Cruise News

  • Sea Cloud Cruises announced an exclusive culinary sailing experience featuring internationally acclaimed Celebrity Chef Ben Robinson. The exclusive seven-night culinary voyage, which is part of Sea Cloud’s Cultivated Journeys series, sets sail from St. M…
  • Serafin Blazquez, executive director at Cruise Saudi, said: “We were founded in 2021 to develop the cruise sector in Saudi Arabia. We have two very ambitious targets, which are to open 10 destinations by 2030 and to reach 1.33 million cruise passengers b…
  • BASS Software announced a new contract with Unity Ship Management (USM) for the full suite of BASSnet SaaS solutions, covering 21 vessels and office operations. BASS said in a press release that USM, which manages the technical and operational needs of a large…
  • Royal Caribbean has opened bookings for the Royal Beach Club Paradise Island. Starting today, vacationers booked on sailings visiting Nassau beginning late December 2025 can purchase their all-inclusive day passes on the company’s website ahead of the de…
  • Crystal today announced the finalization of a SACE-backed ECA financing facility for two newbuilds. “Securing this financing represents a decisive step forward in Crystal’s expansion and demonstrates the strong market confidence in our strategy,…
  • Windstar Cruises’ Star Explorer will debut in the Mediterranean, offering winter sailings to Europe. Launching Dec. 28, 2026, the Star Explorer’s inaugural local season offers overnight stays in Florence (Livorno), Barcelona, and Nice, as well as p…
  • Quark Expeditions has announced its July Savings Event, offering up to $ 9,000 off Antarctic 2025-26 and Arctic 2026 voyages. The promotion runs until July 14 and offers savings on expeditions to Antarctica, Greenland, Svalbard and Patagonia. Among the offers …
  • Explora Journeys announced its partnership in the United States and Canada with Paymode, a B2B payment solution offered by Bottomline Technologies. The collaboration will bring together expertise from both companies to streamline and enhance the payment proces…
  • Lindblad Expeditions announced the expansion of its partnership with Approach Guides to provide travel advisors with more sales tools, including new customized content experiences and a personalized, conversion-optimized website. The new website connects advis…
  • The newest expedition cruise line, 66 Degrees Expeditions, is now live with  cruisePAL SMS/POS, according to a press release. cruisePAL said its team is proud to support 66 degrees Expeditions in this adventure with their innovative solutions. “Our team …
  • Carnival Cruise Line announced today it will partner with The Coca-Cola Company as its preferred beverage partner across its North American fleet, according to a press release. Coca-Cola products return to Carnival ships, which had previously replaced Coca-Col…
  • Elite Island Resorts announced the appointment of Kari Tarnowski as Chief Commercial Officer, marking the veteran marketing executive’s return to the resort brand. Tarnowski previously led marketing as chief marketing officer in her first tenure with the…
  • Windstar Cruises’ President, Christopher Prelog, highlighted the company’s latest itineraries, bookings, ship meetups, milestones and more for guests in an email. “I’m thrilled to share that the Star Explorer, our second new Star Class …
  • Viking named its newest ocean ship, the Viking Vesta, with a traditional ceremony in Split, Croatia over the weekend. The ship was recently delivered from Fincantieri to Viking. Serving as ceremonial godmother of the Viking Vesta was the Norwegian journalist, …
  • Royal Caribbean International recently cancelled a visit to Alesund onboard the Independence of the Seas due to ongoing maintenance. Currently offering cruises departing from Southampton, England, the vessel was set to visit the Norwegian port on July 1, 2025.…
  • TUI announced that “Colorful Horizons” will set sail from Hamburg in June 2026. The seven-day sailing will set sail for the third time in 2026 onboard the Mein Schiff 5. Together with LGBTQIA+ personalities, the itinerary will journey through the E…
  • Reprising its jazz-themed cruise in 2023, Ponant Explorations announced the second edition of the musical voyage in partnership with the Marseille Jazz des Cinq Continents Festival. The voyage will sail from Sept. 28 to Oct. 10, 2025. The 12-night journey aboa…
  • Ten passengers and eight crew members from a Silversea cruise were rescued from a remote island off the northern coast of Australia on Thursday, 26 June. 1news reported that earlier, about 60 other passengers made it to safety after they were forced to abandon…
  • Phoenix Reisen is reportedly making changes to the itineraries of the 2025-26 world cruises onboard the Amera and the Amadea. The adjustments will see the ships dropping the planned transits of the Red Sea and the Suez Canal while returning to Europe, a report…
  • The Aroya sailed from the Turkish port of Istanbul on Saturday for Aroya Cruises’ first voyage in the Eastern Mediterranean. Having repositioned from the Red Sea earlier this month, the 3,400-guest ship started its inaugural cruise in the region on June …
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