Teresa Ooi 
National Geographic Expeditions and French luxury brand Ponant have joined forces to market small ship adventure cruises to the Arctic and Antarctic in Australia, New Zealand and Asia Pacific. Ponant, which will soon be the world’s largest operator of expedition ships, will create over 130 unique expedition itineraries over the next four years, including 18 … Read more
Cunard’s Queen Elizabeth is coming to Australia for the longest stay ever. Teresa Ooi was granted an audience. When Queen Elizabeth – the ship, not the monarch – returns to Australian waters in February 2019, she will have undergone a refit. Her famous red-and-black Cunard bellboys will be decked out in a new uniform designed … Read more
It is not often you can go on a European river cruise priced at under $200 per person per day. Teeming River Cruises has changed all that. Husband-and-wife owners Jeff and Gina Paglialonga offer a 15-day European river cruise from Amsterdam to Budapest for $159 per person per day or $2395 in November. The itinerary … Read more
In true French style, luxury line Ponant christened Le Laperouse, the first explorers series ship equipped with the much-anticipated underwater Blue Eye Lounge, which will cruise in Australian waters next year. Held at Iceland’s port of Hafnarfjordur, Le Laperouse was christened by godmother Mrs Francois Pinault in a Breton-inspired ceremony which resonated with the sound … Read more
It’s only been a year, but P&O’s Pacific Explorer is already an established part of Australia’s thriving cruise scene. And as the ship with one of the most risqué shows at sea, what better way to celebrate a birthday than bring its shapely dancers aboard so they can jump out of a three-metre birthday cake. … Read more
Hurtigruten has become the first cruise company to remove all single-use plastic straws, plastic glasses, coffee lids and plastic bags across its fleet of cruise ships from July 2. Plastic straws have been replaced by metal ones while plastic cutlery, plastic glasses, plastic lids on coffee cups, plastic toothpicks and plastic aprons have been banned … Read more
Cruise lines have come up with some of the hottest deals on offer during the winter season. APT is offering free flights, while Avalon is offering $4600 per couple air credit on selected cruises departing in autumn provided bookings are made by July 24. A 15-day Amsterdam to Budapest itinerary departing on September 28 starts … Read more
Royal Caribbean Cruises is the latest line to stay overnight in Noumea so that passengers on board Ovation of the Seas can explore New Caledonia’s cosmopolitan city after sunset. The first-ever overnight stay is part of Ovation of the Seas’ nine-night South Pacific itinerary departing Sydney on November 14 and arriving in Noumea on November … Read more
Viking’s newest ship Viking Orion which will head to Australian waters later this year has been christened in a glamorous ceremony in Livorno, Italy. Orion which will cruise to Southeast Asia and China in August before arriving in Sydney in November, was christened by godmother and retired NASA astronaut Dr Anna Fisher. Dr Fisher used … 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.
