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Regent’s Dramatic New Ship Celebrates Past and Future

They call the atrium Starlight and its design swirls into the heavens. Regent Seven Seas Cruises is taking inspiration from the past and looking to the future with the showy interiors of its newest ship [...]
Cruise Lines

Can Vista Claim to Have the Finest Cuisine at Sea?

A surf and turf burger in the Waves Grill tops a thick patty of wagyu beef with medallions of lobster. A spicy salad in Red Ginger stacks strips of crispy duck with succulent cubes of [...]
Asia

The Next River Cruise Frontier: North Vietnam

Pandaw Cruises is building a new ship to expand its roster of ten-day river expeditions through North Vietnam’s Red River and Halong Bay region.Pandaw says it is seeing increasing interest in the Red River route, [...]
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Windstar’s Plotting Another Cruise to Mystery Ports

Where are we going? Your guess is as good as mine. A secret cruise to mystery ports has proved its appeal to guests of Windstar Cruises. An inaugural President’s Mystery Cruise on Star Legend in the [...]
Canada

Victory’s Splash Launches Great Lakes Cruising

While Champagne’s traditional, it was premium Canadian whisky anointing the Great Lakes cruise ship Victory 1. In a christening ceremony at the Port of Toronto, Godmother Emily Coleman broke a bottle across the bow of [...]

It’s Twins for Emerald Waterways

by Wallace Immen in News Comments Off on It’s Twins for Emerald Waterways

Emerald Waterways held a dual christening event in Budapest to launch its two newest ‘Star Ships’ – the Emerald Dawn and the Emerald Sun. U.S. travel industry veteran Kelly Bergin, was the godmother of the [...]

7 Tips for Getting the Most Out of Days on Anthem of the Seas

November 18, 2015 1

So what will it be on a day at sea? Play hard or chill out? Eat sensibly or splurge? Royal Caribbean’s Anthem of the Seas is designed to be a floating world with a huge […]

Cruising is Finally Back to Full Strength

June 13, 2022 1

It’s a time for celebrations as cruise line fleets have finally returned to full strength after more than two years of having some ships laid up due to pandemic restrictions. Holland America Line celebrated the […]

Silversea Acquires Crystal’s Expedition Ship

July 18, 2022 Comments Off

Silversea Cruises has become the new owner of the polar adventure ship left in limbo with the bankruptcy of Crystal Cruises. Silver Endeavour will enter service in November 2022, replacing Silver Explorer for the 2022/2023 […]

Naughty or Nice? It Means a Lot in Europe’s Colorful Christmas Markets

December 10, 2014 Comments Off

Once upon a time, before the scourge of Black Friday, the Christmas shopping season didn’t start before December and Santa Claus wasn’t a shill for a soft drink company. Remarkably, it’s still like that in […]

Taking a Bow: The New Faces of the Next Generation of Cruise Ships

March 1, 2017 Comments Off

The designs of the next generation of cruise ships are taking bows to the past. The latest announcements of cruise ship orders signal that the blunt prows that were the favored design for ocean liners […]