Bernadette Chua 
Regent Seven Seas has revealed new dates around the arrival of the Seven Seas Explorer for her inaugural Asia-Pacific Season. The world’s most luxurious ship will sail on 14 itineraries in local waters between October 2021 and April 2022. “With the recent disappointment of cancelling Seven Seas Explorer’s three early 2021 sailings in Australia and New Zealand … Read more
Cruise passengers who booked holidays with APT and its sister brand, Travelmarvel say they are out of pocket thousands of dollars from “cancellation charges” and “unrecoverable third party costs”. They have complained to the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission, which is currently investigating a number of travel operators who have refused to refund passengers in … Read more
Oceania Cruises has revealed its 2022 Europe and North America collection of itineraries, which will go on sale on November 12. The 110 itineraries feature 76 new offerings and will visit 10 new ports. The 2022 Europe and North America itineraries range from seven to 14 days. Fifty-four voyages from 15 to 46 days have … Read more
A Canberra pair are claiming they are out of pocket $46,000 after a cruise line refused to refund their European cruise and tour. The story of Andrea Twell, 64 and Chris Nichols, 73, is becoming an increasingly familiar one as the complexities of the refund system – and the terms and conditions used by cruise … Read more
The battle for cruise is on with Brisbane’s new slick and chic terminal at Luggage Point looking to steal the crown away from Sydney’s Overseas Passenger Terminal. Over just a few weeks, four of Australia’s biggest cruise lines – P&O Cruises, Royal Caribbean, Carnival Cruise Line and Princess – have revealed they will all be … Read more
Princess Cruises will be extending its cruise pause of operations in Australia and New Zealand until the end of May 2021. Guests will receive a refundable Future Cruise Credit (FCC) equivalent to 100% of the cruise fare paid plus an additional non-refundable bonus FCC equal to 25% of the cruise fare paid. To receive the … Read more
Ultra-luxury cruise line Regent Seven Seas has revealed its 2022/23 Voyage Collection which includes of 148 sailings from April 2022 to the end of April 2023. The itineraries span across Africa and Arabia, Alaska, Asia, Australia and New Zealand, Canada and New England, the Caribbean, Panama Canal, the Mediterranean, Northern Europe, South America as well … Read more
Holland America Line will be sending six ships to Alaska in 2021, which will be a massive relief for the region’s tourism industry which has taken a battering from COVID closures. A new report filed by the Federal Maritime Commission, examining the economic impact of COVID-19 on the cruise industry in Alaska, Washington and Oregon … Read more
P&O Cruises Australia announced it would be bringing the newly transformed Pacific Adventure and Pacific Encounter Down Under for the first half of 2021, marking confidence that cruising will be back soon. The Pacific Adventure, which was due to start sailing this year, will now be cruising from Sydney from April 20, 2021 while the … Read more