Headlines
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Octantis to set sail
Wednesday | Jan 5 2022VIKING has taken delivery of its first expedition ship, Viking Octantis, which will debut this month.
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Dream resumes from Taiwan
Tuesday | Jan 4 2022DREAM Cruises has officially resumed its homeport deployment in Taiwan with the return of Super Seacations aboard Explorer Dream (pictured).
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The Swan is reborn
Tuesday | Jan 4 2022SWAN Hellenic’s new year maiden sailing aboard Minerva (pictured) has launched a new era for the reborn cruise line.
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Traveltek to release cruise application
Wednesday | Dec 22 2021TRAVELTEK will release a brand new dedicated cruise application next year, Head of APAC Rebecca Esterhuizen has told Cruise Weekly.
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Lirica to sing in the Med
Wednesday | Dec 22 2021MSC Cruises’ MSC Lirica (pictured) will homeport in Piraeus for next year’s northern summer – the first time embarkation in Greece will be available with the line.
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Silversea’s commissions pledge
Tuesday | Dec 21 2021SILVERSEA Cruises Director of Sales Australia & New Zealand Steve Richards has told Cruise Weekly cruise bookings are very lucrative for travel advisors, and commissions are not being cut, unlike recent moves from long-haul airlines.
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Carnival christens Dubai Terminal
Tuesday | Dec 21 2021CARNIVAL Corporation has celebrated the opening of its Dubai Harbour Cruise Terminal, marked by the arrival of two ships from the company’s fleet – AIDA Cruises’ AIDAbella and Costa Cruises’ Costa Firenze (pictured).
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Catterall a Cruise Master
Tuesday | Dec 21 2021ITRAVEL mobile agent Megan Catterall (pictured) has used her COVID downtime wisely, successfully completing her CLIA Cruise Masters Program.
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Pandaw is now back from the dead
Monday | Dec 20 2021PANDAW has announced it has secured funding to continue through to Sep, when it anticipates restarting operations on Asian waterways, just two months after it announced it would close due to a lack of finance (CW 27 Oct).
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Caribbean dream for RCI
Monday | Dec 20 20212023 will be a summer of firsts for Royal Caribbean International, (RCI) as the cruise line goes all-in on Caribbean sailings.