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Canada

Is This The Golden Moment for Great Lakes Cruises?

Victory Cruise Line is seeing a spike in new bookings for its Great Lakes cruises and owner John Waggoner knows why.“I hear it every day: There’s a stalemate in Middle East and the airlines are [...]
Destinations

Oceania Crafting a Ship Dedicated to Long Voyages

Oceania Cruises will re-launch a ship as its dedicated world cruiser after a renovation designed to make it feel like a “home at sea.” Oceania Aurelia will be the new name of Nautica, a ship [...]
Cruises

Wind Star Reborn After 40 Years Under Sail

The yacht that started it all has a fresh new look. When Windstar Cruises 148-guest Wind Star debuted 40 years ago, she helped pioneer a new kind of cruising, with automated sails, an intimate scale, [...]
Cruise Lines

Holland America Investing in Sweeping Fleet Upgrades

Building on record performance, Holland America Line plans a $500-million investment to reimagine six ships. Holland America Evolution is the most ambitious guest experience update in the company’s 153-year history, to deliver a comprehensive bow-to-stern [...]
Uncategorized

Master Cuisine Showcasing on Oceania’s Newest Ship

In a landmark collaboraton, Oceania Cruises has revealed details of La Table par Maîtres Cuisiniers de France to debut aboard the brand’s next-generation ship, Oceania Sonata, coming in 2027..La Table is the first and only [...]

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Master Cuisine Showcasing on Oceania’s Newest Ship

by Wallace Immen in Uncategorized 0

In a landmark collaboraton, Oceania Cruises has revealed details of La Table par Maîtres Cuisiniers de France to debut aboard the brand’s next-generation ship, Oceania Sonata, coming in 2027..La Table is the first and only [...]

Seabourn Pursuit Will Explore Down Under in Depth

July 31, 2023 Comments Off

Seabourn Cruises‘ newest expedition ship will stay in the Southern Hemisphere after her inaugural Antarctic season. The company took delivery of its second expedition ship Seabourn Pursuit at an official handover maritime ceremony at the […]

Now There Are Three Ocean Vikings —Or Better Make That Six

March 23, 2016 Comments Off

As Viking Ocean Cruises celebrated the “floating out” of its third ship–the 930-passenger Viking Sky—it announced an order for three additional ships, bringing the fleet to six. “It is a special day when a new […]

Carnival Bringing Costa’s Newest Ships to America

June 22, 2022 Comments Off

Carnival Cruise Line wants to bring sister brand Costa Cruises’ Italian experience to North America by branding two new ships Costa by Carnival. In what may signal a softening of the cruise market in Europe, […]

Cunard’s Queen Victoria Gets a Fresh, Yet Classic Look in Major Refit

March 16, 2017 Comments Off

While retaining the elegance, history and nostalgia of Queen Victoria’s art deco past, a month-long refurbishment will update all areas of Cunard Line’s iconic ship. The biggest change is the slicing away of a section […]

Ready, Sète, Oh! Epicures Indulge When the Market is Down

August 26, 2024 1

We’re ready to devour the scrumptious catches of one of France’s seafood capitals. The small size of our cruise yacht World Traveller gives us the advantage of docking an easy stroll from the middle of Sète, […]