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Inside the new and cool Celebrity Edge

Celebrity Cruises is bringing whole new meaning to the concept of cool with its newest ship, the 2,918-passenger Celebrity Edge, plans for which were unveiled in Miami this week. South African-born designer Kelly Hoppen has […]

WORDS BY Sue Bryant . Mar 17 2017
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Celebrity Cruises reveals details of its cool new ship, the Celebrity Edge

Celebrity Cruises is bringing whole new meaning to the concept of cool with its newest ship, the 2,918-passenger Celebrity Edge, plans for which have just been unveiled in Miami. South African-born designer Kelly Hoppen, in […]

WORDS BY Sue Bryant . Mar 14 2017
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Cruise Passenger’s travel weekly roundup

Seabourn announces lineup of guests on the Encore Former Prime Minister Julia Gillard will be one of the guests speaking onboard the new Seabourn Encore. The latest ship from the luxury line will also host […]

WORDS BY Bernadette Chua . Nov 25 2016
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Cruise Passenger’s weekly travel roundup 3

Celebrity Solstice returns Down Under A spruced-up Celebrity Solstice returned to Australian waters all decked up with half an acre of freshly mowed lawn and six new cabanas. For US$264 a day, passengers can hire […]

WORDS BY Bernadette Chua . Nov 18 2016
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Cruise Passenger’s weekly roundup 5

Battle for luxury expedition ships Luxury cruise line Celebrity Cruises revealed it would be the latest to launch  luxury exploration ships.  The Celebrity Xploration and Celebirty Xperience will go to the Galapagos Islands. Starting in March next […]

WORDS BY Bernadette Chua . Nov 4 2016
Destinations

Official: The best cruise destinations for 2017

Some of the world’s best and most exotic cruising destinations have been selected by the people who should know –  the world’s cruise lines. Both river and ocean ships are venturing to more remote destinations, […]

WORDS BY Bernadette Chua . Oct 14 2016
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Where Aussies love to cruise in Asia

Singapore and Hong Kong are the new hot destinations for Australian cruisers. Royal Caribbean Line has doubled the number of Australian passengers heading to Asia to over 30,000 last year. This means that RCL has […]

WORDS BY Bernadette Chua . Oct 7 2016
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Celebrity Cruises ship crashing into Alaskan port

A Celebrity Cruises ship has crashed into a dock causing millions of dollars in damage at a port in the Alaska Panhandle. The Celebrity Infinity struck one of three berths at the port in Ketchikan, […]

WORDS BY Bernadette Chua . Jun 6 2016
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Celebrity Cruises increases gratuities again

Passengers on Celebrity Cruises will be slugged with higher gratuities of up to US$17 per person per day – up 55 cents – for sailings after July 1, the line confirmed this week. Those staying […]

WORDS BY Teresa Ooi . Jun 3 2016
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Renovations revealed onboard the Celebrity Millennium

The luxurious Celebrity Millennium has emerged from dry-dock with a brand new makeover. She has new restaurants including a modern Italian steakhouse, an outdoor cinema as well as redecorated suites. Aussie guests enjoy the Celebrity […]

WORDS BY Bernadette Chua . May 17 2016
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Royal Caribbean farewells Australia after a successful wave season

Royal Caribbean’s Explorer of the Seas made her final call to Sydney last Saturday, marking the end of the summer cruise season for the company in Australia. Azamar Club Cruises, Celebrity Cruises and Royal Caribbean […]

WORDS BY Bernadette Chua . Apr 26 2016
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Celebrity Cruises expands Galapagos fleet

Celebrity Cruises recently acquired tour operator Ocean Adventures and its two ships, the 48-guest ship M/V Eclipse and the 16-guest catamaran M/C Athala II. This will now help Celebrity Cruises’ Galapagos itinerary, which had 100-guest […]

WORDS BY Cruise Passenger . Mar 15 2016