CRUISE WEEKLY NEWS
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Norwegian Prima selling strongly
Friday | Jul 29 2022NORWEGIAN Cruise Line’s (NCL) new Norwegian Prima is driving strong results for the company, with VP and MD APAC Ben Angell yesterday confirming the innovative vessel is the “most in-demand ship in the company’s 55-year history”.
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Osmic leaves Azamara Cruises
Friday | Jul 29 2022BELLE Osmic (pictured) has departed from her role leading Azamara in the Australian and New Zealand markets, leaving the industry to work with her husband “DJ Enis” in their Osmic Productions business.
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Princess Americas
Friday | Jul 29 2022PRINCESS Cruises overnight released details of its 2023/24 Americas cruise season, including significant South Pacific deployments taking in Hawaii, Fiji and Tahiti.
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Royal Caribbean Group narrows losses
Friday | Jul 29 2022ROYAL Caribbean Group recorded US$2.2 billion in sales for the three months to 30 Jun, with CEO Jason Liberty saying “we continue to see a robust and accelerating demand environment for cruising and onboard spend”.
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Silversea 2024/25
Friday | Jul 29 2022SILVERSEA Cruises has unveiled its 2024/25 program, including the inaugural season of Silver Ray, revealed as the line’s second Nova-class ship.
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RCG drops testing
Friday | Jul 29 2022ROYAL Caribbean Group (RCG) is expected to shortly announce it will no longer require pre-embarkation COVID-19 testing for vaccinated guests on cruises of five days or less.
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Porthole 29 Jul 22
Friday | Jul 29 2022TAKING out a world record is quite an achievement, so there must be massive excitement in the aquatic realm this month at news that whale sharks have dethroned the fearsome Kodiak bear as “the world’s largest omnivore”.
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CLIA unveils packed Cruise360 agenda
Thursday | Jul 28 2022NEXT month’s Cruise360 Australasia conference in Sydney will give the Australian and New Zealand cruise community its first opportunity to reunite in more than two years, with Cruise Lines International Association (CLIA) this morning confirming details of “a packed program exploring renewal, opportunities, evolution and authenticity”.
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Seabourn Venture sets sail
Thursday | Jul 28 2022SEABOURN Cruises has debuted its first ever expedition ship, with the newbuild Seabourn Venture (pictured) welcoming guests onboard overnight in Tromso, Norway for her maiden commercial voyage.
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Alaska rerouting
Thursday | Jul 28 2022THE closure of a cruise ship dock in Skagway, Alaska due to a rock slide has led to itinerary changes on several Princess Cruises ships scheduled to call there this week.
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