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• 08/02/2022 01:24

New Celebrity Cruises ship Celebrity Beyond completes sea trials

Celebrity Cruises‘ new Edge-class cruise ship Celebrity Beyond has completed her sea trials in the Bay of Biscay ahead of her April debut. Celebrity Beyond was put through her paces during the first week of February after departing the Chantiers de l’ Atlantique shipyard in Saint Nazaire, France.

The ship has now returne… read more

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• 06/02/2022 13:19

Cunard Line flagship to host 2022 Literature Festival at Sea

Cunard Line ‘s flagship, Queen Mary 2, will play host to the 2022 Literature Festival at Sea, with some of the biggest names in publishing due to give talks onboard. The Literature Festival at Sea is organized by The Sunday Times Cheltenham Literature Festival and The Times programming team.

The line-up of authors includes Ian … read more

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• 05/02/2022 07:36

Carnival Cruise Line to retire two more Fantasy-class cruise ships

Carnival Cruise Line has announced plans to retire two more of its Fantasy-class cruise ships, with Carnival Ecstasy and Carnival Sensation set to leave the fleet this year. Carnival Ecstasy and Carnival Sensation, the two oldest and smallest cruise ships in the Carnival fleet, will be retired in the coming months, according… read more

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• 05/02/2022 07:31

Delivery of Disney Wish delayed due to Omicron variant

The emergence of the Omicron variant of COVID-19 continues to cause disruption to the cruise industry, with the latest knock-on effect impacting the delivery date for the new Disney Wish. Disney Wish was scheduled to enter service on June 30th, 2022, cruising roundtrip from Port Canaveral, Florida, but will now sail her maiden voyage on J… read more

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• 04/02/2022 07:14

MSC Cruises to bring two cruise ships to South Africa again for 2022/23 season

MSC Cruises South Africa is returning to form for the 2022/23 cruise season, with plans to homeport two cruise ships in the country for the first time since the 2020 COVID-19 pandemic. MSC Cruises will homeport MSC Sinfonia in Cape Town and MSC Orchestra in Durban for the winter cruise season between November, 2022 and March… read more

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• 03/02/2022 18:56

Maiden FITUR Cruises receives massive Industry support

The first edition of FITUR Cruises was not only a great success but welcomed with open arms, exceeding expectations and confirming why cruise travel is one of the fastest-growing sectors of the tourism industry.

FITUR Cruises debuted as part of the 2022 International Tourism Fair which took place in IFEMA MADRID (Spain). On Satur… read more

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• 03/02/2022 07:06

Silver Explorer sold to Exploris but 2022 South Africa cruise unaffected

Silversea Cruises has sold its expedition cruise ship Silver Explorer to a new cruise line called Exploris, but her 2022 Cape Town departure is not affected. Silver Explorer will transition out of the Silversea fleet in September, 2023 and will sail her first voyage with her new owners in December that year.

Built in 198… read more

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• 02/02/2022 17:06

Norwegian Viva to spend 2023 inaugural cruise season in the Mediterranean

Norwegian Cruise Line ‘s new Prima-class cruise ship Norwegian Viva will debut in 2023 with a program of cruises to Europe and the Caribbean, but her inaugural season will be spent in the Mediterranean. Norwegian Viva will sail her first cruise on June 15th, 2023, with the season set to feature a series of eight-, nine- and ten-night… read more

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• 01/02/2022 18:02

Holland America Line celebrates naming of Rotterdam with ceremony in Namesake City

Holland America Line’s newest ship Rotterdam is set to get the royal treatment at a naming ceremony in Rotterdam, the Netherlands, May 30, 2022. Her Royal Highness Princess Margriet of the Netherlands will be the ship’s godmother, carrying on a Dutch royal tradition that began in the 1920s.

Rotterdam’s special seven-day “Rotterdam Naming C… read more

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• 01/02/2022 17:03

MSC Cruises extends Dubai season in Arabian Gulf until June

MSC Cruises has extended its cruise season in Dubai for 2022 due to unprecedented demand from the fly-cruise market. MSC Virtuosa will finish her 2021/22 Dubai cruise season in March as scheduled, but will be replaced by MSC Bellissima, which is currently cruising roundtrip from Saudi Arabia in the Red Sea.

MSC Bellissima will … read more