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Pacific nations unite around cruising
Wednesday | Oct 25 2023A sustainable cruise sector was firmly on the agenda in French Polynesia last week, where more than 140 delegates from countries across the South Pacific gathered for the Second South Pacific Cruise Forum.
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D’Aoust has left AQV
Wednesday | Oct 25 2023AMERICAN Queen Voyages (AQV) President Cindy D’Aoust has left the company just over a year after being appointed to the top job (CW 29 Sep 2022).
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Ruby ruling released
Wednesday | Oct 25 2023THE Australian Federal Court has ruled in favour of passengers who filed a class action against Carnival Australia following a COVID-19 outbreak onboard Ruby Princess in 2020 (CW breaking news), but says the lead plaintiff has already been adequately compensated by the cruise company.
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NCL’s Walk for Wellness: Week 3
Wednesday | Oct 25 2023NORWEGIAN Cruise Line’s fourth Annual Walk for Wellness participants stepped it up a notch over the weekend and smashed the second distance goal of the challenge – an epic 200,000km!
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Meyer floats new concept
Wednesday | Oct 25 2023MEYER Group, which is responsible for some of the world’s biggest cruise ships, has unveiled a world-first concept: floating cruise terminals.
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Princess kicks off huge local season
Tuesday | Oct 24 2023PRINCESS Cruises President John Padgett yesterday welcomed a large cohort of senior cruise industry figures to a special event aboard Royal Princess, inaugurating the line’s biggest-ever Australasian deployment.
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Spirit of Tassie rises up
Tuesday | Oct 24 2023SPIRIT of Tasmania (SOT) has delivered a $21 million tourism boost to Victoria’s Greater Geelong and Bellarine region since it moved to GeelongPort one year ago (CW 25 Oct 2022).
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Oceania has good taste
Tuesday | Oct 24 2023OCEANIA Cruises last night hosted some of its key industry partners for a lavish culinary celebration at the Art Gallery of NSW’s new Sydney Modern.
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Brilliance sails into Sydney
Tuesday | Oct 24 2023ROYAL Caribbean International (RCI) has brought its Brilliance of the Seas Down Under, with the Radiance-class ship arriving in Sydney this week for the first time to kick off a huge line-up of 2023-24 voyages in Australia.
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Nominations open for CLIA Awards
Monday | Oct 23 2023ANTICIPATION of the cruise sector’s annual night of nights is off and running this morning, with Cruise Lines International Association (CLIA) opening nominations for Australasia’s 21st Cruise Industry Awards.
