Cruise news (Cape Town South Africa-tagged)
- Cruise Industry
AIDA Cruises opens farewell season of AIDAaura ship
AIDA Cruises offers all cruise fans the chance to say goodbye to its AIDAaura ship with extraordinary travel offers. After 20+ years in service, the...
January 5, 2023 - Cruise Industry
NCL-Norwegian Cruise Line is the new company to enter South African waters
Although MSC Cruises has long had a monopoly on South Africa's mainstream cruising market, they are about to get competition from NCL-Norwegian...
December 19, 2022 - Cruise Industry
Azamara announces 44 new winter 2024-2025 itineraries
The upmarket cruise line and leader in Destination Immersion experiences Azamara announced 44 new cruises for Winter 2024-2025 spanning the world's 4...
November 12, 2022 - Cruise Industry
HAL-Holland America introduces 2023 Grand Africa Voyage
On HAL-Holland America Line’s Grand Africa Voyage, passengers can go in search of the “Big Five” of Africa and experience a variety...
September 11, 2022 - Cruise Industry
AIDA Cruises' ship AIDAaura became the 12th vessel in the fleet to depart from Hamburg (Germany)
On Saturday, May 7, AIDA Cruises' ship AIDAaura became the 12th vessel in the fleet to depart from Hamburg (Germany) on a 14-day voyage to Scotland...
May 9, 2022 - Accidents
TUI Cruises cancels all voyages in South Africa aboard Mein Schiff 3
TUI Cruises announced the line had canceled all sailings in South Africa for the following season, affecting the scheduled voyages aboard Mein Schiff...
April 22, 2022 - Cruise Industry
Oceania Cruises unveils 2024 Around the World in 180 Days itinerary on Insignia
Oceania Cruises announced its 2024 Around the World in 180 Days itinerary in addition to 4 distinct Grand Voyages ranging between 72-82 days in...
February 24, 2022 - Cruise Industry
MSC's winter 2022-2023 cruise program features the newbuild ships World Europa & Seascape
MSC Cruises’ 2022-2023 Winter lineup of voyages features 2 new ships: MSC World Europa and MSC Seascape. In total, the cruise line offers a...
February 4, 2022 - Accidents
Hapag-Lloyd's cruise ship MS Europa docks in Cape Town (South Africa) amidst COVID Omicron concerns
The TUI Group-owned ms Europa (operated by TUI's subsidiary Hapag-Lloyd) docked in Cape Town (South Africa) on Tuesday, November 30. The ship's...
December 2, 2021 - Cruise Industry
MSC Orchestra heading to Durban (South Africa) despite COVID's Omicron variant
MSC Cruises is going ahead with South African itineraries, despite travel bans in the country due to the COVID Omicron variant. MSC Orchestra is...
December 1, 2021 - Cruise Industry
Crystal Endeavor departs Ushuaia (Argentina) on her first expedition voyage to Antarctica
On Thursday (November 18), Crystal Cruises' megayacht Crystal Endeavor departed from Port Ushuaia (Argentina) on her inaugural cruise to Antarctica...
November 19, 2021 - Cruise Industry
MSC Cruises restarts in South Africa on December 6 from Durban
The world's 3rd-largest cruise shipowner MSC restarts South African operations on December 6th from homeport Durban. The green light followed...
October 23, 2021 - Cruise Industry
First cruise ship expected at the Cape Town Cruise Terminal (South Africa) on November 18
South Africa's President Cyril Ramaphosa announced that the country was moving to adjusted alert level 1 meaning that cruise tourism can resume. The...
October 13, 2021 - Cruise Industry
AIDA Cruises opens bookings for winter program 2022-2023
AIDA Cruises opened for booking its winter 2022-2023 winter program. The itineraries range from voyages to the Caribbean, Southeast Asia, and the...
August 28, 2021 - Cruise Industry
AIDA's cruise ship AIDAsol to sail her first World Voyage in 2022-2023
AIDA Cruises announced that its AIDAsol ship will sail her first world voyage in winter 2022-2023. The 117-day journey includes rounding Cape Horn...
June 17, 2021