| CW for Thu 17 Nov 2022

CW for Thu 17 Nov 2022

Disney, American begins construction on Liberty, Prima makes her debut in Miami, Aurora solo offer, European Waterways on sale, Viking, and more.

CW breaking news – Disney announces acquisition of the unfinished Global Dream

A buyer has finally been found for the ship, which was originally ordered by Dream Cruises….

Viking Cruises sees record bookings

VIKING Cruises has seen its best two booking months ever out of the Australasian market, with a record Sep followed by even higher results in Oct, and high levels of enquiry continuing into this month as well.

MSC’s green shoots

THE Cruise Lines International Association (CLIA) team, in Doha for the naming of MSC Cruises’ MSC World Europa, was taken on a special “environmental tour” of the spectacular ship last week.

Cruise queens get together

JOURNEY Beyond’s Alicia Triggs and Justine Lally last week met up with some of their new cruising counterparts in the USA, with a get-together on board American Queen Voyages’ (AQV) American Duchess which homeports out of Memphis, Tennessee and New Orleans, Louisiana.

Bubbly Princess

PRINCESS Cruises has confirmed it will install new Silverstream Air Lubrication Systems (ALS) to reduce fuel consumption and lower emissions on the new Sky Princess as well as Enchanted Princess, with the project slated to be completed in the first half of 2023.

Japan cruise restart

INTERNATIONAL cruise ships will once again be able to dock at ports in Japan, under detailed new protocols announced by the country’s transport minister Tetsuo Saito.

Porthole 16 Nov 22

A cruise passenger has taken to the internet to complain about the noise of doors closing impacting her luxury balcony cabin experience.

On location inAntarctica 16 Nov 22

16 Nov 22

WITH Joel Katz