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Oceania Cruises Offers Free Pre-Cruise Hotel Stay on a Range of Sailings in 2024 and 2025
Oceania Cruises, the world's leading culinary- and destination-focused cruise line, has announced that it will offer guests a free pre-cruise hotel stay on a range of sailings throughout late 2024 and 2025.
Carnival Corporation Orders an Additional Excel-Class Ship for Carnival Cruise Line
Carnival Corporation & plc, the world's largest cruise company, today announced it has signed an agreement with Meyer Werft shipyard for a fifth Excel-class cruise ship for its namesake Carnival Cruise Line brand, with the delivery set for 2028
Four Seasons Yachts Unveils Inaugural Itineraries to the Caribbean and Mediterranean
Four Seasons, together with luxury yachting company Marc-Henry Cruise Holdings Ltd, Joint Owner/Operator, Four Seasons Yachts, and venerated Italian shipbuilder Fincantieri, continues to chart a new course of luxury at sea.
Windstar Cruises Celebrates 10 Year Partnership with the James Beard Foundation
Windstar Cruises, a leader in small ship luxury cruising, is excited to mark the 10th Anniversary of its partnership with the James Beard Foundation® in 2025 - expanding their series of yearly themed culinary sailings
Cunard Launches Multi Award-Winning West End Show Pride and Prejudice* (*Sort of) at Sea
Direct from its triumph in the West End where it won the Olivier Award for Best Comedy, Pride and Prejudice* (*sort of) is premiering at sea on board Queen Anne's British Isles Festival Voyage.
Disney Destiny Will Bring Stories of Legendary Disney Heroes and Villains to Life
Disney Cruise Line revealed the first details about its next ship, the Disney Destiny, as it reached a new construction milestone today with a keel laying ceremony at the Meyer Werft shipyard in Papenburg, Germany. With the good luck garnered by this maritime tradition, this ship of legends and lore is beginning to take shape.
VIKING MARKS FLOAT OUT OF NEWEST EGYPT SHIP
Viking® has announced its newest ship for the Nile River—the 82-guest Viking Hathor—was "floated out," marking a major construction milestone and the first time the ship has touched water. Set to debut in August 2024, the Viking Hathor will join the company's growing fleet of state-of-the-art ships for the Nile River and will sail Viking's popular 12-day Pharaohs & Pyramids itinerary.
CARNIVAL CRUISE LINE KICKS OFF CELEBRATION
Carnival Cruise Line today revealed details for Paradise Plaza and Calypso Lagoon, two of the five portals at its new Celebration Key™ cruise destination on Grand Bahama set to debut in July 2025.
ROYAL CARIBBEAN ANNOUNCES NEW ROYAL BEACH CLUB IN MEXICO
Royal Caribbean International is putting a new beach club experience on the map. The world's largest cruise line has announced the expansion of its destination lineup with Royal Beach Club Cozumel in Mexico, opening in 2026.
MSC Cruises Makes Landmark Return to Mainland China with Maiden Call of MSC Bellissima
MSC Cruises celebrated a significant milestone by hosting a special event onboard MSC Bellissima in Shanghai, marking her maiden call and becoming the first international cruise line to resume sailings from mainland China since the pandemic. The event welcomed government officials, travel agents, media, and partners to experience the line’s Asian flagship.
Viking Celebrates Start of 2024 River Season in Europe
Viking this week is celebrating the start of its 2024 river season in Europe, as the award-winning Viking Longship® fleet begins sailing itineraries throughout the region. Designed specifically for European waterways, the company's river fleet of sister ships, which host 190 or fewer guests, sail a variety of itineraries on the Rhine, Main, Danube, Seine, Rhône, Douro, Moselle and Elbe rivers.
MSC CRUISES TO HOST NAMING AND CELEBRATORY SAILING FOR MSC WORLD AMERICA IN MIAMI
MSC Cruises, the world's third largest cruise line, announced today that it will host the naming ceremony for its newest flagship—MSC World America—on the evening of April 9, 2025 at the company's new PortMiami terminal.