Cruise Industry

Miray's Life at Sea Cruises announces industry's first 3-year World Voyage on MV Gemini
The industry's ever-longest/first 3-year World Voyage, offered on MV Gemini ship by Life at Sea Cruises (new travel brand launched by Miray...
March 1, 2023
P&O Ferries' new hybrid ships cannot charge at Dover/Calais docks
P&O Ferries UK came under criticism for its purchase of 2 new hybrid electric cruiseferries despite a lack of suitable shore-power/in-port...
March 1, 2023
MSC Explora Journeys introduces new autumn/winter 2024-2025 itineraries for Explora 1 ship
MSC Explora Journeys announced a new line-up of voyages for the autumn & winter 2024-2025 season of EXPLORA 1, the first of a fleet of 6 luxury...
February 28, 2023
AmaWaterways launches early start to 2024 Europe Season
AmaWaterways announced a record level of bookings in January 2023. The company reminded travel agents of the new sales opportunities offered as a...
February 28, 2023
P&O UK drops COVID vaccination and testing requirements
P&O Cruises UK announced it had dropped its COVID-vaccination and testing requirements. In a statement posted on its website, P&O UK...
February 28, 2023
Godmother announced for Oceania Cruises' newest ship Vista
Oceania Cruises named the Italian-American chef, restaurateur, author, and Emmy Award-winning TV host Giada De Laurentiis as godmother of the fleet's...
February 28, 2023
Cyprus-Greece ferry link resumes for a 2nd consecutive year
The Cyprus-Greece ferry route is expected to resume for a second consecutive year in 2023-Q2 with a new schedule to be announced soon. Scandro...
February 27, 2023
Port Honfleur (France) plans to equip the cruise terminal with shore power
Honfleur (France) has just ~6000 inhabitants but receives ~5,2 million visitors per year, including those from both ocean cruisers and riverboats...
February 27, 2023
Seabourn introduces 2024-2025 itineraries with the new ships Pursuit and Venture
The ultra-luxury and expedition travel brand Seabourn unveiled a program of new voyages scheduled for summer 2024 and winter-spring 2025 on its two...
February 27, 2023
BC Ferries Canada receives $500M cash injection to keep ferry fares low
BC Ferries will receive a CAD 500 million cash injection to be used to keep fares below the rate of inflation and partly electrify their fleet. This...
February 27, 2023
Cruise ship arrivals in Japan near pre-COVID levels
Foreign-operated cruise ship arrivals to Japan are set to near the level before the COVID crisis when their dockings to the country restart in March...
February 27, 2023
Oceania Cruises offers Alaskan voyages on Regatta ship (May-September 2023)
The NCLH/Norwegian-owned Oceania Cruises offers an abundance of immersive experiences in Alaska. Sailing from Seattle WA USA, Vancouver BC Canada...
February 26, 2023
Sea Cloud Cruises remains an independent cruise line
Sea Cloud Cruises revealed that Marriott International Inc (the parent company of Ritz-Carlton Yacht Collection via The Ritz-Carlton Hotel Company...
February 26, 2023
New Costa Fortuna cruise program 2023 to feature 3 different 2-week itineraries
Costa Cruises is launching a new program with 3 new itineraries scheduled for Costa Fortuna ship in the Mediterranean and Spain's Canary Islands...
February 25, 2023
Korea-Japan ferry services between Busan and Tsushima Island restart after a 3-year COVID halt
Ferry services between Busan (South Korea) and Tsushima Island (Japan) resumed on Saturday, February 25th, after a 3-year suspension due to the COVID...
February 25, 2023