Tag Archive: Cruise News
Explora Unveils Inaugural Voyages for Explora II
Up-and-coming ultra-luxury lifestyle brand Explora Journeys has opened bookings for Explora II’s 2024-25 season. Explora II will launch in the summer of 2024. Between August 2024 and April 2025, she will operate 30 voyages, visiting 82 ports across 26 countries. … Read more…
Celebrity Apex to operate out of Southampton in 2024
Celebrity Cruises has announced that Celebrity Apex will make its homeport in Southampton in 2024. This will be the first time one of the line’s innovative Edge Series ships has sailed from the UK port. Celebrity Apex will replace Celebrity … Read more…
Bear Grylls to join Cunard in Alaska in 2023
Cunard has announced that Bear Grylls OBE will headline the line’s 2023 season in Alaska.  Best-selling author, TV presenter and world-renowned adventurer Bear Grylls will join Cunard’s Queen Elizabeth in Alaska in 2023. A special 12-night sailing will mark the … Read more…
Azamara to return to Venice in 2023
Luxury cruise operator Azamara Cruises has announced that the line will return to Venice, Italy in April 2023. From 3 April 2023, Venice will feature as a port of call on several of the line’s iconic itineraries once again, beginning … Read more…
Holland America Concludes 75th Season in Alaska
Last week, Holland America Line concluded its 75th season in Alaska after operating more than 100 cruises and cruise tours in the last six months. Holland America has been taking guests to explore Alaska since 1947, making the line the … Read more…
New Princess Sphere-Class Ship to be Named Sun Princess
Princess Cruises has announced the name and released details of its first Sphere-class ship. Princess Cruises has confirmed that its newest vessel will be the third in the line’s history to be named Sun Princess. John Padgett, President of Princess … Read more…
Katy Perry Christens Norwegian Prima in Iceland
Last week, Norwegian Prima made history as the first mainstream cruise ship christened in Reykjavik, Iceland. More than 3,000 people were in attendance, including Norwegian Cruise Line executives, shipbuilders and Norwegian Prima’s godmother, Katy Perry. Frank J. Del Rio, President … Read more…
MSC Virtuosa to operate no-fly cruises until 2023
MSC Cruises has announced that MSC Virtuosa will continue to operate out of Southampton until 2023. MSC Virtuosa returned to the UK in April 2022. In May 2021, she became the first vessel to operate no-fly cruises following the coronavirus … Read more…
Viking Celebrates 25th Anniversary
Viking has dominated the cruise industry, offering river, ocean and now expedition cruises, and on Friday, the line celebrated its 25th anniversary. The special occasion comes weeks after the line secured the number-one River Line and Ocean Line accolades at … Read more…
Ponant to re-launch Le Ponant
Ponant Cruises is set to re-launch its iconic three-masted sailing ship Le Ponant. The 289-foot vessel has spent the last six months at the San Giorgio del Porto shipyard in Genoa. She has been completely re-fitted, featuring new accommodation, dining … Read more…