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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 [...]
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 [...]
Cruise Lines

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 [...]
Carnival Cruise Line

Fleet Shuffles Will Grow HAL and Shrink Cunard

It’s not just deck chairs, Carnival Corp. is rearranging its fleets. Holland America Line will see its lineup grow to 12 ships with the addition of P&O Cruises’ ship Arcadia. At the same time, Cunard [...]
AmaWaterways

Lessons Learned from Europe’s Low Water Crisis

After a summer of historic drought in Europe, river cruising is still facing unprecedented stress. Water levels across several sections of the Danube remain critically low and have not recovered sufficiently to restore normal navigation, [...]

A World of New River Ships in 2019: Expanding Sizes, Options and Routes

by Wallace Immen in 10 Best Lists 1

The Garonne, the Ganges, the Mississippi, the Mekong. Twin balconies and a double- wide. Leave it to river cruise companies to find new ways to tweak and broaden experiences and keep expanding what can be [...]

Gourmet jewels at the Ritz-Carlton Hong Kong

September 18, 2014 Comments Off

Ritz-Carlton Hong Kong’s Michelin-starred Chef Pino Lavarra has created a five-course dinner menu that reflects the traditions of the exclusive jewelry brand Damiani’s 90th Anniversary Collection. The menu starts with a 1930s-inspired appetizer. The flow of […]

Istanbul’s Back on Cruise Maps

January 1, 2019 Comments Off

Holland America Line plans to visit Istanbul in 2020 for the first time since 2016. The plans include six overnight stays in the Turkish capital on 12-night sailings from Venice of its newly launched Nieuw […]

Spoiler Alert: Carnival Ships Slash Food Waste

June 11, 2025 1

Viewing the vast arrays of food on offer in buffets on Carnival Cruise Line ships, you may not realize the world’s largest cruise company has managed to cut food waste by 44 per cent in […]

Taking a Bow: The New Faces of the Next Generation of Cruise Ships

March 1, 2017 Comments Off

The designs of the next generation of cruise ships are taking bows to the past. The latest announcements of cruise ship orders signal that the blunt prows that were the favored design for ocean liners […]

A&K Going Further with Worldwide Cruising Choices

June 3, 2024 Comments Off

With a new adventure yacht and a world focus, Abercrombie & Kent has announced its broadest range of cruise choices and experiences. The 2025 Luxury Expedition Cruise portfolio includes 24 cruises across seven continents and […]