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Aman at Sea

Are $7,000 a Night Cruises Sustainable?

Ritz-Carlton, Four Seasons, Orient Express, Aman Resorts. Luxury hotel chains seem to have all decided at once to put their oars in the water with new small ships that promise the ultimate in comfort and [...]
Cruise Lines

Silversea Sweetens the Benefits for Top Suites

Silversea Cruises is organizing its suites into four categories, including one described as Residences. And the top categories are getting new perks on top of Silversea’s existing inclusions, such as butler service, 24-hour in-suite dining, [...]
Celestyal Cruises

Middle East is Erased from Cruise Maps for Years

Cruises lines are now expecting the Persian Gulf is going to be a no-go zone for a long, long time. Explora Journeys has just scratched 2028 Middle East itineraries for two of its ships. They [...]
Costa Cruises

Margaritaville’s Adding a Texas Twang

There’s no stopping the party for Margaritaville at Sea cruise line. It’s adding a third ship to the fleet and launching service from Texas. Beachcomber will sail from Galveston beginning in October, 2027 on four- [...]
Asia

SeaDream is Finally Building a New Luxury Yacht

Sea Dream Yacht Club is ordering a new ultra-luxury ship that can take 200 guests around the world. It’s been a long time coming for the 25-year-old boutique ultra-luxury cruise line ,whose two ships carry [...]

Don’t Miss Saigon: You’ll Probably Never See Her Like This Again

by Wallace Immen in Asia Comments Off on Don’t Miss Saigon: You’ll Probably Never See Her Like This Again

The war for South Vietnam is officially over, but it’s not quite clear who eventually won. Although Saigon is now named for Ho Chi Minh and revolutionary banners and slogans are everywhere, the locals still [...]

Norwegian Reveals the Looks and Tastes of its New Prima Class

March 10, 2022 1

Norwegian Cruise Line is showcasing its future in a sneak peek at the first of six new Prima Class ships. A three-level atrium and seven new places to dine are among additions that will join […]

10 Exceptional Things to Discover on Celebrity Apex

November 29, 2021 2

Celebrity Apex may be the second arrival in a new line of ships from Celebrity Cruises, but it packs a number of firsts. And there are so many attractions on board that even in a week, […]

Crystal Serenity’s Guests Discover Times Gone By in Casablanca

January 25, 2014 Comments Off

You must remember this…but it ain’t necessarily so. In the classic movie, Hollywood imagined Casablanca as a quaint village of whitewashed villas whose life seemed to revolve around a piano bar run by a dapper, worldly-wise […]

Splendid Tours for Regent’s Splendor

June 21, 2019 Comments Off

Regent Seven Seas Cruises has revealed 65 new and innovative Mediterranean and northern Europe shore excursions—many of them complimentary–that will debut with the inaugural 2020 season of Seven Seas Splendor. Spanning across Croatia, France, Greece, […]

What Can Polar Bears Do in an Arctic Without Ice?

October 12, 2023 1

There’s a polar bear on our starboard side! The first of what would be many encounters with the Arctic’s iconic ice bears woke everyone up early on Seabourn Venture’s Northwest Passage voyage. Guests rushed to […]