28 Published Articles

Rebecca Wong

Rebecca is writer based in Singapore, with more than eight years of experience in print and digital publishing. ​

Her work has been featured in publications such as The Straits Times, Channel NewsAsia, Time Out Singapore and FEMALE Singapore, to name a few. 

​She gravitates towards topics like travel, cruising and profile interviews, but I'm also adept at covering food, parenting, arts & culture, health & wellness, business and tech.

In her free time, she love taking dance classes, travelling to faraway locales and indulging in a good murder mystery show or book.  

28 Published Articles

Departure ports Tokyo

Lines like Celebrity Cruises and MSC return to Asia but one player is pulling out of the region

Cruisers looking to sail in Asia can expect new itineraries and a raft of new ships, as lines like MSC Cruises and Celebrity Cruises ...

Royal Caribbean's Spectrum of the Seas in Singapore

What’s on board the new Quantum class of ships heading for Australia

We boarded one of Royal Caribbean's most ambitious class of ships - Quantum - is headed to Australia. Here’s what to expect.

What's on board the new Quantum class of ships heading for Australia

Royal Caribbean ready to welcome fly-cruisers back to Southeast Asia

Now that port-of-call sailings have resumed, Royal Caribbean's Southeast Asia cruises are ready to welcome back for Australian guests flying in for their sailings.

I caught Covid on a cruise ship - here's how I was treated

I caught Covid on a cruise ship – here’s how I was treated

The dreaded virus caught up with me on a recent Royal Caribbean sailing. Here's where I slept, what I ate and how I was treated.

Fly cruise to Asia? Here's what's on offer

Fly cruise to Asia? Here’s what’s on offer

Cruising has been slow to return to Asia, but the region is finally gearing up for an exciting wave season. Southeast Asia welcomed its ...

Disney Cruise Line

Death of a Dream: how the pandemic’s biggest cruise casualty could cost passengers millions

When Genting Hong Kong commissioned  Global Dream and Global Dream II six years ago, they were expected to be among the world’s biggest liners ...

Want to grab a cruise on a mega ship right now? Here's how you can do it

Want to grab a cruise on a mega ship right now? Here’s how you can do it

Royal Caribbean’s Spectrum of the Seas is ready to welcome Australian cruisers for its Singapore homeporting season. Aussies looking to cruise overseas can head ...

What’s next for cruising in Singapore after Dream Cruises’ departure?

What’s next for cruising in Singapore after Dream Cruises’ departure?

It’s the end of an era as Genting Cruise Lines finally calls it a day, leaving a gap in Singapore’s cruise market. Now that ...

How Royal Caribbean in Singapore is targeting Australian cruisers

How Royal Caribbean in Singapore is targeting Australian cruisers

Royal Caribbean has made a bold statement by bringing one of its newest ships, Spectrum of the Seas, a full six months ahead of schedule ...

Dream Boys on Explorer Dream

Dream Cruises pledges to sail on from Singapore as owner files for liquidation and Crystal is halted

Dream Cruises, part of the Genting Hong Kong group which owns luxury line Crystal and Star Cruises, has announced that sailings in Singapore will ...

How Singapore plans to tempt Australians to cruise from its harbour

Exclusive: Singapore welcomes Australians to cruise aboard its ships

Cruise-hungry Aussies can now look forward to booking itineraries in Singapore, after the government changed its rules to capture the fly-cruise market. Previously, cruises ...

How Singapore plans to tempt Australians to cruise from its harbour

How Singapore plans to tempt Australians to cruise from its harbour

Last week’s Cruise Passenger story quoting expert predictions that we’d sail in foreign waters before our own caused a major debate, with Cruise Lines ...

Asia's largest ship Spectrum of the Seas on the way to Singapore

Asia’s largest ship Spectrum of the Seas on the way to Singapore

 Royal Caribbean has announced that Spectrum of the Seas, the first Quantum-Ultra ship, will be homeporting in Singapore from October 2022 to April 2023. ...

Cruise lines that want you to be vaccinated - and one where Aussies don't need the jab

Passengers sail on from Singapore with takeaways as ships ride out COVID’s new wave

Asia is suffering a third wave – yet, amazingly, Dream Cruises and Royal Caribbean continue cruising out of Singapore under new cruising restrictions. The ...

Amazing pictures: what life is like on the world's first Royal Caribbean cruise

Aussies welcome to sail with Royal Caribbean once Singapore’s bubble is open, says boss

Royal Caribbean’s Managing Director Asia Pacific, Angie Stephen, has told Cruise Passenger she will be working with the Singapore government to welcome Aussie sailors once ...

Royal Caribbean can't confirm Australians will get Asia's $25,000 health fee promise

Is Singapore showing Australia – and Europe – how to restart cruising?

Following Quantum of the Seas successful return to service in Singapore, Royal Caribbean has announced that the ship will  remain in the Asia-Pacific region ...

12 Next