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Love Boats to Get New Look
Princess Cruises is changing it logo for the first time in a quarter of a century. The new livery will first appear in 2017 on the Majestic Princess, the first ship the company has designed […]
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6 Cool Things Keep Hong Kong’s Grande Dame Ahead of Her Time
It’s vast, elegant and perhaps a bit politically incorrect. But there’s simply no emotional rush quite like luxuriating in the back seat of a money-green Rolls Royce heading for a stay at Hong Kong’s luxurious Peninsula […]
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Windstar Without the Wind: Is it Still a Sailing Adventure on Star Breeze?
The familiar heroic strains of the theme from the movie 1492: Conquest of Paradise resonate from speakers on deck at the signature sail-away party on Windstar Cruises’ newest ship. All eyes are on the brilliant […]
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7 Tips and Busted Myths in a Stay at a Costa Rica Coffee Plantation Resort
This one’s got an elegant fragrance, but it could use a more shapely body. That one hints of lemon, with a tinge of leather, but it leaves my tongue feeling dry. It may sound like a […]
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5 Ways Avalon Waterways’ Myanmar is a Truly Unique Journey
After a two- hour flight north from Yangon to the starting point of our Myanmar cruise, we land on a runway carved out of a tropical forest. The ramshackle air terminal at Bhamo only opens […]
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A Boom in Europe River Cruising Has Cruise Lines Seeking New Routes
River cruises in Europe have certainly matured in the past few years, offering the kind of amenities, luxury and cuisine once only found on ocean-going ships. As their popularity increases, all the river fleets are […]
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Capping the Top 10 Cuisine Awards, Silversea Takes Best in Show Trophy
Drum roll please. When we recently announced the choices for The Cruisington Times Top 10 Cuisine Experiences at Sea, there were conspicuously only nine selections on the roster. That’s because we had a tie for restaurants […]
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7 Tips for Getting the Most Out of Days on Anthem of the Seas
So what will it be on a day at sea? Play hard or chill out? Eat sensibly or splurge? Royal Caribbean’s Anthem of the Seas is designed to be a floating world with a huge […]
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Scenic Expands in South East Asia
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 […]
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5 Innovations that Help Anthem of the Seas Hit New High Notes
In search of a night cap after dinner on Anthem of the Seas, we heard some irresistible Latin rhythms coming from a little hole in the wall we’d missed noticing before. The place they call […]