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Scenic Teams Up with Master Canadian Chefs

Canadian culinary stars Chefs Lynn Crawford and Lora Kirk are teaming up with Scenic Luxury Cruises & Tours for a culinary journey along Portugal’s Douro River. A Chef’s Culinary Adventure of Delightful Douro, sails round [...]
Asia

Oceania Wants You to Settle in for a Very Long Voyage

Oceania Cruises is stretching the definition of cruises to remarkable lengths. A new menu of options includes cruises that range from 31-day explorations to 180-day circumnavigations.Oceania’s fleet will be calling at more than 600 destinations [...]
Celebrity Beyond

Mystery Solved! Why Captain McCue Jumped Ship

Capt. Kate McCue is resigning from her role as captain at Four Seasons Yachts and intends to spend more time with her family. She shared the decision in an Instagram video in which she says [...]
Carnival Cruise Line

Think Cruising isn’t Sustainable? Carnival Begs to Differ

Carnival Corporation is defending the sustainability of cruising, saying not only has it met targets for cutting emissions early, it is raising its eco-friendly goals and will achieve them sooner. The world’s biggest cruise company, [...]
Caribbean

Sugar Beach: MSC’s Sweet New Caribbean Destination

There’s a new name on the cruise map for MSC Cruises and Explora Journeys in the Caribbean. Catalina Sugar Beach is the newest private island destination off the coast of La Romana, Dominican Republic.Set to [...]

Scenic Expands in South East Asia

by Wallace Immen in News Comments Off on Scenic Expands in South East Asia

Scenic, the luxury European river cruise operator, has expanded into the heart of South East Asia with eight brand new itineraries to Mekong River destinations in Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos and Thailand. Along the delta between [...]

10 Unique Carnival Horizon Features Make Her More than Just a Sister Act

July 9, 2018 1

You can always count on some things about a Carnival cruise. There’s an incredible sail-away party on deck with confetti, colorful cocktails and a conga line as Carnival Horizon glides past New York’s iconic skyline and […]

Celebrity Finally Has the Edge

October 31, 2018 Comments Off

Following more than four years of planning and 23 months of construction by skilled teams of engineers, architects, artisans, designers, contractors, shipyard employees, and Celebrity Cruises specialists, the Celebrity Edge as finally set sail. Royal Caribbean […]

U.S. Border Crackdown Targets Cruise Crews

July 16, 2025 Comments Off

U.S. Customs and Border Protection agents have removed and apparently plan to deport crew members from at least four ships cruising the Great Lakes and others on ships sailing from U.S. ports, even though they […]

Carnival Fathoms Social Impact

June 9, 2015 Comments Off

A new cruise brand in the Carnival family called fathom aims to create a “social impact travel” experience. Beginning in April, 2016, fathom will offer seven-day voyages from PortMiami aboard the MV Adonia, a 710-passenger […]

Oceania Innovating Drinks and Food on New Vista

October 5, 2022 1

Flavored smoke bubbles, Negronis aged in wooden barrels and a travelling Bubbly Bar are among the cocktail-craft trends to be introduced on Vista, the first of Oceania Cruises’ new Allura Class ships. The 1,200-guest ship […]