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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 [...]

Revealed: Star Clippers’ Newest Is the World’s Biggest Sailing Ship

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The rumors are true! Star Clippers is building the world’s largest sailing ship. And she’s a whopper. Flying Clipper will be the biggest and the most ambitious of the Clipper fleet to date, carrying 300 guests, [...]

AmaMagna: Twice as Much to Love on a Romantic Danube River Cruise

September 2, 2019 Comments Off

It’s a remarkable feat as the captain eases AmaMagna gently and precisely into a lock on the Danube. There doesn’t seem to be more than a couple inches of clearance on either side of this […]

8 Reasons Why Dining is an Irresistible Temptation on Oceania’s Riviera

January 1, 2020 Comments Off

Caution: Do not attempt this at home. Tucking into three square meals a day on Oceania Cruises’ Riviera could make your bathroom scale rebel. There’s ample temptation on a ship whose cuisine is so seductive […]

Can this BVI Beach Really Claim to be The Ultimate?

March 6, 2024 Comments Off

The Ultimate Beach Day at Long Bay was a bold claim on the menu of shore excursions for the day Celebrity Ascent docked in Tortola. Could it really be the ultimate stretch of sand in […]

Scenic Expands in South East Asia

November 17, 2015 Comments Off

Scenic, the luxury European river cruise operator, has expanded into the heart of South East Asia with eight brand new itineraries to Mekong River destinations in Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos and Thailand. Along the delta between […]

Has Venice Become Too Popular and Crowded For Its Own Good?

August 22, 2013 1

The breathtaking beauty of Venice is both a blessing and its curse. No other place on Earth has matched the feat of keeping its shape since the high Renaissance. It’s evaded not only urban renewal […]