Cruise bookings are back - three important things you need to know right now

Cruise bookings are back – three important things you need to know right now

Cruise is on its way back. Sailings are picking up around the world and Royal Caribbean has confidently scheduled December sailings out of Sydney. ...

Cunard's Queen Elizabeth is all set to return to the seas

Cunard’s Queen Elizabeth is all set to return to the seas

After 17-months out of action, Cunard’s Queen Elizabeth is looking in tip-top shape to make her triumphant return to the waters as the cruise ...

Golden Horizon's debut postponed to next season

Golden Horizon’s debut postponed to next season

The arrival of the world’s newest and largest sailing ship, the Golden Horizon, which was initially planned for 2021/22 wave season has been postponed. ...

Norwegian Cruise Line to be back in Australia by early February

Norwegian Cruise Line to be back in Australia by early February

Norwegian Cruise Line (NCL) president and CEO Harry Sommer has offered Australian and Kiwi cruisers hope promising it would return by February 2022. Mr ...

Scenic Azure lights the way as Europe's waterways get back to business

Scenic Azure lights the way as Europe’s waterways get back to business

Europe’s waterways were this week buzzing with activity as lines like Scenic, Viking and Avalon restarted their engines.  Scenic has resumed its river cruising ...

Heritage Expeditions' Heritage Adventurer

Heritage Expeditions welcomes its newest ship to its adventure fleet

New Zealand based cruise company Heritage Expeditions has announced that the exploration vessel formerly known as MS Hanseatic and briefly as Society Adventurer is ...

A royal flush: Princess completes its first sailing back

A royal flush: Princess completes its first sailing back

Princess Cruises’ Majestic Princess has completed a seven-day round-trip from Seattle through Alaska, visiting Glacier Bay National Park, Juneau, Skagway and Ketchikan after more ...

A region rejoices as Princess and Holland America return to service in Seattle

A region rejoices as Princess and Holland America return to service in Seattle

Princess Cruises and Holland America Line have celebrated their much-awaited return to the port of Seattle, with a big celebration in the city. As ...

Princess Cruises pulls out of South Pacific cruises as pandemic ravages the region

Princess Cruises pulls out of South Pacific cruises as pandemic ravages the region

Princess Cruises has left the South Pacific off its early 2022 season lineup as it concedes that COVID restrictions will prevent it from cruising ...

World cruises are selling out - here are the ones you can still jump aboard

World cruises are selling out – here are the ones you can still jump aboard

We know that world cruises have been popular.  But just three hours to sell out a Regent Seven Seas world cruise where even the ...

Cry me a river - how a cruise ship got stuck in the mud

Cry me a river – how a cruise ship got stuck in the mud

It might have been a case of Cry Me a River. Cruise passengers have been forced to spend nights stuck in the middle of ...

Take an ‘overseas’ road trip to Kangaroo Island

Take an ‘overseas’ road trip to Kangaroo Island

The lush wildlife, sandy white beaches and crystal clear waters of Kangaroo Island beckon, and a domestic holiday has never been easier with Sealink’s ...

Royal Caribbean makes triumphant return to Alaska

Royal Caribbean makes triumphant return to Alaska

For the first time in nearly a year-and-a-half, Royal Caribbean is sailing in Alaska. Serenade of the Seas made itself the first large cruise ...

Italy finally bans cruise ships from the Venice Canal

Italy finally bans cruise ships from the Venice Canal

The Italian government has banned cruise ships for entering the Venice lagoon in what seems to finally be a definitive end to a long ...

What about the kids? How COVID has turned cruising with children into a liability

What about the kids? How COVID has turned cruising with children into a liability

Family holidays are a huge part of cruising and hundreds of thousands of children take to the seas each year.  Whether it’s colourful waterslides, ...

See the world in luxury with Regent's new "Navigate the World" cruise

See the world in luxury with Regent’s new “Navigate the World” cruise

There’s nothing cruisers love more than leaving on vacation and not being able to count on one hand all the countries they’ve visited. Regent ...