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French luxury line, Ponant, has announced its 2020/21 luxury expedition cruises to Antarctica, featuring 22 departures ranging from 10 to 21-nights. The line has 20 years of polar exploration experience and claims to have taken the biggest number of passengers to the polar regions. A comprehensive 20-night sailing on Ponant’s purpose built luxury expedition ship … Read more
Princess Cruises unveils voyages for the Caribbean and Panama Canal from autumn 2020 to spring 2021. The Caribbean and Panama Canal will each have five ships sailing their waters, including two of the newest and youngest ships, Enchanted and Sky Princess. “We take more guests through the Panama Canal each year than any other cruise … Read more
Carnival Cruise Line has selected the winning name for Carnival Splendor’s new green waterslide which Australians can try when it debuts in Sydney December this year. The winning entry of the state-wide naming competition is … Green Lightning! The name that beat almost 3,000 entries came from Debbie Dye from Coorangong, NSW. Ms Dye scored … Read more
Luxury cruise line, Silversea has opened bookings on itineraries for 2020/21 season, including 20 maiden calls to new destinations. The itineraries include sailings in the Caribbean, Asia, Australia & New Zealand and South America as well as a pole-to-pole cruise. The ships sailing include the Silver Muse, Silver Whisper, Silver Shadow, Silver Spirit and the new Silver Moon. The new collection … Read more
New Zealanders are split on the country’s growing cruise industry with some locals against the increased port calls, while others believe that it is key to the growth of the tourism industry. Cruise lines have had some backlash from small communities like the Banks Peninsula village, which has a permanent population of only 650 residents. … Read more
We all sometimes have problems parallel parking, and so did this Holland America captain. Last weekend, two Holland America Line’s ships had a minor accident, where no one was hurt. The Oosterdam struck Nieuw Amsterdam when it was docking stern to stern at Vancouver Port, near Canada Place last Saturday. Source: Ham Sterdam According to … Read more
The Church of Scientology owned ship, Freewinds, has been quarantined in the Caribbean following a confirmed case of measles. A female crew member was diagnosed with measles, resulting in all 300 passengers and crew being banned from leaving the ship while it is docked at the Caribbean Island’s capital, St Lucia. Freewinds which usually hosts … Read more
This week saw the cruise industry present the annual figures for how many Australians took holidays on the water last year. It’s a great story, with one in 17 Australians taking a cruise – the highest per capita penetration of any country on earth. But the good news ends in New South Wales. Despite being … Read more
Fresh from undergoing a US$50 million facelift, Norwegian Cruise Line’s Norwegian Joy is making her way to Alaska for her inaugural season. Originally designed for the Chinese cruise market, Norwegian Joy initially called Shanghai and Beijing (Tianjin) home when she debuted in 2017. Joy will now be homeported in North America – in Alaska for … 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.
