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Transcend Aims to Be the Go-To for Group Cruises

A sleek, dark blue ship with interiors by luxury yacht firm Tillberg Design of Sweden is about to start sailing on Europe’s rivers. Gorgeous, but you can’t just book a single cabin, you have to [...]
Atlas Ocean Voyages

Atlas Flipping the Globe for 2028 Arctic Cruises

Atlas Ocean Voyages, a line more identified with South Polar exploration, is setting sights North for a highly anticipated 2028 Arctic Season, featuring 13 newly curated journeys ranging from seven to 17 nights. Sailing aboard [...]
Canada

It’s Shaping Up as a Great Lakes Future

Cruisers choosing to stay close to home, repeat guests and smoother sailing have cruise lines planning a long future in the Great Lakes.Viking has just announced its 2028–2029 expedition voyages that include Great Lakes cruises [...]
Cruise Lines

MSC Gets Racier with Grand Prix Viewings

Leave it to MSC Cruises to create the ultimate pop-up event. It built a replica of its MSC Yacht Club “ship within a ship” to provide race fans a taste of the line’s seagoing hospitality.At [...]
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 [...]

Half Moon, the Beach and the Happening Bar on Rotterdam

by Wallace Immen in Caribbean Comments Off on Half Moon, the Beach and the Happening Bar on Rotterdam

The Rotterdam Seven is silky smooth and it has a sneaky kick. It’s also got a way of enticing you to order another. What better way to wind down from a day at Holland America’ [...]

Carnival Mardi Gras Catches Rudi

November 21, 2019 Comments Off

A new seafood restaurant created by Rudi Sodamin, the culinary artist who encourages playing with food, will be a unique dining option on Carnival Cruise Line’s new Mardi Gras when it debuts next summer. Sodamin […]

5 New “Where’s That?” Ports Appearing in the Caribbean

January 22, 2015 Comments Off

They’re gated communities; fenced-in shopping malls that have little to do with the local cultures. They’re tropical amusement parks. Say what you will about the proprietary cruise ports and private islands that cruise lines are […]

Lindblad Goes All-In

March 16, 2017 Comments Off

Lindblad Expeditions-National Geographic has announced that from April 2017, guests’ bar tabs and crew gratuities will be complimentary on all departures of National Geographic Explorer and National Geographic Orion, effectively creating all-inclusive pricing. There are […]

White cruise ship sailing on calm sea at sunset, coastline visible in the distance.

Oceania Crafting a Ship Dedicated to Long Voyages

April 23, 2026 0

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 […]

‘Vista’s Sista’ Makes Waves

May 20, 2016 Comments Off

It’s amazing just how quickly a section of a cruise ship the size of an apartment building can slide down the skids from a dry dock into its new watery home. With a mighty roar, […]