CRUISES - TRAVEL NEWS

As UK lockdown restrictions slowly begin to lift and we begin to dip our toes back into cruising, P&O Cruises has announced that it is launching a series of short-break and week-long UK cruises as 'the ultimate escape' staycation this summer. The cruises will depart from Southampton and sail around coastal waters, and will go on sale later this month. The news comes as the cruise line … [Read more...]

It certainly pays to be loyal to one particular cruise line. Most cruise lines offer incentives for repeat customers with loyalty programs. In addition, these tiered programs offer cruisers more and more perks as they work their way up the ranks. In this Complete Guide to Norwegian’s Latitudes Rewards Program, we provide all the details on each level in this loyalty program including all the … [Read more...]

Today, Thursday the 4th of March, Swan Hellenic announced that its top management was being strengthened with the arrival of Adria Bono, bringing the cultural expedition cruise leader the connections and insight of twenty years’ unrivalled high-end excursions design and commissioning expertise in the luxury and expedition cruise markets. Joining as Destination Management Director, Adria will work … [Read more...]

Cunard is running a sweepstakes where one lucky entrant will win a transatlantic crossing voyage for two aboard Queen Mary 2. In celebration of the new HBO Max movie Let Them All Talk — which takes place on the ship —  the line, in partnership with the production studio, is giving away a grand prize seven-night transatlantic voyage. The cruise will sail between New York City and … [Read more...]

Royal Caribbean Announces 2022-23 Weeklong Caribbean Sailings For the first time, Royal Caribbean mega-ship Allure of the Seas will be headed to Texas in 2022. The Oasis class ship will homeport at the line’s new terminal in Galveston for the 2022-2023 winter season. From there, Allure will sail seven-night cruises to Cozumel, Costa Maya, and Honduras. STORY: Royal Caribbean Sends Megaship … [Read more...]

Cruise news / Princess Cruises Has Launched its 2023 World Cruise – and it’s Truly Spectacular Sail to a staggering 21 Unesco World Heritage Sites across 50 different destinations on a world cruise aboard Island Princess … [Read more...]

In November, Key West voters changed how the island will deal with the cruise ship industry. They capped the number of passengers that can disembark each day to 1,500, limited mooring to ships with a capacity of 1,300, and gave docking priorities to cruise lines with the best health and environmental records. (flkeysnews.com) Read the rest of this entry … [Read more...]

Cruise ship workers facing evictions The cruise industry is a hard hit one here in Florida. Workers have been out of work for almost a year now and some are facing evictions.BREVARD COUNTY, Fla. - On the verge of tears, Richard Robberts shared his story of having worked as a cruise line chef for almost 13 years before being laid off in March, due to the coronavirus pandemic. "I was the sole … [Read more...]

Royal Caribbean seems to be ramping up its efforts to start sailing, and it looks like the cruise line wants to do this sooner rather than later. With an extended season in Singapore, due to the incredible success of Quantum of the Seas in the city-state and Royal Caribbean announcing this week it will homeport its newest vessel, Odyssey of the Seas in Israel, it looked like that would be it from … [Read more...]

Australia’s award-winning expedition operator, Aurora Expeditions, is celebrating International Women’s Day 2021 by dedicating its new expedition ship to five of the world’s leading female conservationists. The new purpose-built ship Sylvia Earle, launching in October 2021, is named after the world-renowned marine biologist, oceanographer and explorer Dr. Sylvia Earle. In a world first, each … [Read more...]

The Japanese Port of Shimonoseki will hold a seminar on the attraction and safety of cruising on March 20. Keynote speeches will be delivered by Deputy Director General of Waterfront Vitalization and Environment Research Foundation, Japan Cruise Research Institute, Kazuhiro Okita, and President of MSC Cruises Japan, Oliviero Morelli. The keynote speeches will be followed by a panel discussion with … [Read more...]

Royal Caribbean International is bringing the heat to its 2022-2023 winter deployment with weeklong Caribbean itineraries that will inspire guests to adventure again. The cruise line will set a bold tone for the season, breaking its own Texas-sized record with one of the world’s largest ships homeporting in Galveston for the first time ever, starting in November 2022. The adventure-filled … [Read more...]

Tradewind Voyages has made several changes to the 2021 itinerary of its ship Golden Horizon to comply with the government’s travel restrictions. The company’s inaugural cruise will now be an ‘Eastern Coastal Contrasts’ voyage from Harwich on July 1st and all voyages in that month will be in UK waters. All passengers booked on affected voyages are being contacted directly or through their travel … [Read more...]

As Princess Cruises continues to review and assess its operations following the recent UK Government announcement on the roadmap to ease lockdown and related international travel restrictions, the company is extending the pause of its UK-based cruise vacations, sailing roundtrip from Southampton, through September 25, 2021 on Sky Princess, Regal Princess and Island Princess. For UK guests, … [Read more...]

P&O Cruises will offer a series of short break and week-long UK cruises as “the ultimate escape” staycation this summer. The cruises will go on sale later in March. P&O Cruises president Paul Ludlow said: “Following recent Government announcements and as the vaccine programme is rolled out across the globe we can all begin to feel a sense of reassurance and hope that this current lockdown … [Read more...]

Princess Cruises has needed to cancel more sailings from the UK due to the government’s roadmap to ease the lockdown. The Carnival-owned cruise line will also offer new shorter cruises in the Summer just for UK residents. Princess UK Cancellations Princess Cruises has released a major update on its operations out of the UK following the government’s plan to ease the national lockdown. The cruise … [Read more...]

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Cruise news / Two Brand New Princess Cruises to Set Sail from Southampton this Autumn The leaves might be starting to fall by September but you could finally be packing your suitcase for an exciting voyage to sunnier climes. Do you want to sound the klaxon, or … [Read more...]

Royal Caribbean's next new cruise ship has a probable delivery date.Odyssey of the Seas is currently scheduled to be delivered to Royal Caribbean from Meyer Werft on March 24, 2021.Royal Caribbean International Senior Vice President of Hotel Operations, Mark Tamis, told travel agents during a webinar that the date the new cruise ship will be handed over on March 24."Now, technically, the ship is … [Read more...]

For the first time ever, Allure of the Seas will homeport out of Galveston, Texas starting in November 2022. not just that, but the Oasis-class cruise ship will sail from Royal Caribbean’s brand new cruise terminal at the port. Oasis-Class from Galveston Royal Caribbean has announced that of its largest cruise ships in the world will homeport out of Galveston, Texas from November 2022. The … [Read more...]