Teresa Ooi 
Aurora Expeditions has christened its latest innovative ship, Greg Mortimer, in a ceremony set against the snow-capped mountains of Ushuaia in Argentina. Godmother to the ship, Margaret Mortimer, smashed a ceremonial piece of Antarctic ice against the world’s first passenger expedition ship featuring the Ulstein X-Bow. The inverted bow design enables the ship to cut … Read more
Garden designer and TV personality Jamie Durie is the latest “star” to join Queen Elizabeth’s inaugural Gardening Voyage in Australia when she departs Sydney on 1 March 2021. Durie will share his ideas on landscape design, future gardening trends and how to make home gardens more sustainable during the cruise which will call at Hobart … Read more
Australians on holiday will only tolerate being without internet access for a maximum of three days, a shock survey by Princess Cruises reveals. One in two people surveyed said they will take a cruise holiday – but only if they had access to high speed internet at a “reasonable cost.” Conducted by YouGov, the survey found … Read more
Barbara Muckermann is dismissive. “We did celebrity chefs 20 years ago,” says the Silversea Cruises Chief Marketing Officer. “Now the cruise industry is ready for our new food trend, S.A.L.T.” S.A.L.T stands for Sea And Land Taste. It will debut on Silverseas’s new luxury ship, Silver Moon in August next year, followed by Silver Dawn … Read more
Australia’s cruising industry continues to grow by double digits, contributing $5.2 billion to the national economy in 2018-19 – an increase of 11.2 per cent. The latest annual Economic Impact Assessment commissioned by Cruise Lines International Association and the Australian Cruise Association showed that 18,135 full time jobs were supported by the cruise sector in … Read more
Mystery surrounds the death of a 12-year-old German schoolboy who died suddenly on board MSC Divina while on a cruise in the Mediterranean. His entire family including his parents and two brothers has been quarantined as a precaution. The schoolboy fell ill in the early hours of last Tuesday while on board the cruise ship … Read more
Restaurateur Damon DeSantis and his wife Cindy know how to throw a fabulous party. When they decided to take their 56 friends for a wedding celebration, they chartered a Boeing 777 jet and a 85-metre cruise ship for a week-long adventure on the Mediterranean. The bill: close to $1.6 million. But DeSantis did charter one … Read more
RCL’s Explorer of the Seas will look amazingly refreshed after a $162 million makeover with new waterslides, restaurants and redesigned pool area when she sets sails in the Mediterranean in summer next year. The refreshed Explorer will have a new Perfect Storm racer waterslides, Giovanni’s Italian Kitchen, a redesigned, resort-style poolscape with the signature Lime … Read more
Silversea’s passengers have crossed the iconic Northeast Passage for the first time in the line’s history. Guests on board the Silver Explorer witnessed Polar bears and cubs navigating the ice and a vast number of Walruses swimming near the breathtakingly beautiful Kolyuchin Island. All this while they enjoyed champagne and blinis with caviar in temperatures … Read more
She's the most specious ship yet from luxury line Oceania Cruises. James Sitters tells Rose Kelly and Peter Lynch what's on board the new class of ship, including restaurants, spas and suites.
