Boutique cruise line Azamara Club Cruises announced it would be acquiring a new ship to add to its two-vessel fleet. The new Azamara Pursuit which will be launched in March 2018. It was revealed that the company would be purchasing the Adonia from P&O Cruises, which was used for the line’s Fathom program. “We are … Read more
Cruisers who are looking to spice up their cruise by naked experiences and erotic playrooms, a Mexican adult hospitality has chartered a special cruise. The Azamara Quest will be turned, quite literally, into a love boat with erotic playrooms for an eight-day voyage to Italy, Croatia and Slovenia called the ‘Desire’ cruise. The newly renovated vessel will be … Read more
Royal Caribbean’s Explorer of the Seas made her final call to Sydney last Saturday, marking the end of the summer cruise season for the company in Australia. Azamar Club Cruises, Celebrity Cruises and Royal Caribbean carried over 250,000 guests from October 2015 to April 2016. The number of passengers has increased by 27 per from … Read more
Azamara Quest made its maiden call to Sydney today, docking at White Bay Cruise Terminal around 7 am. Carrying 686 guests from 20 countries, Azamara Quest ends its 10-night Great Barrier Reef itinerary sailing from Cairns to Sydney on Friday 15 January. The ship then embarks on a new 16-night itinerary of Australia and New … Read more
After a hasty launch in 2007, Azamara Club Cruises undertook an ambitious overhaul last year to reinvent itself and create an intriguing new category in the cruise industry: ‘luxury lite’.
Attempt No. 2 to catch the train from Sorrento to Pompeii worked – a 30-minute journey that takes you right to the gates of arguably the most famous archeological site in the world. Having had local guides at Valletta and Mt Etna, we knew we’d benefit from the services of an official guide here, and, after paying the entrance fee (11 euros), were lucky enough to find the wonderfully informative and entertaining guide Mario Visconti (10 euros).
As the editor of P&O Cruises’ in-cabin magazine Pacific (as well as Cruise Passenger of course), I recently commissioned a feature on the theme of “How To Do Nothing On A Cruise Ship”. A sea day on this cruise is the perfect opportunity for me to practise what we preach. I could now leave this page blank while I do nothing at all … however…
Is anyone heading off this week on a cruise somewhere? Unfortunately I’m not, but with the Easter holidays looming in a few days, I have been thinking about the options for getting away from it all at key times of year…..
Sitting here in Singapore at the lovely Marina Mandarin Hotel, I have a view of the bizarre Marina Sands Hotel (looks like a futuristic skyscraper topped by a boat) in one direction, and the Merlion in the other. It’s steamy, overcast and may rain any minute, and my thoughts can’t help but drift back to our cruise in Azamara Quest, which ended on Saturday in Hong Kong.
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.
