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Holland America’s Oprah cruise sells out

Holland America Line’s special Oprah cruise, a three-day Girls’ Getaway, has already sold out. The voyage, which is onboard the line’s newest ship, the Nieuw Statendam will depart on Janaury 30, 2019 with the famous […]

WORDS BY Bernadette Chua . Jun 21 2018
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The MSC Magnifica to call at Wollongong on world cruise

MSC Cruises announced it would be using Wollongong as a turnaround port for the new 2020 MSC Magnifica world cruise. The Cruise Wollongong chair Councillor Leigh Colacino and the Destination Wollongong Chair, Colin Bloomfield made […]

WORDS BY Bernadette Chua . Jun 21 2018
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Astronaut christens Viking Orion in glamorous Italian ceremony

Viking’s newest ship Viking Orion which will head to Australian waters later this year has been christened in a glamorous ceremony in Livorno, Italy. Orion which will cruise to Southeast Asia and China in August […]

WORDS BY Teresa Ooi . Jun 15 2018
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Carnival Cruise Line launches record program, including first Carnival Splendor itineraries

Carnival Cruise Line has revealed its 2020 program with a record number of sailings from Australia to the South Pacific, New Zealand and around Down Under. On sale from July 2018, there are 77 sailings […]

WORDS BY Bernadette Chua . Jun 15 2018
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Luxury lines compete with special air deals

The battle for the luxury cruise dollar is heating up with top lines offering special flight deals, especially on Asian routes, as they present their new itineraries. Luxury line Silversea is offering “exceptional” savings on […]

WORDS BY Teresa Ooi . Jun 15 2018
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Sydney Harbour’s woes means we’re losing jobs and sales: new cruise head

The new head of Australia’s peak cruising body has returned to the attack on how Sydney’s capacity problems are costing jobs and growth. Carnival Australia’s president Sture Myrmell, the local head of seven of the […]

WORDS BY Peter Lynch . Jun 15 2018
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Royal Caribbean acquires Silversea in luxury coup

Royal Caribbean Cruises has taken a majority stake in one of the industry’s most enduring luxury brands with a $1 billion controlling interest in Silversea. The money gives RCL a 66.7% stake in Silversea Cruises, […]

WORDS BY Peter Lynch . Jun 14 2018
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MSC Seaview launches in grand style

MSC Cruises has christened its newest ship, the 5331-passenger MSC Seaview in a glittering, star-studded ceremony in Genoa. And within hours, the aggressive European line announced a new Euro900 million investment on a new  Meraviglia-class […]

WORDS BY Teresa Ooi . Jun 14 2018
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Oman’s popular port of call for luxury cruises

Muscat, capital of Oman, is often called the “Hidden Port” – and is a favourite among luxury cruise lines. Silversea will cruise from Athens to Muscat stopping in Salalah on the 8th October 2018 and […]

WORDS BY Cruise Passenger . Jun 12 2018
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Same-sex marriages back after Bermuda backflip

Carnival Corporation is breathing a sigh of relief. Bermuda’s Supreme Court has reversed the short-lived ban on same-sex marriage, allowing legal ceremonies to resume in Bermuda and on Bermuda-registered cruise ships. Carnival Corporation, the world’s […]

WORDS BY Peter Lynch . Jun 8 2018
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Yoga, pilates, meditation on the menu for Celebrity vegan health retreat

Vegans will be over the moon. The first health retreat at sea for vegans will launch on Celebrity Solstice’s nine-night South Pacific voyage on 20 October. The transformational retreat will bring together all vegan cruisers […]

WORDS BY Teresa Ooi . Jun 8 2018
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Asia’s biggest party ship on its way to Australia

Asia’s biggest party cruise It’s The Ship is expanding to Australia and the Asian region. “Australia is one of the countries which It’s The Ship has their sights on. It’s The Ship is currently in […]

WORDS BY Teresa Ooi . Jun 8 2018
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