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Abercrombie & Kent

Crystal’s Canada Cruise Headlines Gloria Gaynor

Legendary performer Gloria Gaynor is making an encore on board a Crystal Serenity round trip from New York to Canada in October. Following the success of her 2024 exclusive performance on Crystal Serenity, the two-time [...]
Caribbean

Massive Upgrades Aim to Finally Make Stirrup Cay Great

There are a lot of things to love about Norwegian Cruise Lines’ private Bahamian island, but getting ashore from a ship has never been one of them. For guests of Oceania’s Vista eager to hit [...]
American Cruise Lines

Victory’s Got a New Take on Great Lakes Cruising

The reborn Victory Cruise Lines is launching with a new partnership for enrichment programs and is offering unique culinary experiences for its new cruises on the Great Lakes. Victory is partnering with the National Museum [...]
Cruise Lines

Can Oceania Make Even Me a Star in the Kitchen?

Caution: Don’t take a course in Oceania Cruise’s Culinary Centre on a full stomach. You’ll learn why soon enough. I’m just a guy whose past culinary achievements have been grilling burgers at barbecues and frying [...]
AmaWaterways

AmaWaterways Launches Pioneering Colombia Cruises

AmaMagdalena has inaugurated the first-ever luxury river cruises on Colombia’s Magdalena River. The historic launch is a significant milestone for AmaWaterways, introducing a new region to its offerings beyond Europe, Asia and Africa and a pioneering [...]

5 Unique Attractions of Seabourn’s New Venture

by Wallace Immen in Cruise Lines 1

The ship is sleek and painted an elegant money green. Boarding Seabourn Venture brings the same feeling of elegance, service and welcoming Champagne as arriving on any ship in Seabourn Cruises’ fleet. But this new [...]

Barging In: Myths and Realities of Small Boat Cruising in Europe

January 23, 2018 Comments Off

When you think of river cruising in Europe, the Rhine, Danube and Seine come immediately to mind. But how about the Nivernais Canal, the River Yonne, the Brenta, or the Canal du Midi? Europe is […]

4 Ships Expand Uniworld’s Horizons

February 5, 2019 Comments Off

The river cruise world with see a rapid evolution in 2020 with the arrival of four innovative ships from Uniworld Boutique River Cruise Collection. There will be new vessels in Vietnam, Egypt and Portugal and […]

Lufthansa Puts German Engineering into New Premium Economy

March 25, 2014 Comments Off

Lufthansa German Airlines is putting German engineering to the development of new Premium Economy seats. They’ll be wider and provide greater privacy, as well as approximately 3.9 inches of more room on the side because each […]

Journey to the End of the World in the Algarve

June 8, 2022 1

They won’t believe this selfie. Gotta lean back a little further and grin. A little more…whoa, that was close. Tumbling off the edge of Portugal’s End of the World would mean cannonballing a couple of […]

No Chain Saw Required for Windstar’s Bamboo

February 10, 2025 1

What’s a wood ear? You’ll find out as Windstar Cruises whips up new tastes with its new complimentary Asian/Mediterranean specialty restaurant Basil + Bamboo. The new concept is taking the place of Cuadro 44 restaurant […]