Cruise
Silversea Unveils Culinary and Wine ‘Enriched Voyages’
Silversea is serving up a new menu of 2018 and 2019 Enriched Voyages featuring enhanced onboard enrichment with a culinary or wine theme, including five sailings developed in partnership with The Peninsula Hotels. “Our culinary and wine Enriched Voyages are a wonderful way to blend together fascinating destinations with a generous serving of cooking events and demonstrations designed to entertain and enlighten,” said Rudi Scholdis, Silversea's culinary director. The Asian Collection: Exclusive voyages offering a culinary exploration of this continent enhanced by the insider...
Viking Sun Sets Sail on First World Cruise
Viking celebrated the kickoff of its inaugural World Cruise on its fourth and newest ocean ship, Viking Sun, Dec. 15 welcoming guests in Miami for the sold-out 141-day itinerary. Viking Sun will spend nearly the next five months on the World Cruise, which spans five continents, 35 countries and 64 ports. During this journey from Miami to London, guests will first explore Cuba and the Caribbean, before sailing the Panama Canal to call on Los Angeles, the home of Viking’s US headquarters and first West Coast port of call. Viking Sun will then sail to the South Pacific, Australia and...
Fascination Getting Multi-Million-Dollar Makeover
Carnival Fascination will undergo an extensive multi-million-dollar dry dock that will add a variety of popular food and beverage innovations, including Guy’s Burger Joint developed by Food Network star Guy Fieri, the cocktail pharmacy-themed Alchemy Bar, BlueIguana Cantina Mexican eatery, Cherry on Top sweets shop, the poolside RedFrog Rum Bar and BlueIguana Tequila Bar, and a Bonsai Sushi Express venue. The spaces will be added during a two-week dry dock taking place Feb. 4-17 in Freeport, The Bahamas, prior to the ship resuming its year-round schedule of seven-day southern...
Victoria Cruises Expands Yangtze Excursion Options
Victoria Cruises will debut two new excursions when its 2018 sailing season on China’s Yangtze River commences in March. As an alternative to Shibaozhai, where passengers experience an impressive 12-storey wooden pagoda dating back to the 18th century, the only American-managed line on China’s Yangtze will include the Jade Emperor Scenic Area in Fengdu on select departures. The Jade Emperor is the supreme deity of Chinese Taoism. The sacred scenic area lies on the northern side of Yangtze west of Mingshan Mountain and east of Shuangguishan National Forest. At more than 100 feet...
All-Star Line-Up for MSC
MSC Cruises has announced the line-up for the official launch and Naming Ceremony of MSC Seaside, which will be held on Dec. 21 in Miami. As part of the traditional Naming Ceremony that is held for every new ship, MSC will welcome special guests and entertainment, Miami authorities, global media and key partners from across the travel industry. Headlining entertainment for the event will be international superstar, Ricky Martin, who will perform some of his most popular hits. Also taking to the stage will be world-famous tenor, Andrea Bocelli. Making a guest appearance at the...
Carnival Bringing Sunshine to Charleston
Carnival Cruise Line will position a newer, larger ship to Charleston when the 3,002-passenger Carnival Sunshine kicks off a year-round schedule of four- and five-day cruises in May 2019. Carnival Sunshine provides a new vacation choice from Charleston and features one of the widest arrays of food, beverage and entertainment options within the Carnival fleet, including open-air attractions like the WaterWorks aqua park and SportSquare recreation area, a three-deck-high adults-only retreat featuring a waterfall and adjoining pool, several specialty restaurants and more than 550...
Tahiti Welcomes The World At TTE
The Tahiti Travel Exchange (TTE) took place last week at the Tahiti Pearl Island Resort, with over 120 travel agents, suppliers and tour operators taking part, reports PressToday's James Donald who attended the event. Some 30 suppliers – including the likes of Air Tahiti Nui, Sofitel Hotels and Paul Gauguin Cruises – were on hand for the Exchange, and moved from table to table offering agents nine minute presentations on their products and services. And it was certainly a popular format with the agents that we travelled with on our FAM trip. Before the roundtable presentations...
European Waterways Brings Back Italy Opera Cruise
European Waterways is bringing back its popular Opera Cruise for guests who book the seven-night, Aug. 26, 2018 departure of its La Bella Vita hotel barge, the largest vessel in the company’s fleet with capacity for up to 20 guests. In addition to a cruise on the Po Valley in Venice, the Opera Cruise includes a stay in a four-star hotel on the night prior to the cruise, extra dinner, and premium seats to watch Georges Bizet’s “Carmen” in the Arena di Verona, a Roman amphitheatre renowned for staging some of the most lavish, large-scale productions in the world. Opera cruise...