| ACA Update 11 Dec 19

ACA Update 11 Dec 19

WITH Jill Abel, CEO, Australian Cruise Association: This year we have stood together as an industry…

Royal Caribbean hit by NZ volcano tragedy

PASSENGERS 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.

MSC opens Ocean Cay private island

MSC Cruises has welcomed the first guests to its new private island destination in The Bahamas, Ocean Cay MSC Marine Reserve (CW 15 Nov).

CCC Xmas Cruise

CAPTAIN Cook Cruises is offering guests the chance to experience a “cruisey” Christmas aboard its super-cruiser MV Sydney 2000, with three Christmas Day lunch cruises including the Sky Deck Lunch, Club Deck Lunch and Show Deck Lunch, featuring views of Sydney Harbour, a five-course menu or buffet feast and a selection of wines, beers and soft drinks.

More of Maui please

TRAVEL agent guests headed to the Hawaiian island of Maui for the next stop on Norwegian Cruise Line’s 2019 Legends famil yesterday.

Porthole 10 Dec 19

THOUGHT something as banal as a traffic jam couldn’t be made into a work of art?

On location in Maui, United States 10 Dec 19

A-ROSA E-Motion

EUROPEAN river cruise line A-ROSA Flussschiff GmbH has opened up bookings for its E-Motion Ship, which will sail the Rhine from 2021.

CW for Tue 10 Dec 2019

Royal Caribbean hit by NZ volcano tragedy, MSC opens Ocean Cay private island, A-ROSA E-Motion and more

CMV endures Vasco da Gama drama

A 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”.