Cruise news (River Cruises-tagged)

AQSC-American Queen Steamboat Company may lay off 250 employees
The Coronavirus (COVID-19) crisis continues to create challenges for the tourism and hospitality industry, which also includes the USA's riverboat...
August 1, 2020
Cruise Industry
UnCruise Adventures resumes voyages in Alaska
One of the smallest cruise brands in the USA - UnCruise Adventures, restarts operations in Alaska on Saturday, August 1, with one boat only. There...
August 1, 2020
Cruise Industry
Emerald Waterways opens bookings for 2021 Russian River Cruises
The premium brand Emerald Waterways opened bookings for its 2021 Russian river cruise season. Voyages will feature a newly chartered...
July 27, 2020
Cruise Industry
MS Douro Serenity joins Nicko Cruises in 2021
Nicko Cruises (German river cruise brand owned by Mystic Cruises) announced that MS Duoro Serenity is joining its fleet in 2021. Deployed on Douro...
July 24, 2020
Cruise Industry
AmaWaterways resumes river cruises in Europe with AmaKristina
The luxury river cruise brand AmaWaterways announced it had resumed passenger shipping operations in Europe via charter cruises on AmaKristina with...
July 22, 2020
Cruise Industry
Alton Illinois plans vote on revised American Cruise Lines pact
Alton Illinois aldermen will meet at 6 PM on Monday (July 20) as a committee of the whole for a teleconference to consider an ordinance authorizing...
July 20, 2020
Cruise Industry
UK's FCO updates travel advice to allow river cruises
It has been a week since the UK Government hindered the passenger shipping industry, with the FCO (UK's Foreign and Commonwealth Office) advising...
July 17, 2020
Cruise Industry
Viking Cruises launches new ship for Mekong River
Viking River Cruises announced it will launch a new ship in summer 2021 for its "Magnificent Mekong" cruisetour. Currently under construction, the...
July 16, 2020
Cruise Industry
CroisiEurope resumes river cruises on July 13
CroisiEurope - One of the world's largest river cruise companies - confirmed its restart dates for this year, following months of suspension due to...
July 10, 2020
Cruise Industry
Viking extends cruise suspension fleetwide through September 30
Viking Cruises will not start back up again until the fall of 2020, the company announced on Wednesday, July 8. In a letter published on the...
July 10, 2020
Cruise Industry
Phoenix Reisen names new river ship MS Andrea
As part of an intimate ceremony, on June 30, Phoenix Reisen officially christened a new riverboat in Bonn Germany. Like almost all fleetmates...
July 7, 2020
Cruise Industry
Budapest’s "Whale" complex to be turned into cruise passenger terminal
Budapest City’s Balna (Whale) complex might be turned into a cruise passenger terminal for Danube riverboat passengers, head of the Hungarian...
July 3, 2020
Cruise Industry
Viking Cruises opens for booking Mississippi River cruises 2023
Viking Cruises announced that new 2023 itineraries on Mississippi River are now on sale. The company's first custom-built ship (to be operated...
July 2, 2020
Cruise Industry
US river lines push back plans to resume cruises
USA's river cruise companies continue to push back plans to resume sailings. On Tuesday, June 30, AQSC-American Queen Steamboat Company said its...
July 2, 2020
Cruise Industry
Scenic Cruises announces 2021 European River Cruises
Scenic Cruises released its 2021 European luxury river cruises. New features include visits to WWI sites in Passchendaele and Ypres, as well as a...
June 30, 2020
Cruise Industry