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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 [...]
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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 [...]
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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 [...]
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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 [...]
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Here’s Your Chance to Search for ET on a Cruise

Cultural expedition cruise specialist Swan Hellenic is planning six voyages featuring experts exploring the origins of planets, our Universe and the search for life beyond Earth. The 2027 Explore Space at Sea Series was created [...]

Scenic Tsar Turns Passengers’ Unexpected Free Day into a Party on the Volga

by Wallace Immen in Europe Comments Off on Scenic Tsar Turns Passengers’ Unexpected Free Day into a Party on the Volga

We’re dead in the water. And the ghosts seem to be rising as glimmering wisps of mist rise from the water all around us. Overnight the temperature has dropped and the cold damp air over [...]

Royal Caribbean Investing Big to Amp Up Features Across its Entire Fleet

March 18, 2018 Comments Off

Amp it up. Royal Caribbean knows how important it is to add “wow” features on its new ships. And many of the features they’ve added to their newest ships are so popular, they’re going to […]

Flowers and Chocolate: Regent Tour Discovers the Sweet Spots of Ecuador

July 3, 2019 Comments Off

It’s always summer in Ecuador, the country named for the fact that the sun’s always nearly straight overhead. If you can’t get tropical flowers to grow here, you’re not trying; but the farmers here have […]

Emeril Goes to Sea on Carnival

March 7, 2019 1

Celebrity chef Emeril Lagasse is cooking up his first-ever seagoing restaurant aboard Carnival Cruise Line’s newest ship, Mardi Gras, that will set sail in summer 2020. Emeril’s Bistro 1396 will showcase the chef’s signature dishes […]

5 Ways Holland America’s Enhancing Cuisine and Personal Explorations

March 8, 2018 Comments Off

No one has more experience navigating the world than Holland America Line. Celebrating its 145th year, the company is using that savvy to launch a new international Culinary Council to plan menus and experimenting with […]

Silversea Rents an Island for a Gala Party

April 6, 2023 Comments Off

Talk about an exclusive event: Silversea Cruises rented an entire island in the Philippines to host an unforgettable event for World Cruise guests aboard Silver Shadow. Two years in the making, the day-long immersive event […]