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Princess reaches for the Sky
Wednesday | Dec 11 2019PRINCESS Cruises christened its new build Sky Princess on Sat, naming two NASA women, Captain Kay Hire and engineer Frances “Poppy” Northcutt, godmothers of the ship.
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Royal Caribbean hit by NZ volcano tragedy
Tuesday | Dec 10 2019PASSENGERS aboard Royal Caribbean’s Ovation of the Seas have been swept up in the tragic volcanic eruption on New Zealand’s White Island, which occurred yesterday at 2.11pm local time while 24 of the ship’s Australian passengers were on the island during a tour.
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CMV endures Vasco da Gama drama
Monday | Dec 9 2019A precautionary two-hour power outage aboard Cruise & Maritime Voyages’ (CMV) Vasco da Gama off the coast of Adelaide last Fri escalated into a major media storm, with mainstream reports variously describing the incident as “leaving hundreds of passengers stranded” as well as repeating claims the vessel “appeared to be listing”.
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Reimagining Oceania Regatta
Monday | Dec 9 2019OCEANIA Cruises Vice President and General Manager, Australia and New Zealand Jason Worth hosted a trade media tour of the brand’s refurbished Regatta vessel in Sydney last Fri, with the ship debuting a range of new updates in the Australian market.
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A Dream famil to Singapore
Monday | Dec 9 2019Creative Cruising and Dream Cruises teamed up to host agents on a famil aboard the Genting Dream for five nights on a journey to Singapore, where they made ports-of-call to Penang, Phuket, Langkawi and Kuala Lumpur.
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Seabourn’s Bow Lounge
Monday | Dec 9 2019SEABOURN Cruises has released renderings of the “Bow Lounge” aboard its new Seabourn Venture (pictured), which is set to make its debut in Jun 2021.
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Uniworld expands to South America
Friday | Dec 6 2019UNIWORLD Boutique River Cruise Collection has announced plans to expand to the South American market for the first time, offering two brand new itineraries throughout the Peruvian Amazon from Sep 2020.
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Coral widens the Reef
Friday | Dec 6 2019CORAL Expeditions will operate a “completely re-imagined” Great Barrier Reef expedition program from Jun, 2021, with itineraries to focus on marine wildlife encounters and Indigenous connections in the Reef’s remote northern regions.
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Viking Cruises fraudster sentenced
Thursday | Dec 5 2019YET another cruise industry finance scandal was laid to rest yesterday, with the sentencing of Lisa Maree Jeffers to a two-year custodial prison sentence.
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Silversea bridges the gap
Thursday | Dec 5 2019SILVERSEA Cruises has announced the details of a new fly-cruise service to Antarctica it plans to formally launch to the market next week, making it more obtainable for Aussie guests to cruise the remote continent.
