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Many cruise passengers are fascinated by the frantic activity behind the scenes and out of sight that accompanies the serene experience they have of cruise life, now some holidaymakers can see that hi...
The American Congress is being asked to force cruise industry officials to make unprecedented changes in their operations – the senators lobbying for the changes say that under current law, cruise shi...
Orient Lines which was closed by Star Cruises two years ago, has begun its journey back to life. The trading name and past passenger lists have been purchased by Wayne Heller, founder of Cruises Only...
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RCI has announced a year-round deployment of Legend of the Seas in the Asia-Pacific region from November 2009. Legend’s itineraries will include Singapore, Shanghai, Hong Kong, Yokohama in Japan and ...
The new ship in the Silversea line will be called Silver Spirit – she’s still being built, but we now know she will be a has named its newest all-suite ship Silver Spirit. She is currently under cons...
The very much late lamented Orient Lines brand has been bought out by a US cruise retailer. Wayne Heller plans to now charter ships operate global itineraries – Heller who founded Orlando-based Cruis...
While we can all understand that Spongebob Squarepants is an instant draw for the kiddies, and that a cruise that breaks the rather tight stranglehold that Disney has had on the teenybopper market ca...
If you ask people to name the most mysterious natural phenomena in the world, they will say The Northern Lights, an Eclipse of the Moon and the Midnight Sun. Now Hurtigruten is offering a cruise to s...
There’s a wide gulf between the two approaches cruise lines are taking to pleasing their passengers in 2008/09. On one side of the divide are the superliners with their super facilities: cruise vess...
This is the cruise line that really defines all-inclusive cruising on big liners, and in this case big means vessels with up to 700 passengers. What comes free? Soft drinks, hot drinks, wine, spirit...
The origins of the modern international games can be explored by cruise ship, if you take one of MSC Cruises’ new Mediterranean cruise holidays on MSC Poesia, MSC’s latest vessel. The liner will be v...
Ask a travel agent who specialises in cruises or explore the websites of companies that frequently reposition ships such as Carnival, Celebrity, Costa, Crystal, Holland America, MSC, Norwegian, Princ...
Radiance of the Seas and Serenade of the Seas will both be offering seven night holidays in Alaska, but while Radiance departs from both Seward and Vancouver, Serenade will depart only from Vancouver...
Passengers stranded on a cruise liner in Madeira for two days are now heading home after the boat's owners reached agreement with administrators. 480 holidaymakers on the MV Van Gogh had been held in...
Norwegian Cruise Line is taking two of its three U.S.-flagged ships out of the all-Hawaii market before the summer season, partly because U.S. Customs and Border Protection has proposed a change to t...
Keeping in touch has always been somewhat of a problem on cruise liners, but now you P&O offers a new level of connectivity and flexibility – allowing cruise passengers to use their mobile phone ...
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