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Cruise rushes to cancel China
Monday | Oct 27 2025BOTH Regent Seven Seas (RSSC) Cruises and Oceania Cruises are revising select Chinese itineraries to replace port calls to the country’s mainland, following the implementation of new port fees for American cruise lines.
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Second-tier cities on the rise
Monday | Oct 27 2025SECOND-TIER cities are on the rise, with next year looking set to be the year many of these destinations step into the limelight, as major sites reach their limit and cruisers seek out less-crowded alternatives.
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Hat’s the way I like it
Monday | Oct 27 2025THE Norwegian Cruise Line sales team hosted an exclusive retreat at boutique hotel The Tamborine in Queensland earlier this month, in the lead-up to the National Travel Industry Awards.
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Celebrity Xcels and Xcites at the same time
Friday | Oct 24 2025CELEBRITY Cruises has taken delivery of its new ship Celebrity Xcel, and has announced its next ship set to join the fleet, called Celebrity Xcite.
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Royal cuts steel on next ship
Friday | Oct 24 2025ROYAL Caribbean has this week celebrated the first milestone for its seventh Oasis-class ship, with construction now underway.
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NCL skewing older in Aus
Friday | Oct 24 2025OLDER guests are flocking to Norwegian Cruise Line’s Australian product, as many other companies around the industry chase younger passengers.
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Viking reaches 100th ship milestone
Thursday | Oct 23 2025VIKING has announced the naming of its nine newest river ships during a simultaneous ceremony in Basel yesterday, which also marked the cruise line’s 100th vessel – more than any other cruise line.
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NCL opportunity grows from status match
Thursday | Oct 23 2025NORWEGIAN Cruise Line (NCL) believes it has a significant opportunity to lure guests from sister brand Oceania Cruises onto its ships through their parent company’s recently introduced Loyalty Status Honoring Program (CW 30 Sep).
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RCI unveils first-ever Alaska cruisetours
Thursday | Oct 23 2025ROYAL Caribbean (RCI) has revealed its summer 2027 adventures to Alaska, with the line to introduce its first-ever cruisetours in the Last Frontier.
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Aurora launches AI navigation
Thursday | Oct 23 2025AURORA Expeditions has become the first cruise line to integrate AI routing, as part of a collaboration with Australia-based climate technology company CounterCurrent.
