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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 [...]

Kempinski Opens Havana’s Grandest

by Wallace Immen in News Comments Off on Kempinski Opens Havana’s Grandest

A Havana landmark has become the first Kempinski hotel in Cuba. The Gran Hotel Manzana Kempinski La Habana has opened its doors within a UNESCO World Heritage site in the heart of Old Havana. The building [...]

New Hideaway Cruise Port Opens in Istanbul

October 2, 2021 Comments Off

If you’ve ever sailed to Istanbul, you know how chaotic and inaccessible the docks where cruise ships formerly tied up could be. The newly opened Galataport Istanbul aims to be a seamless cruise port, cultural […]

Life Under Sail Just Got More Adventurous

August 27, 2026 Comments Off

There are quicker ways to cruise, but there’s nothing more romantic and intimaate than doing it the timeless way, under thousands of square feet of billowing sails. And two cruise lines that specialize in sailing […]

Carnival Reveals Celebration’s Gateway to the World

June 8, 2022 Comments Off

All aboard! Classic train stations and exotic ship terminals set the tone for The Gateway, a two-deck entertainment, dining and shopping neighborhood on Carnival Cruise Line’s Celebration, arriving this fall. Located where the French Quarter […]

Explora is Halfway to its Dream Fleet

July 27, 2026 Comments Off

Now there are three out of six. Explora Journeys has taken delivery of Explora III, marking a significant milestone in the growth of the luxury ocean travel brand. Explora represents MSC Group’s investment of more […]

Seuss-We-Am on Carnival Cruises

March 10, 2014 Comments Off

Green eggs and ham breakfasts are just one feature of Carnival Cruise Lines’ fleet-wide partnership with Dr. Seuss Enterprises. Now on Carnival Splendor and soon to come fleet-wide are youth and family dining and entertainment […]