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Asia

What Can We Learn from the Tragic End of an Odyssey?

What was sold as the “never-ending cruise” certainly ended in dramatic fashion–with residents told they had just a few hours to pack up and leave their homes at sea.The Villa Vie Odyssey, a residential cruise [...]
Africa

Viking Plots a Journey Worthy of Pharoahs

Viking has opened bookings for a new 19-day Grand Nile Journey itinerary exploring ancient Egypt in unprecedented depth. The explorations in 2028 feature four hotel nights in Egypt’s capital and 14-night sailings between Cairo and [...]
Cruise Lines

Explora Rounding out its Family at a Half Dozen

Explora Journeys keeps innovating as its completes its planned fleet of six ships. The luxury cruise brand of MSC Group marked milestones in the building of the final ships in its fleet at a shipyard [...]
Cruise Lines

The More the Merroir in Dining on Seabourn

Seabourn is expanding its gourmet range with the launch of Earth & Ocean, a culinary philosophy to shape menus to the local “terroir and merroir ” of places its ships visit. What started with a series [...]
Cruise Lines

Norwegian Rings a Bella to Top its Prima Class

Norwegian Cruise Line has opened bookings for its sixth and final Prima-class ship, Norwegian Bella, due to debut with weeklong roundtrips from Barcelona in May, 2028.At 1,129 feet and accommodating 3,921 passengers double occupancy she’ll [...]

Gourmet jewels at the Ritz-Carlton Hong Kong

by Wallace Immen in News Comments Off on Gourmet jewels at the Ritz-Carlton Hong Kong

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 [...]

4 Ships Expand Uniworld’s Horizons

February 5, 2019 Comments Off

The river cruise world with see a rapid evolution in 2020 with the arrival of four innovative ships from Uniworld Boutique River Cruise Collection. There will be new vessels in Vietnam, Egypt and Portugal and […]

Egypt Gears Up for a Nile Cruise Boom

July 26, 2026 Comments Off

The Egyptian Ministry of Tourism & Antiquities has launched a new Digital Visa-on-Arrival System to simplify entry procedures for international travelers. The pilot phase of the new system has begun at Cairo International Airport, and […]

Make it Fast: MSC Sponsors Formula 1 Races

January 2, 2025 Comments Off

MSC Cruises is gearing up to be the title sponsor of three Formula 1 World Championship Grands Prix in 2025. The cruise line’s name will be in the titles of the Austrian Grand Prix in […]

Cruise Lines Reroute to Avoid Israeli Ports

October 29, 2023 1

From cancelling cruises from Ashdod and Haifa to hasty departures as bombs were falling, cruise lines have had to quickly retreat from Israel due to the sudden eruption of a devastating war. Here’s a look […]

AmaWaterways Newest River is the Ancient Nile

September 13, 2021 Comments Off

AmaWaterways has launched its newest ship AmaDahlia on an ancient, fascinating river—the Nile. Guests sailing the inaugural Secrets of Egypt & The Nile itinerary were joined by co-founders Rudi Schreiner and Kristin Karst for a […]