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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 [...]
Caribbean

Life Under Sail Just Got More Adventurous

There are quicker ways to cruise, but there’s nothing more romantic and intimaate than doing it the timeless way, under thousands of square feet of billowing sails. And two cruise lines that specialize in sailing [...]
Azamara Cruises

Split Decision: What’s The Dalmatian Coast’s Hottest Spot?

These massive walls have defended against centuries of conquests. Beautiful squares are filled with flowers, food and music. The medieval towns along the Dalmatian coast of the Adriatic have been the fantasy settings for the [...]
Cruises

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 [...]

7 Ways Regent’s Seven Seas Explorer Makes Luxury its Trademark

by Wallace Immen in 10 Best Lists 2

Imagine the challenge of ensuring that Seven Seas Explorer lives up to its trademark: The Most Luxurious Ship Ever Built. Regent Seven Seas Cruises gave three teams of interior designers virtually unlimited budgets and encouraged [...]

Blurry Memories of Carnival Liberty’s Sailaway Party

January 19, 2012 Comments Off

By WALLACE IMMEN The party hearties had already been bellying up to the Red Frog Rum Bar and its twin, the BlueIguana Tequila Bar on deck for a while by the time I joined them […]

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 […]

New Ship Orders Signal Rising Cruise Optimism

February 14, 2024 1

In a signal that cruising has finally recovered, Carnival Corp. has inked its first order for a new ship since before the pandemic. The fourth Excel-Class ship for Carnival Cruise Line will be built at […]

We’ll Always Have Paris; Getting There from a Cruise is the Trick

June 25, 2015 Comments Off

So much to see and so little time. It’s always a dilemma trying to figure out how to get to Paris when you’re only stopping in France for one day on a cruise ship in […]

Food Trucks and Calypso at Carnival’s Celebration Key

October 7, 2024 1

Food trucks and snack shacks will join four sit-down restaurants and 12 bars on Celebration Key, Carnival Cruise Line’s new private beach destination on Grand Bahama opening in July, 2025. Guests will find a variety […]