CRUISE WEEKLY NEWS
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Princess set to homeport in Fremantle
Monday | Sep 1 2025PRINCESS Cruises will again set sail from Fremantle (pictured) in 2027, in a major boost for Western Australia and the country’s cruise sector.
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Cruise all about value, diversity, and access
Monday | Sep 1 2025HIGH value, itinerary diversity, and access will define the next five years of cruising, Ponant Explorations Chief Executive Officer Deb Corbett believes.
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Viking’s new Douro ship
Monday | Sep 1 2025VIKING has taken delivery of its newest river ship in Europe, Viking Gyda (pictured), which will sail Portugal’s Douro river.
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Kaia’s debut date
Monday | Sep 1 2025EMERALD Cruises will set sail for the first time on board its newest ship Emerald Kaia on 04 Apr 2026, the line said.
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NYC gets the blues
Monday | Sep 1 2025NORWEGIAN Cruise Line’s Norwegian Aqua has completed her first cruise to Bermuda from her seasonal home port of New York City.
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CLIA sues Hawaii
Monday | Sep 1 2025CRUISE Lines International Association (CLIA) has filed a lawsuit in the US District Court in Hawaii seeking an injunction against plans by the state to introduce an 11% tax on cruise ships (CW 07 May).
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Porthole 01 Sep 25
Monday | Sep 1 2025SCOTTISH rock duo The Proclaimers famously sang about walking 500 miles (or was it a thousand), but three fellow Scots have just set a new record by rowing more than 9,000 miles across the Pacific.
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“Incredible” two-day C360
Friday | Aug 29 2025FEEDBACK from Cruise Lines International Association’s (CLIA) move to a two-day Cruise360 has been “incredible”, Managing Director Joel Katz told CW.
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Ilma Caribbean sailings
Friday | Aug 29 2025THE Ritz-Carlton Yacht Collection has revealed its winter 2026-27 Caribbean sailings aboard the cruise line’s second ship Ilma.
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CLIA celebrates biggest-ever Cruise360
Friday | Aug 29 2025CRUISE Lines International Association (CLIA) this week celebrated its 10th Cruise360 conference, and this year’s was its biggest ever. The season’s major cruise conference extended across two days for the first time, offering more sessions, more speakers, and more time to explore the showroom floor than in prior years.
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