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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 [...]

All Hands on Deck on Carnival Breeze: Do the Chair Police Really Help?

by Wallace Immen in Caribbean Comments Off on All Hands on Deck on Carnival Breeze: Do the Chair Police Really Help?

Look out. It’s tipping! The whole massive load of water is falling on those innocent children. And they’re squealing with delight. Other kids large and small are being flushed down drain pipes and hanging precariously [...]

Pre/Post Cruise: Finding Calm in Buzzing Bangkok

July 11, 2011 Comments Off

In Bangkok, there always seems to be a buzz. The roads teem with motorcycles and un-mufflered three-wheeled cabs known as tuk-tuks. On the river, “longtail” boats get their push from growling V-8 engines that are […]

Off With their Heads; Did Mayan Winners Really Lose All?

November 24, 2022 1

On the ball court where teams of Mayan athletes competed, the stakes must have been really high. At the end the losers—or in some versions of the story, the winners–were taken to the top of […]

Windstar Goes All-in, But You Need to Act Fast

July 2, 2025 Comments Off

Windstar Cruises is dialing up the indulgence with a Travel is Better When You’re All-In promotion. A complimentary all-inclusive upgrade on select voyages is available for cruises through March 31, 2026, but only if booked […]

MSC Reveals Plans for Luxury Explora Journeys Fleet

June 15, 2021 Comments Off

As competing lines build exploration ships that carry just a few hundred, MSC Group plans to go big, building a fleet of 14-deck luxury ships that carry 1,000. At a ceremony for the steel-cutting for […]

Avalon to Explore India’s Ganges

March 27, 2018 Comments Off

As part of its ongoing diversification, Avalon Waterways is exploring a new river: The Ganges. Starting in 2019, the 56-passenger Ganges Voyager will offer six-night cruises from Kolkata, visiting the cities of Kalna, Matiari, Murshidabad, […]