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Luxury expedition cruising: the new breed of ships

Ponant are the latest cruising company to announce the addition of their ‘new-breed’ expedition ships, with four brand new, next-gen yachts to join their fleet for 2018 and 2019. According to Ponant’s recent announcement, the […]

River cruise lines sailing on despite flooding in France

River cruise lines are charging ahead despite the flooding of the Seine River in France. Only a small number of itineraries and ships have been impacted by the severe floods which even shut Paris’ Lourve. […]

When is a cruise not a cruise? Court to decide…

The debate over the small print in cruise contracts will be decided by an Australian judge after hearing evidence in a landmark case this week. All cruise lines are watching the outcome of the case with […]

Scenic launches new river cruising guarantee

Luxury river cruise line Scenic has released a new guarantee over sailings in Europe. The move came in its newsletter at the end of a week in which passengers took the line to court claiming […]

Class action against Scenic starts today

Over 1,000 unhappy passengers took their class action against leading cruise company Scenic Tours to the NSW Supreme Court today in a case the industry will be watching closely for its ramifications. Changing river conditions […]

Scenic to build world’s first discovery yacht

Scenic has announced it is building what it describes as “the world’s first discovery yacht” – an audacious move that pitches the Australian-owned river cruise line against the likes of Silversea, Ponant and Crystal. The […]

Viking Cruises v Scenic v APT – do you dare to compare?

In adland, it’s known as “confusion marketing”. It’s why you can’t quite work out whether that great-sounding telephone plan really is better. And why health insurance schemes always seem the same, even though their ads […]

Kathy Lette on cruising

They’ve changed their name to Scenic (ok – not that big a change). And next Tuesday, they launch the third-generation space ship, Scenic Jasper, with the largest suites on Europe’s rivers and a plunge and jet […]