News

Crystal Symphony turns on the sparkle

The luxury sector has never been move competitive, with new contenders and pretenders everywhere. Crystal Cruises once held centre stage, winning awards for more than two decades. Now, the line is fighting back.The Crystal Symphony […]

WORDS BY Teresa Ooi . Mar 15 2018
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Princess Cruises trialling fees for early embarkation

Princess Cruises is testing a new program for cruisers who are willing to pay, to get onboard early for a fee. Being trialled onboard the Ruby Princess between March 1 and March 25, the test […]

WORDS BY Bernadette Chua . Mar 15 2018
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News

Oceania Cruises to offer free WiFi to all passengers

Oceania Cruises will be offering its guests free WiFi to all passengers – joining the ranks of other high-end cruise lines. The cruise line said the service will be available to all guests on all […]

WORDS BY Bernadette Chua . Mar 15 2018
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News

New details around Virgin Voyages cruise line – for the ‘hip, witty and cheeky’ crowd

New details have been revealed around the new Virgin Voyages cruise brand – the cruise line for non-cruisers. Revealed at the Seatrade cruise conference in Fort Lauderdale, CEO and President of Virgin Voyages, Tom McAlpin […]

WORDS BY Bernadette Chua . Mar 15 2018
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Reviews

Star Clipper Review 2018

Back after an eight-year absence, Star Clipper is getting passengers far from the madding crowds – well almost! Teresa Ooi hoisted the sails… We are sitting in the sand on a tiny Thai island in […]

WORDS BY Peter Lynch . Mar 15 2018
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News

Plans for the new Dream Cruises 5,000 passenger ship to head Down Under

Asia’s first luxury cruise line, Dream Cruises has started construction of its first Global Class cruise ship in Germany. The ship, which will accommodate up to 5,000 passengers, will be the largest in the Dream […]

WORDS BY Bernadette Chua . Mar 14 2018
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News

Watch Silversea’s amazing lengthening of the Silver Spirit

Luxury line Silversea have revealed some amazing images and footage of the refurbishment of the Silver Spirit. The ship has been cut in two as she is in the process of not only getting new […]

WORDS BY Bernadette Chua . Mar 14 2018
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News

Cruise & Maritime Voyages take over as P&O farewells Pacific Eden

One of Australia’s favourite ships, the Pacific Eden will be departing the P&O fleet to make way for a new and updated Golden Princess which will increase P&O’s passenger capacity. P&O’s beloved ship will be handed […]

WORDS BY Bernadette Chua . Mar 9 2018
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News

Viking Ocean Cruises adds another six ships to its fleet

The line that conquered Europe’s rivers by sheer weight of numbers, launching so many ship it made the Guinness Book of Records, has now announced a record six new ocean ships. Viking Cruises ordered the […]

WORDS BY Peter Lynch . Mar 8 2018
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News

Millennial line scraps age limit

U by Uniworld, the line that boasted it was for millennials only, has…well…performed a bit of a U turn. Launching next month, Uniworld is set to abandon its original age limits of 21 to 45, […]

WORDS BY Peter Lynch . Mar 8 2018
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Opinion

Norovirus – is the crew to blame?

It’s one of the enduring mysteries of cruise – how do sanatised ships still become contaminated by norovirus? A new US study, published in Royal Society Open Science, underscored what we already know: not much can […]

WORDS BY Peter Lynch . Mar 8 2018
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News

The first-timers who bought a $200,000 round-the-world-cruise

Barry and Marcia Southern have never cruised before.  So they popped into their local Cruiseabout at Turramurra looking for a short trip to try it out. What they came out with was a 102-night round-the-world […]

WORDS BY Peter Lynch . Mar 8 2018
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