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Scenic Teams Up with Master Canadian Chefs

Canadian culinary stars Chefs Lynn Crawford and Lora Kirk are teaming up with Scenic Luxury Cruises & Tours for a culinary journey along Portugal’s Douro River. A Chef’s Culinary Adventure of Delightful Douro, sails round [...]
Asia

Oceania Wants You to Settle in for a Very Long Voyage

Oceania Cruises is stretching the definition of cruises to remarkable lengths. A new menu of options includes cruises that range from 31-day explorations to 180-day circumnavigations.Oceania’s fleet will be calling at more than 600 destinations [...]
Celebrity Beyond

Mystery Solved! Why Captain McCue Jumped Ship

Capt. Kate McCue is resigning from her role as captain at Four Seasons Yachts and intends to spend more time with her family. She shared the decision in an Instagram video in which she says [...]
Carnival Cruise Line

Think Cruising isn’t Sustainable? Carnival Begs to Differ

Carnival Corporation is defending the sustainability of cruising, saying not only has it met targets for cutting emissions early, it is raising its eco-friendly goals and will achieve them sooner. The world’s biggest cruise company, [...]
Caribbean

Sugar Beach: MSC’s Sweet New Caribbean Destination

There’s a new name on the cruise map for MSC Cruises and Explora Journeys in the Caribbean. Catalina Sugar Beach is the newest private island destination off the coast of La Romana, Dominican Republic.Set to [...]

You Can’t Avoid Becoming a Foodie on an Emerald Cruise through Provence

by Wallace Immen in Celebrity Interviews Comments Off on You Can’t Avoid Becoming a Foodie on an Emerald Cruise through Provence

There’s never any question where the wine on a cruise aboard Emerald Liberté comes from: Just look out the window. Every day on the Rhône and Saone Rivers, the complimentary pours served at lunch and [...]

Baked Alaska Makes a Comeback in Carnival’s Culinary Revamp

November 30, 2017 Comments Off

The lights dim, the music amps up and everyone applauds as a parade of waiters and waitresses holding flaming platters of baked Alaskas winds its way around the dining room on the last night of […]

Crews Deserve Gratuities; So Why is Tipping Cruising’s Hidden Secret?

February 14, 2018 2

The recommended daily gratuity for crews is on the rise again. The latest in the news are Royal Caribbean Cruise Line and sister line Celebrity Cruises which are hiking the crew gratuity automatically added to the […]

Sleuths are Finally Ranking Cruise Cuisine

January 6, 2025 Comments Off

Forbes Travel Guide, a global rating system for luxury hotels, restaurants, spas, and ocean cruises is expanding its ratings to cruise restaurants. Considered a cruise industry first, the 2025 ship ratings and restaurant accolades will […]

Dream of Owning a Home at Sea? Not So Fast

November 6, 2025 Comments Off

Crescent Seas, a start-up company planning to sell condos on cruise ships is backing out of a high-profile charter of two well-known ships and pushing plans for offering homes at sea far into the future. […]

Silversea Debuts Puerto Williams as Antarctic Cruise Port

April 29, 2021 Comments Off

Where’s Puerto Williams? The port in southern Chile is about to be discovered as Silversea Cruises‘ luxury expedition ship Silver Explorer debuts sailing from there to Antarctica. Starting in November, guests arriving in Santiago will […]