The best entertainment on Viva: Why NCL won our Readers’ Choice Award in 2023
Steve Odell, former boss of Oceania Cruises and Regent Seven Seas, scored the cruising equivalent of Taylor Swift tickets – the launch of Norwegian Cruise Lines’ Viva.
Investigators seek design changes after rogue wave death on Drake
A year ago on one of the world's roughest seas, an extraordinary and rare event occured: a brand new adventure ship, the Viking Octantis, was hit by a rogue wave.
Revealed: the real reason Pacific Adventure was banned from NZ
The real reason Pacific Adventure was turned away from New Zealand was it had three mussels on its hull
World’s biggest cruise ship Icon of the Seas sails into a new era
After just under three years of building, Icon of the Seas, the world's largest cruise ship, has been handed over to Royal Caribbean and launched.
Wedding ruined and holidays shattered – lessons from Pacific Adventure’s New Zealand debacle
Angry passengers are demanding full refunds after the Pacific Adventure failed to sail to New Zealand when storms stopped hull cleaning
Revealed – Ponant’s new ventures into luxury and sustainability
Ponant and Paspaley are planning a luxury offering in Kimberley and beyond
Ponant uses AI to design first carbon neutral sailing ship
Ponant is using high tech tools to design the first carbon neutral ship by 2030
Holland America Line champions pickleball for Australian season
Holland America is backing pickleball as the next sporting sensation and used it to launch its Australian season in Sydney.
As 100 cruise passengers are injured in giant storm, how to avoid weather incidents
Around 100 cruise passengers were injured after a cruise ship was battered by gale-force winds and 10-metre waves.
Is your next holiday “unbalanced”?
Travellers face a revolution as the world’s favourite destinations struggle with overtourism and climate. And cities are fighting back.
Qantas almost cost us a Kimberley cruise with lost luggage – but they couldn’t care less
Qantas had lost the luggage of eight passengers when they arrived in Broome to join a Ponant cruise to the Kimberley. And they couldn't have cared less.
Princess declares biggest ever season with Royal Princess
Princess Cruises celebrates the arrival of the Royal Princess with its biggest ever season in Austalia
Brilliance of the Seas starts Royal Caribbean’s season Down Under
Australia's biggest yet cruise season passed another milestone with the arrival of the first Royal Caribbean ship, Brilliance of the Seas.
Historic first as Ponant maps Kimberley for cruising
French line Ponant has started charting the ancient Kimberley waterways as it ramps up its presence in the Western Australian expedition cruise location
How river cruising saves thousands of dollars while you see the world
Tired of the delays and expense of air travel but still want to take in several countries in one trip? Frustrated by the soaring cost of hotels and restaurant meals on your holiday?
Lyndey Milan’s Mediterranean cooking rules
We might have been in the culinary centre on an Oceania Cruises ship. Except we were in Sydney’s CBD.