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10 ways to beat the falling Aussie dollar and still cruise in style

The Australian to US dollar exchange reached a decade low this month – and it will have real impacts on the cost of your cruise travel. But here are 10 tips for you to stretch […]

WORDS BY Cruise Passenger . Jan 11 2019
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Why Australians will love Oceania Cruises’ new $1bn ships

Bob Binder knows exactly why Australia is Oceania Cruises’ most important market outside America. It explains why, when the small-ship line announced it was spending $1.8 billion on two new ships this week, the president […]

WORDS BY Peter Lynch . Jan 11 2019
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How Silversea plans to conquer Australia with its newest ship

Ultra-luxe cruise line Silversea is planning to convert more Australians to its brand with its newest flagship sailing our waters. Speaking aboard the Silver Muse on its first visit to Sydney, recently appointed MD Adam […]

WORDS BY Teresa Ooi . Jan 11 2019
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Oceania Cruises spends $1.8 billion on two new ships

Oceania, the line that recently revealed Australia is its number one market outside America, is spending more than a billion dollars on two new ships. The two Allura-class ships, with room for 1,200 passengers each, […]

WORDS BY Peter Lynch . Jan 9 2019
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Luxury line Cunard returns to Alaska after 20 years

After a 20-year hiatus, luxury cruise line Cunard is returning to Alaska in 2020 during the northern hemisphere summer, and guests will get to sail around this region on the newly refurbished Queen Elizabeth. Cunard’s […]

WORDS BY Bernadette Chua . Jan 8 2019
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MSC Cruises floats out its latest ship, the MSC Grandiosa

MSC Cruises has celebrated the float out of MSC Grandiosa at the shipyard in Saint-Nazaire, France where the ship is being built. She has now been moved to a wet dock, where work on the ship will continue […]

WORDS BY Bernadette Chua . Jan 8 2019
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