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Holland America Line’s guests and team members celebrated an important milestone this weekend, marking one full year of a return to sailing after the cruise industry pause due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Nieuw Amsterdam was the line’s first ship back, resuming cruising July 24, 2021, in Seattle, Washington. The ship reached the one-year mar… read more
Emerald Cruises’ newest Star-Ship Emerald Luna, which will sail on the Rhine, Main and Danube rivers in Europe, was christened during a ceremony in Amsterdam. In attendance for Scenic Group, parent company of Emerald Cruises, were Rob Voss, COO - Scenic Group; David Winterton, Global Director of Brand & Marketing; Maggie Carbone… read more
Cape Town looks set for a busy 2022/23 cruise season, with seven cruise ships homeporting in the city for all or part of the cruise season, which runs from October, 2022 to March, 2023. This coming cruise season will see Norwegian Jade returning, after Norwegian Cruise Line last year was forced to cancel the season due to Omi… read more
Norwegian Cruise Line (NCL) marks the successful return of Norwegian Escape, the first ship of the Brand’s highly successful Breakaway-Plus Class, to Europe since 2015 as she completed her first voyage to the Eastern Mediterranean.
Norwegian Escape is NCL’s largest ship in Europe and the first Breakaway-Plus Class ship to sail… read more
The boutique cultural expedition cruise line Swan Hellenic has several cruise itineraries planned for Cape Town in South Africa and ports on the east and west coasts of Africa for 2023.
In an interview with Seatrade Cruise News, however, the CEO of the company has revealed some of the challenges associated with operating West… read more
Scenic Eclipse II, Scenic Group’s second ultra-luxury Discovery Yacht, entered the water for the first time, marked by a ‘float out’ ceremony, at the 3. maj shipyard in Croatia. The process of managing the construction of the vessel is led by MKM Yachts, a division of the Scenic Group. Scenic Eclipse II is due to launch in April 2023, with her m… read more
MSC Cruises has revealed a number of entertainment facilities and activities for families aboard its new mega-ship MSC World Europa, including the largest kids club in the fleet. The Dubai-bound MSC World Europa will boast a 766sqm kids club with seven distinct spaces for different age groups, from babies to 17-year-olds.
That’s in … read more
Bookings for cruises to and from South Africa have seen a strong uptick in recent weeks after the country dropped all remaining COVID-19 travel restrictions for incoming tourists. More than 200,000 cruise passengers are now expected to disembark in Cape Town during the coming 2022/23 cruise season, according to reports by The Citizen.
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The Mombasa Cruise Terminal in the historic Kenyan port city from which it takes its names remains idle three years after completion, a victim to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Local tourism officials have called on the government to aggressively market the country as a cruise destination in order to benefit from the post-pandemic reopening… read more
Royal Caribbean has laid the keel for its upcoming Utopia of the Seas, the next ship in the venerable Oasis-class, the largest class of cruise ships in the world. Utopia of the Seas will be the sixth Oasis-class cruise ship to join the fleet, marking the end of an initial 6-ship order placed by Royal Caribbean back in 2007 w… read more