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Sustainability report shows initiatives cruise lines are helping the environment

The Cruise Lines International Association with the Australian Cruise Association and New Zealand Cruise Association has revealed a new sustainability guide that showcases some of the environmental initiatives the industry is taking to improving the […]

WORDS BY Bernadette Chua . Nov 30 2018
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Coral Expeditions offers unique 60-day circumnavigation

Australia’s small ship pioneer Coral Expeditions will celebrate its 35th anniversary with a one-time only circumnavigation of Australia onboard its new flagship, the Coral Adventurer. The 60-day voyage will depart from Darwin on 7 November […]

WORDS BY Teresa Ooi . Nov 30 2018
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Royal Caribbean allows passengers to bid for upgraded suites and staterooms

Attention cruisers: that luxurious Royal Suite Class stateroom could be within your grasp after all. Royal Caribbean has announced it is pioneering a new scheme which will allow passengers to bid for upgraded accommodation. On […]

WORDS BY Cruise Passenger . Nov 30 2018
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New Asian itinerary for the Norwegian Jade

Norwegian Cruise Lines have revealed stunning new itineraries for the Norwegian Jade’s arrival in Asia during the 2019/20 season. She’ll be departing from Singapore and Hong Kong with highlight itineraries including eight-day sailings round-trip from […]

WORDS BY Bernadette Chua . Nov 30 2018
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Best cruises for singles in 2019

Once, they were double charged and considered almost pariahs. Now, demographics have made solo sailors the flavour of the month, with more lines reducing single supplements and offering special activities to win their business. Most […]

WORDS BY Cruise Passenger . Nov 30 2018
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Cruise lines threaten to throw errant smokers off ships

Carnival Cruises Lines is enforcing harsher penalties on smokers caught lighting up in undesignated areas like their balconies. The news follows other lines outlawing smokers from balconies and decks. Carnival is among the toughest, telling […]

WORDS BY Cruise Passenger . Nov 30 2018
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Holland America may put new ship AND Oprah into Australian market

Holland America Line may send its newest ship, the Nieuw Statendam to visit Australia with TV personality and ship’s godmother to the ship, Oprah Winfrey onboard. HAL president Orlando Ashford said at the World Leading […]

WORDS BY Teresa Ooi . Nov 22 2018
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Labor pledges to ‘kill’ Port Botany cruise development

Opposition leader and Maroubra MP Michael Daley vowed this week he would kill the Port Botany cruise terminal plan ‘stone dead’. Given the polls are predicting the Liberal government in NSW could be on the […]

WORDS BY Bernadette Chua . Nov 22 2018
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Cunard’s new ship heading for Australia

She has no name, and is still being build.  But such is the strength of the Australian market for Cunard that there are already discussions about Australia hosting the line’s newest ship after 2022. David […]

WORDS BY Peter Lynch . Nov 22 2018
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Elvis and country music head up P&O’s new short breaks

P&O is planning a series of new short themed-cruises after research revealed more than half of Aussie travellers want a holiday of no longer than three nights. The line is hiring a host of performers, […]

WORDS BY Cruise Passenger . Nov 22 2018
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An expert’s guide to photographing Australian landscapes

As someone who has both cruised, driven and flown around this incredible country of Australia I am well aware of the incredible number of sites worth photographing in this amazing land, from snow-covered Snowy Mountains […]

WORDS BY Cruise Passenger . Nov 20 2018