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Hapag-Lloyd’s luxury cruise ship Europa 2 has been confirmed for the Cape Town 2022 cruise line-up, with a scheduled 13-night voyage to Mauritius. Europa 2, one of the top cruise ships in the world, will depart Cape Town at the end of October, 2022 and bounce down the South African ‘Wild Coast’ visiting several SA cruise ports befo… read more
Travelers looking to get back to sea on their favorite Holland America Line ship can anticipate a restart date of May 2022 for Volendam and Zaandam. The ships will join Eurodam, Koningsdam, Nieuw Amsterdam, Nieuw Statendam, Rotterdam and Zuiderdam, which have returned to service or are slated to restart cruising by November 2021.
Holland A… read more
Qatar is redoubling its efforts to position itself as a major cruise tourism destination through a major partnership with Cruise Line International Association (CLIA) UK & Ireland. Qatar Tourism will be one of the main headline sponsors of the CLIA Selling Cruise Day on November 4, 2021 in Southampton and will also sponsor the annual … read more
The world’s largest cruise ship Wonder of the Seas has departed on sea trials ahead of her anticipated March, 2022 delivery and (possible) cruise via Dubai. The 236,857-gross ton, 5,734 passenger Wonder of the Seas is the largest of all the Oasis-class ships and is expected to cruise via Dubai on her repositioning voyage from Europe to As… read more
The British cruise line Fred Olsen has put its new flagship Bolette into service, sailing a maiden voyage from Dover, UK. Bolette, which formerly sailed as Amsterdam for Holland America Line, entered service with Fred Olsen following an extensive refurbishment programme.
The refit and refurbishment saw all public areas revamped, cab… read more
Costa Cruises is offering fare discounts and onboard spending credits as part of their “Back to Sea Sale”, which includes its Dubai itineraries. Costa Cruises is homeporting Costa Firenze in Dubai for the winter cruise season and will be offering a range of discounts to passengers who book before September 30th, 2021.
The cru… read more
Launching the 2021-2022 cruise season on November 14, 2021, will be the MS Island Sky, the first cruise vessel to sail to Seychelles since the closure of the destination to cruise ships in March 2020. As per the decision taken by the country's authorities in March 2021 relating to the size of the vessels and limiting their carrying passenger cap… read more
Norwegian Prima has touched water for the first time, leaving her construction dry dock at Fincantieri’s Marghera shipyard in Venice to commence her final fit out and finishing stage. Norwegian Prima is the 18th ship in the Norwegian Cruise Line fleet and the first of the new Prima-class vessels, making her float out “particularly … read more
Norwegian Cruise Line will return its entire fleet to operation by April, 2022, the cruise line announced during its recent earnings report. The announcement comes as Norwegian Cruise Line ramps up restart plans with cruises having now resumed in the US and Mediterranean.
Norwegian Jade began cruising from Piraeus in Greece on July … read more
Hurtigruten Expeditions will expand its warm water offerings with the addition of its first Africa cruises, starting in 2022.
The Norway-based cruise line will offer West Africa cruises from Dakar, Senegal, on the MS Spitsbergen, visiting the Bissagos Islands and Cape Verde. The 13-day itinerary includes four countries… read more
Luxury cruise ship Europa 2 to cruise from Cape Town to Mauritius in 2022
Holland America Line announces May 2022 return-to-service dates for Volendam and Zaandam
Qatar boosts cruise tourism investment with CLIA partnership
Largest cruise ship in the world departs on sea trials
Fred Olsen sails from Dover with new cruise ship Bolette
Costa gives away onboard spending credits for Dubai cruises in Back to Sea Sale
Seychelles to welcome back cruise ships in November 2021
Norwegian Prima floated out of construction dry dock ahead of 2022 delivery
Hurtigruten introducing Africa cruises
