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Asia

What Can We Learn from the Tragic End of an Odyssey?

What was sold as the “never-ending cruise” certainly ended in dramatic fashion–with residents told they had just a few hours to pack up and leave their homes at sea.The Villa Vie Odyssey, a residential cruise [...]
Africa

Viking Plots a Journey Worthy of Pharoahs

Viking has opened bookings for a new 19-day Grand Nile Journey itinerary exploring ancient Egypt in unprecedented depth. The explorations in 2028 feature four hotel nights in Egypt’s capital and 14-night sailings between Cairo and [...]
Cruise Lines

Explora Rounding out its Family at a Half Dozen

Explora Journeys keeps innovating as its completes its planned fleet of six ships. The luxury cruise brand of MSC Group marked milestones in the building of the final ships in its fleet at a shipyard [...]
Cruise Lines

The More the Merroir in Dining on Seabourn

Seabourn is expanding its gourmet range with the launch of Earth & Ocean, a culinary philosophy to shape menus to the local “terroir and merroir ” of places its ships visit. What started with a series [...]
Cruise Lines

Norwegian Rings a Bella to Top its Prima Class

Norwegian Cruise Line has opened bookings for its sixth and final Prima-class ship, Norwegian Bella, due to debut with weeklong roundtrips from Barcelona in May, 2028.At 1,129 feet and accommodating 3,921 passengers double occupancy she’ll [...]

Explora Rounding out its Family at a Half Dozen

by Wallace Immen in Cruise Lines 0

Explora Journeys keeps innovating as its completes its planned fleet of six ships. The luxury cruise brand of MSC Group marked milestones in the building of the final ships in its fleet at a shipyard [...]

Exploring Explora, the Newest Luxury Cruise Line

November 15, 2023 2

A bubbly check in This is a ship that runs on Champagne. Just kidding. But the corks keep popping from the moment you step on board Explora Journeys’ new ship Explora 1. After a smooth […]

Explora Journeys Adding 2 Hydrogen-Powered Ships

September 21, 2023 Comments Off

Explora Journeys signaled confidence in the future by confirming its orders for two hydrogen-powered ships to complete its fleet of six. And it pledged to continue its push towards a net zero-carbon emissions target by […]

Ama Provides the Keys to Unlock the Lower Danube’s Iron Gates

August 18, 2016 Comments Off

The Iron Gates: They sound so formidable, but these days you can lighten up. Passing through them becomes a party. The name of the treacherous and narrow gorge on the lower Danube stems from the daunting challenge it posed […]

Completely Renewed Carnival Triumph to Re-Emerge as Carnival Sunrise

August 1, 2018 Comments Off

When Carnival Triumph returns to service after a two-month, $200-million rebuild in the spring of 2019, it will be for all intents a new ship. That merits a new name and the ship will become […]

Crystal on Course for Shinier than Ever Comeback

February 1, 2023 Comments Off

The relaunch of Crystal Cruises, to be known as simply Crystal, will see bigger rooms for fewer passengers. Opening bookings for Crystal Serenity and Crystal Symphony, new owners A&K Travel Group said many staterooms on […]