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Azamara Savings
Azamara Club Cruises’ latest deal – the Wave Offer – has gone live, offering half off the second guest and free WiFi during the voyage for bookings now through Feb. 28. “Azamara has always been 100% immersive travel and now it’s offering 50% in second guest savings for all world travel-loving duos; be it your partner, best friend or family member. Itineraries on the Azamara Quest, Journey and the recently announced Pursuit, offer travellers the chance to Cruise Global and Connect Local with Shore Excursions like tapas in Barcelona, historic walking tours in Havana and biking...
Ready For A Rideau Canal Cruise With Le Boat?
Le Boat has been offering self-drive cruise vacations along many of Europe's waterways for more than 40 years. And now, in 2018, Le Boat is bringing its build-your-own-itinerary style of cruising to Canada and adding one of Ontario's most scenic waterways, the Rideau Canal, to its itinerary. Don't miss your chance to be one of the first in Canada to try out this unique travelling opportunity. Canadian travel agents are eligible to win a minimum three-night (based on availability) cruise, departing from Smiths Falls, Ont. Explore the Rideau Canal, one of the greatest engineering feats...
HAL’s Eurodam Scores Perfect Score
For Holland America Line’s Eurodam, 13 proved to be a lucky number with the ship recently earning its 13th consecutive perfect score of 100 on a surprise routine United States Public Health (USPH) inspection conducted by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). This is the third perfect score for Eurodam in 2017 and continues the six-year run of perfect scores that is still setting records in both company history and the cruise industry. Eurodam’s unannounced USPH inspection was held Dec. 3 during a turnaround at Port Everglades in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, at...
Regent Adds More Cuba to Caribbean Lineup
Regent Seven Seas is adding Cuba calls to six itineraries during its 2018-19 Caribbean season. Travellers can visit Havana on select itineraries aboard Seven Seas Mariner, Seven Seas Voyager and Seven Seas Navigator, which depart Miami from October 2018 through March 2019. Guests on these voyages can choose among a variety of free and unlimited shore excursions to learn firsthand about the lives, history and culture of the Cuban people. Regent first called on Havana in April 2017 with Seven Seas Mariner. “There is so much culture and history in Cuba, and Regent Seven Seas...
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...