Asia

News

Carnival Cruise Line, Azamara and Celebrity head for Asia

Carnival Cruise Line is joining the growing fleet offering Asia  cruises.  On the calendar for May 2018, Carnival Spirit’s cruise from Sydney to Singapore calls to Darwin and Bali and will be making her first […]

WORDS BY Bernadette Chua . Jun 8 2017
News

Exclusive: On board the Genting Dream

Bernadette Chua is the only Australian journalist on board The Genting Dream. The Genting Dream is certainly a ship of dreams. Beautiful furnishings, plush arm chairs, fine German and Japanese hand painted china, exquisite paintings and […]

WORDS BY Bernadette Chua . Nov 11 2016
News

EXCLUSIVE: The first look inside the Genting Dream with celebrity chef Mark Best

Luxury is written all over the new Genting Dream. And while the ship is still under construction, you can clearly see the vision for Asia’s first luxury ship – it will be a decadent experience […]

WORDS BY Bernadette Chua . Sep 16 2016
News

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
Destinations

Best of cruise week: destinations

Cruise Passenger magazine has put together an interactive digital magazine for Cruise Week that allows you to experience life onboard a ship right from your desktop or mobile. Our video editing team has created a […]

WORDS BY Bernadette Chua . Sep 10 2015
News

Swan Hellenic releases Discovery Cruising brochure

Swan Hellenic has released its Discovery Cruising brochure, which features holidays throughout Europe, the Orient and Southeast Asia. For the first time, 350-passenger Minerva will sail in Asia from December 2014 for a three-month season. […]

WORDS BY Cruise Passenger . Jul 1 2014
Destinations

A world of waterways: Asia

Not surprisingly, there’s a widening range of river cruising options across Asia. Myanmar, Thailand, Laos, Cambodia, India, China or even Borneo could be the destination for your next river cruise.

WORDS BY Cruise Passenger . May 9 2011
Opinion

Azamara Quest cruise – part three

Sitting here in Singapore at the lovely Marina Mandarin Hotel, I have a view of the bizarre Marina Sands Hotel (looks like a futuristic skyscraper topped by a boat) in one direction, and the Merlion in the other. It's steamy, overcast and may rain any minute, and my thoughts can't help but drift back to our cruise in Azamara Quest, which ended on Saturday in Hong Kong.

WORDS BY Cruise Passenger . Jan 11 2011
Reviews

Seabourn Odyssey in Asia

She’s been receiving rave reviews since her debut last year and The Yachts of Seabourn’s new Odyssey may have a major impact on the way cruise ships are designed.

WORDS BY Cruise Passenger . Oct 27 2010