Tillberg Design of Sweden (TDoS) has established a mother company, Viken Group. It was formed to provide a full range of comprehensive design, naval architecture and project management services to the cruise line and yachting industries, via Viken Group’s portfolio brands and partners. The newly [Read more...]

Holland America Line’s (HAL) third newbuilding 2,668-pax ’Pinnacle’ class cruise ship ‘Rotterdam’ left Amsterdam in October for Fort Lauderdale, Florida, before embarking on a series of Caribbean cruises last month. For Oslo-based architecture and design firm YSA Design, which was responsible for several public areas [Read more...]

A few years ago, London design studio, Jestico + Whiles won a contract to design some of the interior spaces on board P&O Cruises recently introduced flagship ‘Iona’, the company’s first foray into cruise ships. Since then, the company has been working on her sistership [Read more...]

The first Cruise Conversations Live Event at Cruise Ship Interiors &Cruise Ship Hospitality Expo America unites the leading lights from cruise lines and design studios to explore the cruise interiors and hospitality industry’s future trends and current issues. Cruise Conversations webinars were a hit during [Read more...]

ALMACO has fitted out the entire crew areas, plus some of the  public areas, to the Polar expedition vessel, ‘Crystal Endeavor’. A product of MV WERFTEN Stralsund shipyard, the company completed the areas contracted on board on time, it was claimed. The steel-to-steel installation included [Read more...]

Ultra-luxury cruise line Silversea has unveiled a wellness programme for its new ship ‘Silver Dawn’ due in the Spring of 2022. Inspired by the ancient Roman lifestyle, Otium, as it is called, is claimed to be a unique innovation that will extend from guests’ suites [Read more...]

Genoa-based interior outfitter and contractor, De Wave Group, has completed four 2021 outfitting projects on board Fincantieri’s newly built cruise ships. These include Holland America Line’s (HAL) ‘Rotterdam’, MSC Cruises’ ‘MSC Seashore’, Viking Cruises’ ’Viking Venus’ and Virgin Voyages’ ‘Valiant Lady’. Work undertaken on ‘Rotterdam’ focused on the [Read more...]

Building on a relationship that extends back nearly a decade, YSA Design has conceived and developed three spaces on board MSC Cruises’ ‘MSC Seashore’. The third vessel in the cruise line’s ‘Seaside’ class undertook her maiden voyage in August, 2021. Following its involvement in the [Read more...]

Oceania Cruises has revealed new spacious owner’s suites and library styled exclusively in Ralph Lauren Home on board its newbuilding cruise ship ‘Vista’. As Oceania Cruises’ signature elements, the owner’s suites and library have always been synonymous with a sense of style and comfort that [Read more...]