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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 [...]

Waiting for a flight at Paris deGaulle Airport

The Flight’s Leaving: Too Bad You Aren’t on it; We Sold Your Seat

by Wallace Immen in Airlines Comments Off on The Flight’s Leaving: Too Bad You Aren’t on it; We Sold Your Seat

It’s hardly news that as airlines continue to shrink seat sizes to jam more people onto fewer planes, they’re hearing louder bleats from those who refuse to be sheep about the discomfort and extra charges [...]

American Queen Stops Churning in Bankruptcy

February 21, 2024 Comments Off

The lingering effects of the pandemic have claimed another victim. A storied American cruise company, American Queen Voyages made the unexpected decision to anchor all its ships and declare bankruptcy as its parent company was […]

The Maze of Old Cadiz Amazes Guests of Crystal Serenity

March 1, 2014 Comments Off

I’m lost, but it’s a great feeling. I’ve visited Cadiz before and I know how easy it is to get confused exploring the maze of narrow streets of the old quarter of the classic Spanish […]

‘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, […]

Celebrity Mixes It Upscale

May 18, 2015 Comments Off

The new World Class Bar just installed on Celebrity Equinox promises to bring new spirit to the world of cocktails. The elegant new bar added during a recent refit has a staff of mixologists who […]

Northwest Passage: an Ultimate Experience on Ship and Shore

November 2, 2023 1

Everything moves more slowly in Arctic. The seasons are condensed in Canada’s far north as nature takes advantage of a few fleeting months of light and hibernates in the long dark months. There’s a timelessness […]