Princess and Cunard will no longer call in Melbourne

Princess and Cunard to stop calls to Melbourne

Princess and Cunard will stop calls to Melbourne in protest of an “unreasonable” hike in charges.

News

Bernadette Chua
Icon of the seas.

World’s biggest cruise ship Icon of the Seas sails into a new era

After just under three years of building, Icon of the Seas, the world's largest cruise ship, has been handed over to Royal Caribbean and launched.

News

Peter Lynch
Francois Lefebvre Ponant, Maldives

Sailing yacht Le Ponant offers 29 new voyages for 2024-25

Luxury expedition line Ponant has unveiled its 2024-25 sailing season for the Relais & Chateaux, three-mast sailing yacht, Le Ponant taking well-heeled guests to exquisite destinations in the Mediterranean, Caribbean and Cape Verde.

News

Teresa Ooi
Queen Elizabeth homeports Fremantle

Queen Elizabeth homeports in Fremantle

Fremantle has welcomed luxury cruise liner Queen Elizabeth into port, signalling the start of Cunard’s Australia and New Zealand homeport season.

News

Cruise Passenger
Peak body calls for big ship ban and daily berthing limits in Tasmania

Tassie port arrivals to top 300,000 

Tasmanian authorities could reach their target of 300,000 passengers and crew visiting the Apple Isle this season.

News, Destinations

Grant Jones
Virgin Voyages arrives in Darwin

Virgin Voyages’ arrives in Darwin ahead of her inaugural season

Resilient Lady - the third ship from Virgin Voyages, has officially arrived in Australian waters as part of her first season Down Under.

News, Reviews

Bernadette Chua
Pacific Adventure ship

Wedding ruined and holidays shattered – lessons from Pacific Adventure’s New Zealand debacle

Angry passengers are demanding full refunds after the Pacific Adventure failed to sail to New Zealand when storms stopped hull cleaning

News

Peter Lynch
life at sea

Aussies hit by world cruise fail ask: Was it a pipe dream?

Residential world cruise concepts are foundering after cost overruns, investor withdrawal and a lack of ships.

News, Reviews

Grant Jones
medical marijuana gummies

Banned for life over a gummie – the things you can’t bring on a cruise

Medicinal marijuana gummies are among the banned items on board a cruise ship but you can bring along your metal detector.

News, Reviews

Grant Jones
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