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Cruise month: Why 2023/24 season will see the best bargains ever

Stand by to be wooed as never before. Australia’s biggest ocean cruise season is just around the corner, and the industry wants to win ...

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Cruise lines celebrate their first year at sea with awards and a party

Two years to the week when cruising was banned in Australia thanks to the pandemic, a resurgent industry honoured its own this weekend at ...

Is the key to restarting Australian cruising a 12-hour docking delay for ships with COVID cases

Is the key to restarting Australian cruising a 12-hour docking delay for ships with COVID cases

It’s a tale of two continents: in America, today marks the end of the mandatory health protocols on cruise ships and a change to ...

Australia's cruise return a race against time to salvage the last of the 2021/22 wave season

Australia’s cruise return a race against time to salvage the last of the 2021/22 wave season

The cruise industry is expecting to meet NSW Health Minister Brad Hazzard and other officials at a watershed meeting shortly to decide how and ...

Cruise industry aims to reach carbon neutral sailings by 2050

Cruise industry aims to reach carbon neutral sailings by 2050

Cruise Lines International Association (CLIA) has released a new report which says the industry is aiming to reach carbon neutral cruising by 2050. The ...

Health officials open talks with cruise operators as hopes rise for a return to sailing

Ignored and disrespected – why the cruise industry is angry as wave season hopes are all but dashed

Health Minister Greg Hunt has extended the ban on overseas travel and foreign flagged cruise ships for a further three months, all but dashing ...

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Frustrated cruise ship owners make new bid to win over government with four-phase restart plan

Ship owners lobby group Cruise Lines International Association (CLIA) has outlined a four-phase pathway to resume cruising in Australia, designed to align with government ...

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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 ...

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Why Australia’s new three-month ban has some good news for cruising

The Federal Government announced that it would be extending the cruise ban for an additional three months this week. But the cruise industry took ...

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Revealed: Australia’s plan to salvage our summer cruise season

Cruise ships may be based in individual states and sail only local itineraries as part of a phased comeback plan for the cruise industry. ...

Record cruise growth in danger from crowded Sydney port

Record cruise growth in danger from crowded Sydney port

The debate over a second berth for big cruise ships east of the Sydney Harbour Bridge was re-ignited today at a conference held by ...

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How to get a cruise for a dollar

Cruisers can expect to pick up some incredible bargains at the second National Cruise Week, beginning September 2. MSC Cruises’ ‘take a friend for ...