Return of cruise: big ship lines baulk at hiring Aussies for hospitality roles
In a week that saw P&O Australia cancel overseas cruising and replace them with local itineraries after September 17, a statement from the ship ...
Scenic cancels Eclipse Kimberley program after struggle to get approvals
Australian cruise line Scenic has been forced to cancel an exciting program of Kimberley sailings for the revolutionary Eclipse discovery yacht because it couldn’t ...
Passengers suing Carnival over Ruby Princess COVID outbreak get mediation date
Just over a year since the Ruby Princess was embroiled in the start of the COVID lockdown in Australia, a date has been set ...
APT claims first with planned WA cruise on Caledonian Sky in June
APT claims first as it had made a breakthrough in getting the Caledonian Sky sailing June dates in the Kimberley agreed – the first ...
Revealed: the extraordinary fight to save Australia’s 2021 cruise season
Europe will see a flotilla of ships set sail next month from Britain and around the Med. Asia has been sailing since November. Even ...
Is Celebrity Beyond the most luxurious big ship yet? See the video and decide.
It may have been launched with the lamest of puns, but Celebrity’s new Edge series vessel Beyond really is something special, if the plans, and ...
Australians booking Princess world cruises have Wi-Fi so good they can work from their cabins
Many lines have hit the market with world cruises and seen cabins fly out the door in a day. Princess Cruises latest circumnavigation – ...
Video: Viking welcomes Venus as UK fleets prepare to sail from May 17
Viking has taken delivery of its newest fleet member: Viking Venus was handed over at Fincantieri’s shipyard in Ancona, Italy. Viking Venus , which ...
The “Great Cruise Comeback” – Norwegian claims its ships are “the safest place on earth”
Norwegian Cruise Line has come out swinging, announcing a series bullish comeback plans that reinforces international cruise ship operators are no longer prepared to ...
With cruise halted, Royal Caribbean launches an airline
Royal Caribbean this morning announced from the UK it was going into air travel. A new plane shows the RCI livery, along with the ...
Video: the HBO documentary that could set back the start of cruise
The restart of cruise travel has had some heartrending mis-steps over the past few weeks. First there was New Zealand’s extraordinary ban on Ponant’s ...
The Royal Caribbean ship that has beaten COVID will be sailing from Brisbane
Australians are keen to climb aboard Royal Caribbean’s ships for 2022 – including the first deployment of the technologically advanced Quantum of the Seas, ...
Federal government needs to create national guidelines for Australian cruising
The chair of Cruise Lines International Association Australasia says the Northern Territory’s halt to a Kimberley season demonstrates the challenge while there are no ...
Coral Expeditions changes itineraries in WA to avoid NT cruise ban as anger grows
They have only been lightly touched by the pandemic – they have just one active case this week – but the Northern Territory government ...
FOMO spenders drive boom in luxury cruises, says Regent Seven Seas
Luxury cruise lines are seeing an amazing boom in bookings, the boss of Regent Seven Seas Steve Odell said this week. And they are ...
Royal Caribbean, Princess announce sailings – for vaccinated passengers only
Cruise lines are announcing new sail dates – but only for passengers who have had vaccines against COVID-19. The moves are a sign that ...