Regent Seven Seas sets record luxury sales day for 2023/24 – including one US$600,000 journey
Regent Seven Seas has smashed sales records for its Voyage Collection 2023-24, including the biggest single day of sales for its Australian office. The ...
Here’s when the Government thinks we might be travelling – and sailing! – again
Cruise lines are pressing the government for fresh talks on the path froward for sailings after Prime Minister Scott Morrison outlined his four-phase plan ...
Royal Caribbean backs vaccine program by deploying Ovation to Sydney in December
Royal Caribbean has given a huge vote of confidence in Australia’s ability to hit its vaccine targets, promising a new season of domestic sailings ...
Exclusive: Australian Cruisers back calls to bring back sailings – but only with full vaccinations
Australia’s cruise community – which holds the world record for the highest number per head of the population – has strongly backed calls for ...
The Aussie holdout: Minister ducks questions on why we’re the last major nation with a cruise ban and no plan
The cruise industry has shifted its campaign to get the government to issue guidelines for a return to sailings, recruiting travel agents to pressure ...
Free at last – Golden Horizon sets sail claiming to be debt free
We said it sounded like an act straight out of a pirate movie. And we were right. We also said the only thing missing ...
World’s largest sailing ship, expected in Australia, arrested over claims of unpaid debts
It sounded like an act straight out of a pirate movie – and the only thing missing was Captain Jack Sparrow. The Golden Horizon, ...
Golden Horizon starts maiden voyage before Aussie visit
After two false starts, Tradewind Voyages’ five-masted square rigger, Golden Horizon, embarked on its first sailing from the British port of Portland this week ...
Royal Caribbean’s “blockbuster” season called off with regret
Four months after announcing a “blockbuster” season in Australia, Royal Caribbean has bowed to the inevitable and scratched its big ship sailings Down Under. ...
Crystal names luxury expedition yacht Endeavor and announces she’s the most expensive per night at $2396
In a first for Germany and a sign of the restart of cruise, Crystal Endeavor was named yesterday in Germany. And her owner also ...
Europe’s rivers are reopening: here’s where Aussies are booking and what passengers need to know
The river fleets of the mighty European waterways are at last cranking up their engines and starting to sail, thanks to the rapid spread ...
Exclusive Review: Viking UK shows how you can cruise safely post pandemic
Renowned maritime writer Tony Slinn took one of the first cruises aboard the brand new Viking Venus when the UK restarted cruises this month. ...
Australia’s cruise season under threat as Cunard, Seabourn cancel
In a move that indicates major cruise lines have made up their minds about the likelihood of a cruise season in Australia, Cunard and ...
Tourism minister Dan Tehan promises review as cruise ship ban expires in 13 days
Australia’s Tourism Minister Dan Tehan has promised a mid-June review of the ban on foreign flagged ships, raising hopes that the 2021 cruise season ...
Princess in mourning at passing of Love Boat actor Gavin MacLeod
Many fans of cruising – and particularly those who love Princess Cruises – went into mourning this week after news broke that Gavin MacLeod ...
Lawyers claim Carnival will say passengers aboard Ruby Princess “failed to take reasonable care”
Lawyers acting on behalf of hundreds of passengers taking action over the Ruby Princess COVID-19 outbreak claim Carnival PLC and Princess Cruises’ defence documents ...