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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 [...]
Destinations

Oceania Crafting a Ship Dedicated to Long Voyages

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 [...]
Cruises

Wind Star Reborn After 40 Years Under Sail

The yacht that started it all has a fresh new look. When Windstar Cruises 148-guest Wind Star debuted 40 years ago, she helped pioneer a new kind of cruising, with automated sails, an intimate scale, [...]
Cruise Lines

Holland America Investing in Sweeping Fleet Upgrades

Building on record performance, Holland America Line plans a $500-million investment to reimagine six ships. Holland America Evolution is the most ambitious guest experience update in the company’s 153-year history, to deliver a comprehensive bow-to-stern [...]
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Master Cuisine Showcasing on Oceania’s Newest Ship

In a landmark collaboraton, Oceania Cruises has revealed details of La Table par Maîtres Cuisiniers de France to debut aboard the brand’s next-generation ship, Oceania Sonata, coming in 2027..La Table is the first and only [...]

It’s Wine Time Again on AmaWaterways

by Wallace Immen in AmaWaterways Comments Off on It’s Wine Time Again on AmaWaterways

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.“Since [...]

5 Ways the Roald Amundsen is Making Electrifying Maritime History

October 1, 2019 Comments Off

“In my imagination I created an electric ship that could break through all kinds of ice, that nice and elegantly, fearful and irresistible, could sail through the Arctic oceans all the way to the Pole.” […]

Silversea Debuts Puerto Williams as Antarctic Cruise Port

April 29, 2021 Comments Off

Where’s Puerto Williams? The port in southern Chile is about to be discovered as Silversea Cruises‘ luxury expedition ship Silver Explorer debuts sailing from there to Antarctica. Starting in November, guests arriving in Santiago will […]

Life’s a Beach, but First Azamara Passengers Visit a Monastery

June 26, 2013 Comments Off

Boy am I glad I didn’t suggest to someone at I’d meet them beside the white building with the flat roof on Mykonos. As the tender from the Azamara Journey tied up at the main […]

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, […]

UnCruise Adventures Rescues its Alaska Season

May 3, 2021 Comments Off

UnCruise Adventures has found a workaround to save the Alaska adventures of dozens of guests whose cruises were facing cancellation due to pandemic protocols in Seattle and Vancouver. The company created an alternative itinerary out […]