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7 Things You Must Know Now About Celebrity Ascent

Has Celebrity Cruises evolved to the point where the ship can be the destination? We’re about to find out on a cruise aboard the Celebrity Ascent, which offers a range of daily activities for every [...]
Cruise Lines

Transcend Aims to Be the Go-To for Group Cruises

A sleek, dark blue ship with interiors by luxury yacht firm Tillberg Design of Sweden is about to start sailing on Europe’s rivers. Gorgeous, but you can’t just book a single cabin, you have to [...]
Atlas Ocean Voyages

Atlas Flipping the Globe for 2028 Arctic Cruises

Atlas Ocean Voyages, a line more identified with South Polar exploration, is setting sights North for a highly anticipated 2028 Arctic Season, featuring 13 newly curated journeys ranging from seven to 17 nights. Sailing aboard [...]
Canada

It’s Shaping Up as a Great Lakes Future

Cruisers choosing to stay close to home, repeat guests and smoother sailing have cruise lines planning a long future in the Great Lakes.Viking has just announced its 2028–2029 expedition voyages that include Great Lakes cruises [...]
Cruise Lines

MSC Gets Racier with Grand Prix Viewings

Leave it to MSC Cruises to create the ultimate pop-up event. It built a replica of its MSC Yacht Club “ship within a ship” to provide race fans a taste of the line’s seagoing hospitality.At [...]

New Optimism, New Ships as Cruises Celebrate a Rebound

by Wallace Immen in Carnival Cruise Line 1

Big ship orders and a buoyant future for cruising were the buzz at Seatrade Cruise Global, the cruise industry’s biggest confab of the year, held in the second week of April in Miami. Record levels [...]

Making Pride of America Greater

March 30, 2016 Comments Off

The only U.S.-flagged cruise ship, Norwegian Cruise Line’s Pride of America, is back in service nearly new after an extended dry dock. The ship received stem-to-stern enhancements including new public spaces and venues and refreshed […]

6 Emerging Trends that Will Change the Way You Experience Hotels in 2020

January 21, 2020 Comments Off

From bio-architecture and conscience-free cuisine to dispersed hotels and ultimate relaxation methods, small progressive hotels are setting new trends in 2020, according to the new Luxury Travel Trends report. Travelers are looking to embrace pared-back […]

Regent and Oceania Eliminate Plastic

January 31, 2019 Comments Off

Regent Seven Seas and Oceania Cruises will jointly eliminate up to 5-million plastic water bottles a year through a new partnership with purification system Vero Water. The green initiative is the latest of the line’s […]

5 Treats and 1 Left Unsampled on an AmaWaterways Mekong Cruise

April 26, 2017 Comments Off

I should have known something unusual was in store as we visited the bustling food market known as Tarantula Village on a tour from our AmaWaterways Mekong River cruise in Cambodia. Tables were piled high […]

Uniworld to Sail Two Former Crystal River Ships

October 12, 2023 Comments Off

Uniworld Boutique River Cruises is adding two new Super Ships, the S.S. Victoria and S.S. Elisabeth, to begin sailing in Europe in 2024 and 2025, respectively. Uniworld will take over the ships from Seaside Collection […]