Resorts World Cruises debuts in Surabaya with the Genting Dream
Resorts World Cruises, Asia’s newest luxury and dynamic lifestyle cruise brand today celebrated a new milestone with its maiden voyage to Surabaya on the Genting Dream with over 3,500 passengers from her dual homeports in Singapore and Malaysia [Read more...]
THE POINTS GUY AWARDS RECOGNIZED INDUSTRY LEADERS – INCLUDING VIKING CRUISES
This week PRNewswire reported on The Points Guy (TPG), announced the winners of the 2022 TPG Awards at a ceremony in New York City. Viking Cruises were among the many industry leaders recognized for innovation in travel. Nominees for the [Read more...]
New Christmas Market Cruises in Alsace & Lorraine for the 2023 Holiday Season
European Waterways have now announced the launch of their new Christmas market cruises in the Alsace and Lorraine region of France. Available on the 12-passenger luxury hotel barge Panache (pictured), the six-night, all-inclusive cruises immerse guests in the [Read more...]
OVERSELLING CRUISES
The popularity of cruise holidays can have their downsides. Melissa Mayntz has reported this week for Cruise Hive that “Royal Caribbean's Wonder of the Seas has been oversold due to an inventory error”. The 2,867 staterooms have been [Read more...]
New hotel & resort design show launches in Florida for South & LATAM markets
Elite Exhibitions the niche event specialists behind design events Cruise Ship Interiors Expo America, Cruise Ship Interiors Expo Europe and Sustainable Design Summit are launching a new hotel resort and design show Hotel & Resort Design South (HRDS). [Read more...]
To infinity and beyond ?
Travel Agent Central has reported this week that “Royal Caribbean Could Be Joining the Space Race”. Matt Turner of Travel Agent Central says that Royal Caribbean International could soon be “joining the likes of Virgin Galactic, SpaceX, Blue [Read more...]
An Upbeat Outlook from UK Cruise Report
The International Cruise Ship Industry has produced it's UK Cruise Report for 2022 and is available to view online now at this link UK A flourishing cruise refurbishment, outfitting and repair sector in the UK illustrates that there [Read more...]
DFDS retains Newhaven/Dieppe service
On Tuesday, 18 October, DFDS confirmed that it had won a new five-year contract to operate the Newhaven/Dieppe ferry route, connecting the UK and France. Jean-Claude Charlo, DFDS’ Head of French Organisation and Route Director, said: “We are [Read more...]
‘Le Commandant Charcot’ crosses the McClure Strait
On 27th September 2022, what is claimed to be the world’s only luxury icebreaker, PONANT’s expedition ship, ’Le Commandant Charcot’, became the first French cruise ship to cross the McClure Strait. An eastern arm of the Beaufort Sea on [Read more...]
Carnival partners with Philippine training schools
Carnival Cruise Line (CCL) is partnering with Philippine Merchant Marine Academy (PMMA) and STI, one of the largest networks of colleges and schools in the Philippines. The aim is to assist Filipinos in taking up maritime studies and [Read more...]