CRUISE WEEKLY NEWS
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Azamara offer
Thursday | Jan 5 2023AZAMARA has unveiled its “best wave season offer yet”, offering guests great prices and $300 onboard credit on all stateroom categories across select voyages.
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Porthole 05 Jan 23
Thursday | Jan 5 2023RESIDENTS of Scarborough in the United Kingdom rang in the new year slightly unexpectedly this time around, with a local fireworks display cancelled to protect a walrus which was “on holiday” in the town.
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Third ship denied entry into NZ
Wednesday | Jan 4 2023REGENT Seven Seas Cruises’ (RSSC) Seven Seas Explorer (pictured) has become the third ship in under a month to be refused entry into New Zealand due to a “dirty hull”.
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NCL back in New Zealand
Wednesday | Jan 4 2023NORWEGIAN Cruise Line (NCL) has marked its return to New Zealand after three years, with Norwegian Spirit (pictured) sailing into Dunedin on Thu.
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HAL AK ’24 season
Wednesday | Jan 4 2023HOLLAND America Line (HAL) is heading to the Arctic Circle, and debuting longer cruises, as part of its Alaska 2024 season.
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Bar Harbor battle
Wednesday | Jan 4 2023BUSINESSES in Bar Harbor are suing the town to overturn its new limit on cruise ship visits (CW 14 Nov 2022), claiming the cap is “unconstitutional” and will hurt the local economy.
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Euro Waterways’ record sales
Wednesday | Jan 4 2023EUROPEAN Waterways’ record sales are being powered by some of the new year’s travel trends, including travel bubbles, relaxed luxury and multi-generational travel.
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Arvia problems
Wednesday | Jan 4 2023PASSENGERS aboard the United Kingdom’s P&O Cruises’ Arvia’s inaugural voyage have described the experience as a “disaster”, with some waiting until almost midnight for their Christmas dinner, The Times of London has reported.
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Porthole 04 Jan 23
Wednesday | Jan 4 2023AZAMARA Cruises’ Azamara Quest performed some graceful “circle work” in front of the Sydney Opera House this week – the first time any ship has ever undertaken such a manoeuvre.
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RSSC back in Australia
Tuesday | Jan 3 2023REGENT Seven Seas Cruises’ Seven Seas Explorer, dubbed “the most luxurious ship ever built”, arrived into Sydney Harbour on Thu, on her first call to Australia during the vessel’s maiden voyage Down Under.
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