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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 [...]
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 [...]

Norwegian Goes Gourmet at a Price

by Wallace Immen in News Comments Off on Norwegian Goes Gourmet at a Price

In a step away from the tradition of inclusive dining at sea, Norwegian Cruise Line is introducing à la carte pricing in several gourmet specialty restaurants. There will still be 11 complimentary dining options on [...]

Scenic Expands in South East Asia

November 17, 2015 Comments Off

Scenic, the luxury European river cruise operator, has expanded into the heart of South East Asia with eight brand new itineraries to Mekong River destinations in Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos and Thailand. Along the delta between […]

AmaCerto Guests Find Any Time is Wine Time on the Danube

February 21, 2014 Comments Off

You don’t have to know brix from clicks to appreciate a wine cruise on the Danube. But whether you’re an amateur or a wine pro, you’re sure to come away with a new appreciation for […]

Cruises Detour by the Dozen to Avoid Red Sea Unrest

April 3, 2024 1

This is a developing story being updated as new information is available Cruise lines are scrambling to re-route around the Red Sea due to ongoing attacks on commercial ships. It’s costing them a bundle and […]

AmaLea: 7 Factors that Make an AmaWaterways Ship Feel like Home

July 16, 2018 Comments Off

The AmaWaterways experience begins the moment you arrive. Friendly crew members of AmaLea greet us at the dock to make sure we don’t even have to roll our own carry-ons aboard. We’re escorted through a […]

Want to See it all? Check Out the Ultimate World Cruise

October 21, 2021 Comments Off

The Ultimate World Cruise is one for the record books. Royal Caribbean has just announced a journey that will be nine months long and visit 65 countries and all seven continents. The big cruise that’s […]