Bernadette Chua 
Solo cruising is increasing in popularity and more cruise lines are recognising the single traveller by creating specialty cabins and offering reduced fares. Azamara Club Cruises has released heavily reduced solo fares, with passengers only paying 125% of the double occupancy on more than 42 voyages in 2016 and 2017. Click here for more information. … Read more
Bernadette Chua is the only Australian journalist on board The Genting Dream. The Genting Dream is certainly a ship of dreams. Beautiful furnishings, plush arm chairs, fine German and Japanese hand painted china, exquisite paintings and marble bathrooms. Putting her together is an amazing feat for Dream Cruises.  And as Asia’s first luxury line, the question … Read more
Sunday morning was a historic moment for Wollongong as Royal Caribbean’s Radiance of the Seas made her maiden call to the south coast destination. It’s the first time a ship has ever called at Port Kembla and the ship and her arrival was celebrated with a special fly-over by a vintage Catalina flying boat as … Read more
Cruiser Passengers are among the biggest users of  lay-by travel, which automatically deduct small amounts from your account so you don’t feel the pinch. While the trend is catching on with travel agencies, two in particular have branched out into lay-by cruising. LayAway Travel, which launched last week offers a number of cruises from Carnival … Read more
 If you love your Aussie spectator sports you will agree that just a few days a year is not enough for most events. Why not turn your favorite annual sports fixtures into a weeklong affair, surrounded by like-minded sports lovers, reliving, discussing, and assessing the games and races over a poolside cocktail? Combine your love … Read more
With a name that conjures up seafaring conquests, it was only a mater of time before Viking Cruises took to the high seas. Sue Bryant is curious to see how the river cruise expert takes to the open water. When Viking Cruises decided to take its river cruising formula to sea, the company asked its … Read more
The growing luxury cruise market in Australia is to be joined by award-winning Viking Ocean Cruises, which will  be sending a new ship to Asia and Australia. Company chairman Torstein Hagen said the line would be deploying its fifth ship, the Viking Spirit to Asia and Australia for the summer season in 2018 and then … Read more
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, says Cruise Lines International Association, the cruise company’s representative body. There are now nearly 1,000 ports and destinations the lines … Read more
There are cruise newbies everywhere are knee-deep in cruise brochures trying to decide which cruise line to choose. As well travelled cruisers know, the cruise line is important – but don’t be fooled into thinking all cruise ships of the same line are created equal. Here are a few things to consider when choosing a ship. … Read more