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2018 Wave Season Results: Travel Pro Survey Reveals New Cruise Booking Trends
Wave season is winding down and just about behind us. It’s about the end of that time of the year when cruise lines book up to 50% of the year’s volume. Looking back, we have observations, results and thoughts from Read More …
Three Outstanding Cruise Deals Targeting Families & Groups
If outstanding cruise deals seem to be happening all the time. There is a good reason for that: they are. Cruise lines constantly promote what they do as the one choice we need to make. Complete one-stop shopping. Still, for Read More …
Africa River Cruise On Sale
To many cruise travelers, ‘river cruising’ first means an up-close view of history on a European river cruise. Secondary thoughts turn to North America, Asia and Africa. CroisiEurope recently launched its first-ever Africa river cruise schedule with land-and-cruise packages through South Africa, Read More …
River Cruise Delivers Gigantic Ocean Cruise Ship Parts [VIDEO]
Royal Caribbean’s new Spectrum of the Seas is due out in 2019. Currently being built at the Meyer Werft shipyard in Papenberg, Germany, a mega-block of the ship was floated to Papenberg as we see in this video. It’s one Read More …
New Miami Cruise Terminal Promises Even Faster Embarkation
Norwegian Cruise Line will build a new terminal at PortMiami, scheduled to open in the fall of 2019. That new Miami cruise terminal construction is timed to be done just in time to check in passengers for Norwegian Encore, the Read More …
Windstar Small Ship Asia Cruising Evolves
Windstar Cruises returns to Asia for the 2018/19 season with Star Legend after her inaugural Alaska season this summer. The 2018/19 Windstar Asia season will bring four new cruises on top of the most popular sailings including a comprehensive exploration of Read More …
Traveler Experience Brings Nieuw Ship Features
Holland America Line’s first ship to be called Statendam sailed in 1898. In December, the sixth rendition of the name comes to us as Nieuw Statendam debuts. The new Pinnacle-Class ship, sister-ship Koningsdam will have eight more staterooms and all Read More …
Holland America Experience Evolution Continues
There is a lot going on at Holland America as the 145-year-old cruise line continues to grow. Last year, new Koningsdam was introduced and this year brings sister-ship Nieuw Amsterdam. Appropriate partnerships with America’s Test Kitchen, Food & Wine Magazine Read More …
Introducing Australia Expedition Cruising
Tourism Western Australia has a new way to see the land down under: an expedition cruise. Kimberley Expedition Cruising is introducing one of the world’s last true wilderness areas, the Kimberley region in Australia’s North West. Let’s start with this Australia expedition cruising Read More …