers among the population at 4.5 % – taking the total for 2015 […]

WORDS BY Bernadette Chua . May 26 2016
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New Royal Caribbean Oasis-class ship to be built

Royal Caribbean announced it will be building a fifth Oasis-class ship which will be delivered by spring 2021 with two additional Edge-class ships scheduled for 2021 and 2022. “The response to the arrival of Harmony […]

WORDS BY Bernadette Chua . May 26 2016
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Royal Caribbean extends Ovation of the Seas 2017/18 season

Ovation of the Seas will be extending her 2017/18 season in Australia after popular demand by Aussie cruisers. Royal Caribbean announced today Ovation would be spending an extra five weeks at Sydney’s Overseas Passenger Terminal. […]

WORDS BY Bernadette Chua . May 25 2016
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Queen of Netherlands christens Holland America’s Koningsdam

Holland America Line’s newest ship, ms Koningsdam was officially christened by Her Majesty Queen Maxima of the Netherlands. The historic ceremony took place in Rotterdam in the Netherlands with Her Majesty Queen Maxima blessing the […]

WORDS BY Bernadette Chua . May 24 2016
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Genting Dream open to Australians and New Zealanders

Dream Cruises, the first every Asian luxury line is official on sale to Australians and New Zealanders. The line is the newest addition to the Genting Hong Kong fleet and offers the highest level of […]

WORDS BY Bernadette Chua . May 23 2016
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Holland America names new Pinnacle Class ship

Holland America Line announced the name of the next Pinnacle Class ship – Set for delivery in the autumn of 2018 in the northern hemisphere, construction in the coming months. She will have the capacity […]

WORDS BY Bernadette Chua . May 23 2016
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New APT river cruise ship announces godmother

Travel agent Carole Smethurst from Bicton Travel in Perth will be the godmother of APT’s new river cruise ship, the MS AmaStella. Ms Smethurst owns the successful travel agency and is one of the foremost […]

WORDS BY Bernadette Chua . May 20 2016
Dining

The Verdict: first review of Curtis Stone’s Sun Princess menu

Princess Cruises’ celebrity chef Curtis Stone is all about truffles. He loves to shave truffle onto the dishes he cooks. That’s according to his executive chef Christian Dortch who worked with Stone in his Beverley […]

WORDS BY Teresa Ooi . May 20 2016