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Cruise Lines

Here’s Your Chance to Search for ET on a Cruise

Cultural expedition cruise specialist Swan Hellenic is planning six voyages featuring experts exploring the origins of planets, our Universe and the search for life beyond Earth. The 2027 Explore Space at Sea Series was created [...]
Carnival Cruise Line

Fleet Shuffles Will Grow HAL and Shrink Cunard

It’s not just deck chairs, Carnival Corp. is rearranging its fleets. Holland America Line will see its lineup grow to 12 ships with the addition of P&O Cruises’ ship Arcadia. At the same time, Cunard [...]
AmaWaterways

Lessons Learned from Europe’s Low Water Crisis

After a summer of historic drought in Europe, river cruising is still facing unprecedented stress. Water levels across several sections of the Danube remain critically low and have not recovered sufficiently to restore normal navigation, [...]
Caribbean

Watch a New Ship Being Born—MSC World Atlantic

MSC Cruises next flagship, MSC World Atlantic reached a milestone as the ship touched water for the first time at Chantiers de l’Atlantique shipyard in Saint-Nazaire, France. The float out marks an important stage in [...]
Cruises

Is it Time to Dip Your Toes in the Ganges?

You’ve cruised the Rhine, the Danube and the Seine. Now it may be time to do something extraordinary and explore rivers in India with thousands of years in history. Scenic Cruises– better known for ocean [...]

5 Ways Holland America’s Enhancing Cuisine and Personal Explorations

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No one has more experience navigating the world than Holland America Line. Celebrating its 145th year, the company is using that savvy to launch a new international Culinary Council to plan menus and experimenting with [...]

Celebrity Beyond Propels Shows to New Heights

March 16, 2022 1

Celebrity Cruises has raised the curtain and brings down the house with new live shows and interactive experiences on Celebrity Beyond. A team of creators who have collaborated on major productions from Las Vegas and […]

It’s Wine Time Again on AmaWaterways

May 18, 2023 Comments Off

With over 60 hosted river cruises each year devoted to wine and culinary experiences, AmaWaterways is adding a new Saône River vineyards itinerary to its collection and bringing on a roster of eminent wine hosts. […]

Major Fleet Upgrade for Silversea

August 3, 2016 Comments Off

How do you make some of the most opulent ships afloat even better? We’re about to find out as Silversea Cruises embarks on a $170-million fleet-wide refurbishment program, the biggest in its history. Silver Whisper […]

7 Things You Must Know Now About Celebrity Ascent

May 17, 2026 1

Has Celebrity Cruises evolved to the point where the ship can be the destination? We’re about to find out on a cruise aboard the Celebrity Ascent, which offers a range of daily activities for every […]

What’s Next for Oceania Cruises: Riviera Charts a New Course

December 3, 2019 Comments Off

There’s more buzz than usual in the Horizons Lounge on Riviera at a cocktail party hosted by the captain. More than half of the guests on this Caribbean cruise on Riviera are repeaters who love […]