Cruise
‘Back to Sea Sale’ From Costa
Costa Cruises is celebrating its return to la dolce vita with a “Back to Sea Sale” for travellers ready to experience Cruising Italian Style and featuring fare discounts of up to $200 per person and onboard spending credits up to $100 per person on select European departures booked by Sept. 30, 2021. Back to Sea is offered on 2021 and 2022 cruises in a variety of cabin categories across 10 ships of the Costa fleet, including the line’s newest -- Costa Firenze, Costa Smeralda and Costa Toscana, which is set for delivery in December 2021. Eligible...
Wind Surf Resumes Operations In The Mediterranean
U.S. headquartered small ship cruise line Windstar Cruises has welcomed back 342-guest flagship Wind Surf to the sea. The largest sailing ship in the world departed from Barcelona on an eight-day voyage to Lisbon, stopping at ports including Palma de Mallorca, Cartagena, Almería, Málaga, Gibraltar, and Cadiz. Four of the line’s six yachts are now back in the water cruising. Windstar is returning to operations in a phased manner, with its fleet of six yachts debuting on various dates through November, while requiring vaccines of all passengers amongst a host of health and...
NCLH Granted Preliminary Injunction
Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings Ltd. has been granted a preliminary injunction that paves the way for its three brands -- Norwegian Cruise Line, Oceania Cruises and Regent Seven Seas Cruises – to require documentation confirming a guest’s vaccination status prior to boarding. The order will allows the cruise company to operate in “the safest way possible” with 100% vaccination of all guests and crew when sailing from Florida ports. And it makes it clear that nothing takes priority over the health and safety of the Company’s guests, crew and the communities visited and its...
Agents Set Sail With NCL On Great Cruise Comeback
Norwegian Cruise Line president Harry Sommer has vowed that his company will stand with travel agents as they work to financially recover from the crippling coronavirus pandemic. Sommer told an Aug.6 (Friday) panel discussion that an agent community recovery appears to have begun, which has been welcomed by NCL. “We'll do everything in our power to make sure that continues in the future,” he said. NCL has stood by agents during the coronavirus pandemic through such steps as protecting commissions, Sommer continued. The discussion was held on the eve of NCL restarting its...
Silversea Sets Sail East And West In 2024
Silversea Cruises has opened general sales on its World Cruise 2024, Far East-West. With Silversea’s two global voyages in 2022 and one in 2023, the addition of this 132-day Pacific-focused voyage for 2024 expands and diversifies the largest world cruise collection in ultra-luxury cruising, offering guests yet another way to discover the most remarkable travel experiences that our planet has to offer. Barbara Muckermann, Silversea’s Chief Commercial Officer, pointed out that: “Luxury travel is today defined by choice. Our guests have expressed an overwhelming yearning for...
AmaWaterways Requires Passengers To Be Vaccinated
AmaWaterways is now requiring that all guests will need to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 prior to their river cruises. The new requirement takes effect immediately and the decision was made following recent changes in certain European countries that now require up to a 10-day quarantine period for unvaccinated travellers upon entry. Many countries have implemented procedures that strongly encourage travellers to be vaccinated and, in some cases, restrict access to certain venues unless they are vaccinated or can provide a negative COVID-19 test result valid for 24...
Silversea Goes Big in 2023-2024
Silversea Cruises has launched an exclusive pre-sale to Venetian Society members on more than 280 new itineraries for 2023/2024, unveiling its largest-ever destination offering in a single itinerary launch. Bringing the total number of destinations visited by the cruise line to over 900, Silversea’s new 2023/2024 itinerary collection features 690 destinations in 125 countries, across all seven continents, as well as over 60 maiden calls. Between March 2023 and May 2024, the cruise line’s 10 ships will unlock an unrivalled range of immersive experiences around the world for...
Royal Caribbean Sets Sail
Royal Caribbean International says that its complete lineup of ships will be sailing by spring 2022. Spanning cruises from the Big Apple to Down Under, the next group of returning ships and itineraries will begin to safely set sail in September with Oasis of the Seas’ first sailing from the New York area – a 7-night itinerary to the cruise line’s private island destination, Perfect Day at CocoCay, The Bahamas. The cruise line’s continued comeback builds on its months-long success in delivering memorable and safe cruise vacations across Alaska, Asia, The Bahamas, the...