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Viking, one of the world’s leading ocean and river cruise lines, is venturing into expedition waters with the launch of two new dedicated vessels that will sail to Antarctica, the Arctic and the Great Lakes. The company’s second expedition ship, the Viking Polaris completed a construction milestone this week when the ship was floated out … Read more
In one of the biggest-ever destination launches, Silversea has unveiled more than 280 new sailings for 2023/24. The luxury line is offering cruises to over 690 destinations across 125 countries in 2023/24 as well as 60 maiden calls to ports the line has never visited before. This means that Silversea will visit to over 900 … Read more
In a massive win for the global cruise industry, international cruises will be able to restart from England from Monday August 2. The move immediately sparked fresh calls for the Australian government to come up with a plan for the safe return of sailings, with Cruise Lines International Association Australasia MD Joel Katz telling Cruise … Read more
Princess Cruises and Holland America Line have celebrated their much-awaited return to the port of Seattle, with a big celebration in the city. As of this week, both lines are once again sailing from Seattle to Alaska and the cruise lines, employees and passengers are all in celebration mode. The presidents of both cruise lines … Read more
Luxury river line Uniworld announced it would be hosting its first-ever Mystery Cruise for 2022. The voyage sold out in just 24 hours, as did the line’s second departure. Now, Uniworld are offering Australian and Kiwi cruisers the opportunity to book for a third departure. The only clue Uniworld has told its guests so far … Read more
The cruise industry has shifted its campaign to get the government to issue guidelines for a return to sailings, recruiting travel agents to pressure MPs asking why Australia is the last major cruising nation without a restart plan. The shift comes after the hugely popular campaign to persuade passengers to lobby MPs yielded an incredible … Read more
Princess Cruises has left the South Pacific off its early 2022 season lineup as it concedes that COVID restrictions will prevent it from cruising to some planned destinations. But the line has promised to increase its visits when itineraries allow. Instead, Princess is redirecting its South Pacific cruises to different parts of Australia or New … Read more
Australian based Coral Expeditions has taken the lead on a special voyage in partnership with the Australian Geographic and GBR Legacy which brought together expert scientific specialists and conservation-minded guests. Over 10 special nights, the inaugural Citizens Science of the Great Barrier Reef was led by some of the world’s leading reef and species scientists. … Read more
We know that world cruises have been popular. But just three hours to sell out a Regent Seven Seas world cruise where even the cheapest tickets were around $100,000? Regent Seven Seas president and CEO Jason Montague said: “With a waitlist longer than we have ever experienced, we knew that the 2024 World Cruise was … 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.
