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MSC Cruises announced it would be building its fifth Meraviglia class cruise ship, the MSC Grandiosa. The ship will be delivered in 2023 and will be equipped with a new generation of dual-fuel engines that will be LNG powered. The announcement was made at the Saint-Nazaire shipyard where officials celebrated the Steel Cutting of the line’s … Read more
Holland America Line’s special Oprah cruise, a three-day Girls’ Getaway, has already sold out. The voyage, which is onboard the line’s newest ship, the Nieuw Statendam will depart on Janaury 30, 2019 with the famous Oprah Winfrey onboard. Also joined by editor-at-large of O, The Oprah Magazine, Gayle King, there will be special presentations and … Read more
MSC Cruises announced it would be using Wollongong as a turnaround port for the new 2020 MSC Magnifica world cruise. The Cruise Wollongong chair Councillor Leigh Colacino and the Destination Wollongong Chair, Colin Bloomfield made the announcement earlier this month. The ship which was launched in 2009, has the capacity for 3,605 passengers and it … 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
Carnival Cruise Line has revealed its 2020 program with a record number of sailings from Australia to the South Pacific, New Zealand and around Down Under. On sale from July 2018, there are 77 sailings including the first full year of sailings for Carnival Australia, the largest ship in the fleet to be homeported year-round … Read more
The battle for the luxury cruise dollar is heating up with top lines offering special flight deals, especially on Asian routes, as they present their new itineraries. Luxury line Silversea is offering “exceptional” savings on Asian cruise packages, with free economy flights and an upgrade to business class for $999 one way provided bookings are … Read more
The new head of Australia’s peak cruising body has returned to the attack on how Sydney’s capacity problems are costing jobs and growth. Carnival Australia’s president Sture Myrmell, the local head of seven of the world’s leading cruise brands, was appointed to chair Cruise Lines International Association Australasia, the body representing cruise ship owners. “There … Read more
Royal Caribbean Cruises has taken a majority stake in one of the industry’s most enduring luxury brands with a $1 billion controlling interest in Silversea. The money gives RCL a 66.7% stake in Silversea Cruises, a deal described in America as “the most far-reaching acquisition in the cruise industry in over a decade”. And in … Read more
MSC Cruises has christened its newest ship, the 5331-passenger MSC Seaview in a glittering, star-studded ceremony in Genoa. And within hours, the aggressive European line announced a new Euro900 million investment on a new Meraviglia-class ship, bringing its fleet total to five of the new-style vessels. The Seaview will now spend the northern summer sailing … 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.
