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Canada

Is This The Golden Moment for Great Lakes Cruises?

Victory Cruise Line is seeing a spike in new bookings for its Great Lakes cruises and owner John Waggoner knows why.“I hear it every day: There’s a stalemate in Middle East and the airlines are [...]
Destinations

Oceania Crafting a Ship Dedicated to Long Voyages

Oceania Cruises will re-launch a ship as its dedicated world cruiser after a renovation designed to make it feel like a “home at sea.” Oceania Aurelia will be the new name of Nautica, a ship [...]
Cruises

Wind Star Reborn After 40 Years Under Sail

The yacht that started it all has a fresh new look. When Windstar Cruises 148-guest Wind Star debuted 40 years ago, she helped pioneer a new kind of cruising, with automated sails, an intimate scale, [...]
Cruise Lines

Holland America Investing in Sweeping Fleet Upgrades

Building on record performance, Holland America Line plans a $500-million investment to reimagine six ships. Holland America Evolution is the most ambitious guest experience update in the company’s 153-year history, to deliver a comprehensive bow-to-stern [...]
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Master Cuisine Showcasing on Oceania’s Newest Ship

In a landmark collaboraton, Oceania Cruises has revealed details of La Table par Maîtres Cuisiniers de France to debut aboard the brand’s next-generation ship, Oceania Sonata, coming in 2027..La Table is the first and only [...]

5 Upgrades to Seven Seas Voyager Make a Grand Luxury Ship Grander

by Wallace Immen in 10 Best Lists 3

The crystal and silver is polished, the elegant Versace plates are set in the dining room, the suites are immaculate. Now it’s time to greet the guests. Lined up on either side of a red [...]

Atlas Ocean Launches Exclusive Excursions by Afar

February 27, 2024 Comments Off

Atlas Ocean Voyages is teaming up with Afar Recommends, to offer an exclusive collection of cultural shore excursions on 2024 sailings in Europe, the Caribbean and South America. From meeting with the chief historian of […]

6 Additions that Make Oceania’s Remastered Sirena Sparkle

September 22, 2016 Comments Off

It’s always a treat sailing away past the magical skyline of Venice. And Sirena’s crew makes it even more special with trays heaping with fresh-made Italian-inspired treats they’re almost begging us to sample. From the […]

The Vieux and the New Make a Tour of Elegant Lyon a Roaring Good Time

October 30, 2018 Comments Off

Whether or not the Sun King spent any time in Lyon, his influence is everywhere– from the city’s elegant layout and classic architecture to the massive open square Louis XIV ordered built as a parade […]

The midnight sun as seen from Seabourn Sojourn

Seabourn Sojourn Party Celebrates the Midnight Sun’s Irresistible Allure

August 11, 2012 Comments Off

Let’s see: what should I order? A sundowner? No, the sun’s low on the horizon but won’t really set. And the Midnight Sun is anything but a downer. It’s not quite the time for a […]

Hurtigruten Celebrates with Northern Lights Guarantee

March 19, 2022 Comments Off

By Liam P. Cusack In addition to onboard festivities on cruises celebrating 130 years of sailing on Norway’s coasts, Hurtigruten is offering a Northern Lights Guarantee again in 2023. It was July, 1893 when Captain Richard […]