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Australian cruisers face the prospect of cruising internationally before setting foot onboard a ship in local waters. As Prime Minister Scott Morrison revealed Australians are expected to travel internationally in November and cruise lines cancelling 2021 local sailings, cruise industry experts believe that now is the time to book those international cruises. The news rules … Read more
Royal Caribbean has announced that Spectrum of the Seas, the first Quantum-Ultra ship, will be homeporting in Singapore from October 2022 to April 2023. The cruise line will also require all guests 12 and older to be fully vaccinated for all new bookings made from October 1, 2021 onwards. Spectrum first entered service in 2019, … Read more
P&O Cruises Australia is live streaming a special show, streamed direct from the Pacific Adventurer for those missing cruise. As part of the ‘Fly the Flag for P&O’ campaign, the line will stream a live event on October 14, with the big names set to appear including celebrity chef Luke Mangan, radio presenter Kat Davidson and award-winning … Read more
“The sheer vastness of the seascape, the excitement of seeing my first iceberg, the second, third…and later emerging on the horizon, land, but one like nothing I’d seen before. “Relentlessly beautiful and rugged, it’s an expedition into one of the world’s last true wilderness areas and yet, it’s done with French style and panache.” This … Read more
Norwegian Cruise Line is celebrating its return to the New York City as Norwegian Breakaway begins a series of week-long voyages from New York to Bermuda. The Norwegian Breakaway made its triumphant return on September 26 when guests got back on board for the first time in over a year. Harry Sommer, president and chief … Read more
Carnival has made a major appointment ahead of what is expected to be a resumed cruise season in Australia early next year – moving an Australian tourism expert from the Boston Consulting Group into the hot seat. Marguerite Fitzgerald, who graduated from uni in Melbourne, will become President of Carnival Australia and P&O Australia on … Read more
The world’s two biggest cruise lines appear at odds over whether or not there will be December sailings in Australia, with Carnival cancelling itineraries for P&O, Princess and Carnival Cruise Line. Royal Caribbean, which has Ovation of the Seas scheduled to sail out of Sydney 0n December 13, said in a statement to Cruise Passenger … Read more
It’s a thorny question: with more and more cruise lines mandating vaccines for passengers and crew, what happens to those among the tens of thousands holding Future Cruise Credits from cancelled journeys who can’t or don’t want a jab? After readers asked, we spoke to most of the leading lines. A number told Cruise Passenger … Read more
Alastair Newtown, the Director of National Geographic Partnership at PONANT, has been to a few places. He’s been an expedition leader, taken private jet tours and created itineraries for a large superyacht. But nothing prepared him for his experience sailing with PONANT aboard Le Commandant Charcot through the North Pole. The first sentence of his … 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.
