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Fred. Olsen Cruise Lines is celebrating a bumper start to its new ‘Warmer Cruising’ campaign, with one of its highest booking days for guest numbers ever, following the promotion’s launch on Wednesday 15th August 2018. In the first two days of the new campaign, sales have been up 8.5% year-on-year.
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Captain Cook Cruises Fiji has released the 2019 and 2020 departure dates for its two Northern Fiji seven-night Discovery cruises – The Four Cultures Discovery Cruise and Colonial Fiji Discovery Cruise, onboard small ship MV Reef Endeavour. (etbtravelnews.global)
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A cruise ship seemingly straight out of the country’s yesteryear pulled up to Ottawa on Sunday. The American Duchess cruise vessel docked at the west end of Allen Park in Ottawa next to the railroad bridge as part of a nine-day cruise from St. Louis. Other stops include Hannibal, Mo., Alton, Mo. and Peoria. (mywebtimes.com)
Tags: American Queen Steamboat Company, River - Inland Navigation / Barges
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by Kevin Griffin
This week features a trio of “newbies” to expedition and adventure cruising. First up, with plans (but not yet orders) for newvbuidlings, is Arctic Cruise Line of Greenland, with a pair of 200-berth vessels that seem similar in apprearance to some of those being built now by Vard in Norway. Second is Churchill Cruises of Winnipeg, who have an agreement with Albatros Travel of Denmark that will see them offer a cruise in each direction between Greenland and Churchill in September 2019. And third is this e’ start-up of Solomon Islands Discovery Cruises out of Honiara.
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American Cruise Lines is pleased to announce that this fall it will be offering its popular Hudson River Fall Foliage cruises aboard its newest 2018 ship, American Constitution.
Tags: American Cruise Lines, River - Inland Navigation / Barges
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As Princess Cruises fleet expansion continues, the premium international cruise line reveals the name of the ship it will launch in 2020 – Enchanted Princess.
Tags: Fincantieri, Princess Cruises
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Fred. Olsen Cruise Lines has launched its new ‘Warmer Cruising’ campaign, offering guests up to 40% off a selection of 42 tempting cruises between October 2018 and March 2019, on new bookings made up to 17th October 2018 inclusive.
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The Port of Galveston is about to welcome one of its largest cruise ship, the Carnival Vista, after millions of dollars in upgrades to prepare for the vessel. (houstonchronicle.com)
Tags: Carnival Cruise Line, Galveston
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It was the driving force behind one of the fastest ocean-going liners the world has seen. Now one of the QE2’s mighty propellers has been installed beside the famous vessel in Dubai’s Port Rashid. (thenational.ae)
Tags: Dubai - United Arab Emirates - Bahrain - Qatar
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Maritime passengers arriving at Irish ports saw a 2.1% increase to 2.8 million from 2016 to 2017. That’s according to the Department of Transport’s latest Transport Trends report published earlier this week, which highlights the increasing importance of the cruise liner sector in Irish maritime activity. (afloat.ie)
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For the first time in the history of the cruise company AIDA Cruises, a whole family will christen the newest ship AIDAnova. Family Mirza from Hanau in Hesse was selected from hundreds of applicants by a jury.
Tags: AIDA Cruises, Meyer Werft
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Carnival Corporation’s three largest North American cruise brands and the top cruise retail organizations, travel agencies and agents from across the continent gathered in San Diego, California, last night for the presentation of the World’s Leading Cruise Lines Excellence Awards 2018.
Tags: Carnival Cruise Line, Holland America Line, Princess Cruises, San Diego
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With China’s help, Panama is poised to grab a larger share of the world’s growing cruise tourism segment with a brand new cruise port. Panama City’s Amador cruise port, located right at the Pacific entrance to the Panama Canal, is being built with an eye to serving as a port of call and potentially as a home port. (xinhuanet.com)
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During Virtuoso’s 30th annual travel week, representatives from twenty destination, cruise and lifestyle partners were given awards to recognize their efforts. This criteria includes having products that match the needs of Virtuoso member agencies and strong support for the travel advisor community. (travelagentcentral.com)
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