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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 [...]

A Spin Around an Eccentric Windmill and Edam on an Avalon Waterways Tour

by Wallace Immen in Avalon Waterways 1

Roel Boulengier likes dark and stormy nights the best. “I like it when the winds are howling and the rain is pouring: that’s when the windmill does its work the best,” he proclaims, standing on [...]

A Piece of the World is Missing on Cruise Charts

November 18, 2024 1

It’s clear that cruise lines expect the Suez Canal, Red Sea and the Holy Land to be too conflicted to risk sailing around for a long time to come. How long? Even newly announced 2027 […]

A Welcome Retreat in Cambodia’s Most Bustling Tourist Town

September 20, 2017 Comments Off

All the brochures for a vacation in Cambodia picture Siem Reap as an idyllic place that time forgot, where tree roots sprout from mysterious, ancient Khmer archaeological ruins. What they don’t show is how these […]

Women Take Charge on Celebrity Edge

November 19, 2019 Comments Off

A mere 2 per cent of ship’s officers are women, but not at Celebrity Cruises. The line that made history hiring the first female American captain, Kate McCue is about to have its first ship […]

Scenic Eclipse II Expands Luxury Exploration Choices

April 17, 2023 Comments Off

Scenic Eclipse II has launched its debut season with a cruise from Lisbon. The addition of the 114-suite ship to the fleet doubles Scenic’s capacity in the luxury exploration cruise market. The yacht is a […]

Celebrity’s Tasty Treats for Suites

January 20, 2015 Comments Off

Celebrity Cruises has revealed details of an exclusive restaurant for it top-level Suite Class guests—those booking Sky Suite and higher accomodations. The new Luminae dining room is part of a package of services for suite […]