Cruise News

  • 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 …
  • The Mein Schiff 7 is completing its first year of service for TUI Cruises this month. The vessel was delivered to the Germany-based company on June 10, 2024 following her completion at Meyer Turku. The 111,500-ton ship then embarked on its first cruise two day…
  • Lindblad Expeditions announced the formation of its first-ever UK Travel Advisory Board, underscoring its commitment to growth in the UK market and support to travel advisors across the region. The board comprises travel professionals from the UK, including Ja…
  • The Silver Origin completed its fifth year of service earlier this month after being delivered to Silversea on June 3, 2020. As the company’s first destination-specific vessel, the expedition ship was built at the Dutch shipyard De Hoop. Designed for service i…
  • MSC Cruises cancelled the trans-Atlantic crossing that was set to depart from Italy onboard the MSC Lirica on November 7, 2025. Departing from Venice, the 21-night repositioning cruise was scheduled to visit destinations in Sicily, Greece, Spain and Brazil bef…
  • The Norwegian Epic recently completed 15 years of service after being delivered to Norwegian Cruise Line on June 17, 2010. The 150,000-ton vessel was built as a prototype vessel at the STX France Shipyard, currently known as the Chantiers de l’Atlantique, in S…
  • Paisly, JetBlue’s travel subsidiary and a travel services company, announced the expansion of its cruise portfolio with the addition of four cruise line partners: Holland America Line, Cunard, Virgin Voyages and Oceania Cruises. The company said in a pre…
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