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Alaska

Holland America Puts Spotlight on Alaska’s Glaciers

Holland America Line is debuting Glacier Days on its Alaska cruises with expanded We Love Alaska on-board experiences. HAL’s six ships doing cruises from Vancouver and Seattle are featuring more cultural enrichment and culinary and [...]
Cruise Lines

Cunard Ramps Up Pomp as Queen Anne Delivered

Cunard is honoring its long history with plans to name its newest ship Queen Anne in its spiritual home, Liverpool. The gala event will take place on the world-famous Mersey waterfront on June 3 during [...]
Abercrombie & Kent

New Ship to Explore Peru’s Amazon in Style

A new riverboat described as a floating boutique hotel will start exploring the Amazon in 2025 as Abercrombie & Kent’s first South American ship. Featuring 10 double cabins and two single cabins, the as-yet unnamed [...]
Australia

Penguins or Wallabies? A Dilemma on an Aussie Island

Decisions, decisions. On a visit to Australia’s Philip Island on a Seabourn Cruises voyage down under, two evening shore excursions were both listed as must-sees.One tour promised us an unforgettable avian airshow as thousands of [...]
Atlas Ocean Voyages

Windstar Adding Two New High-tech Ships to its Fleet

Windstar Cruises is expanding its fleet with two all-suite motor yachts, Star Seeker and Star Explorer. The first of the two ships, Star Seeker is currently being constructed in the WestSEA shipyard in Portugal and [...]

Woman Takes Command of Splendor

by Wallace Immen in News Comments Off on Woman Takes Command of Splendor

She first shipped out to sea at the age of 16 and now she’s master and commander. As part of a trend in women reaching the top jobs at sea, Regent Seven Seas Cruises announced [...]

Oceania Innovating Drinks and Food on New Vista

October 5, 2022 1

Flavored smoke bubbles, Negronis aged in wooden barrels and a travelling Bubbly Bar are among the cocktail-craft trends to be introduced on Vista, the first of Oceania Cruises’ new Allura Class ships. The 1,200-guest ship […]

Viking’s Out to Conquer Oceans

April 19, 2017 Comments Off

Viking Ocean Cruises has signed an agreement with Italy’s Fincantieri shipyard to build two more ships, with an option for two more. The first two ships are expected to enter service in 2021 and 2022 […]

Must-see Drone Tour of Lindblad Expeditions’ Newest

September 26, 2022 Comments Off

Lindblad Expeditions has just produced a spectacular new fly-through video of their newest ship in their fleet on a virtual tour unlike any other. The video is taken by a mini-drone as it soars over, […]

Hue: The Many Hues of a Venerable Royal City in Vietnam

July 22, 2020 Comments Off

While we wait patiently for the chance to sail off to new cruise adventures, it’s an opportunity to reminisce about favorite past shore excursions. A tour to Hue is a highlight of any visit to […]

Around the World in 180 Days

February 15, 2019 Comments Off

To celebrate the complete renovation of a classic ship, Oceania Cruises announced a classic voyage: Around the World in 180 days. The cruise is aboard the 684-guest Insignia, which has just completed a rebuilding of […]