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Halfway to a Dream Fleet, Explora’s Ambitions Keep Growing

With three luxury ocean ships sailing and three more soon to come, Explora Journeys is looking beyond the horizons to even more experiences on the oceans and on Europe’s rivers. It’s a magical moment, Chris [...]
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 [...]

Royal Send-off Charts Artistic Future for Hurtigruten’s Ice-Breaking Fleet

by Wallace Immen in News Comments Off on Royal Send-off Charts Artistic Future for Hurtigruten’s Ice-Breaking Fleet

Photographer, artist, Queen. Her Majesty Queen Sonja of Norway always has a full schedule, But she took time for a special flight to New York to launch the future direction of the Hurtigruten cruise line [...]

Carnival Celebration Pays Homage to Miami

March 23, 2022 1

A Miami-themed vibe pays homage to Carnival Cruise Line‘s roots on its newest ship Carnival Celebration. A zone named 820 Biscayne, the address of Carnival’s original headquarters, will have vibrant colors and Instagrammable features like […]

No, Barcelona Hasn’t Banned Cruise Ships

October 25, 2023 1

Barcelona closes port to cruise ships: Many of the headlines on social media have been breathless. But let’s take a deeper breath. While, yes, the city pier called Muelle Barcelona Norte and another small commercial […]

The Star of the Seas is More Than a Sister Act

August 19, 2025 Comments Off

Dare we say super star? Royal Caribbean’s biggest-ever ship promises even more of the “adventures for all ages” than her sister in the fleet. At the gala inaugural of the 5,600-guest Star of the Seas […]

There Won’t be Anything Stuffy about Meals on Virgin Voyages’ Scarlet Lady

November 8, 2018 Comments Off

Think Razzle Dazzle and Drag Brunches. Virgin Voyages’ approach to food will be as brash as the line’s founder, Sir Richard Branson. “There’s a Virgin twist on everything you’ll see aboard the Scarlet Lady, which means […]

It’s Twins for Emerald Waterways

August 24, 2015 Comments Off

Emerald Waterways held a dual christening event in Budapest to launch its two newest ‘Star Ships’ – the Emerald Dawn and the Emerald Sun. U.S. travel industry veteran Kelly Bergin, was the godmother of the […]