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Norwegian Prima, the first of Norwegian Cruise Line ‘s new Prima-class cruise ships, will be christened by popstar Katy Perry in August, 2022. Norwegian Cruise Line announced that Katy Perry will be godmother to Norwegian Prima, in addition to performing at the christening ceremony.
The naming ceremony will take place i… read more
The first super-yacht cruise ship for Emerald Cruises has departed Aqaba, Jordan on her maiden voyage. Emerald Azzurra’s inaugural cruise is an 8-day voyage through the Red Sea, calling at the Egyptian resort towns of Hurghada and Sharm el-Sheikh, as well as Eilat in Israel, before returning to Aqaba.
As part of the cruise, her… read more
In its hey days, cruise ships were a prominent feature at the port of Mombasa. With weekly cruise voyages plying the port, Zanzibar and Seychelles, Mombasa city was teeming with foreign tourists.
At the height of Somali Piracy starting 2005, the star of cruise tourism faded in Kenya. Before then, there would be more than 40 such ships call… read more
As part of its “Worry-Free Promise,” Holland America Line is giving consumers the confidence to make travel plans through the summer with the extension of its Flexible Cancellation Plan book-by date to May 31, 2022. The cruise line previously expanded the eligibility to cruise departures through Sept. 30, 2022.
Under the Flexible Ca… read more
Carnival Cruise Line is making health screening simpler and quicker for guests. After a successful pilot of VeriFLY by Daon, a secure and free digital health app allowing vaccinated guests to easily submit pre-embarkation information, Carnival has launched the app fleetwide for all ships in all of its U.S. homeports, making Carnival the l… read more
MSC Cruises will homeport year-round in New York City for the first time, from April, 2023, with MSC Meraviglia.MSC Meraviglia, one of the largest and newest cruise ships in the fleet, will sail six- to 11-night cruises to the Caribbean and Bermuda in the winter, and New England and Canada in the summer.
The Caribbean cruises… read more
Carnival Cruise Line on Friday celebrated a half a century of cruising, marking the Golden Jubilee of its maiden voyage from PortMiami on March 11th, 1972. The 50th anniversary of the cruise line was celebrated aboard Carnival Conquest by President Christine Duffy, Carnival Corp. Chairman Micky Arison and Carnival Corp. CEO Arnold Do… read more
Following the announcement of the name for Cunard Line’s new ship Queen Anne, the cruise line has now revealed details of her design.
Queen Anne will feature a new spa concept for the first time on any Cunard ship, as well as an updated livery and ‘re-imagined’ popular public spaces, such as the Grand Lobby, Golden Lion… read more
For the first time, Celebrity Cruises will sail year-round in the Mediterranean in 2023.
The 2,170-passenger Celebrity Infinity will sail in the Med in summer 2023, then extend its deployment through March 2024.
To start the winter season, the Infinity will sail nine- and 10-night Spain-Portugal cruises alternating between Bar… read more
MSC Cruises has become the latest major cruise line to drop port calls in Russia over the country’s invasion of Ukraine six days ago. MSC Cruises will be suspending all port calls in Saint Petersburg due to security concerns emanating from Russia’s war with Ukraine. The move makes MSC Cruises the latest cruise line to drop Russian call… read more