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Hurtigruten completes Starlink rollout
Thursday | Oct 13 2022HURTIGRUTEN Expeditions will this month become the latest cruise line to implement fleetwide installation of SpaceX’s Starlink internet platform, completing a rollout which commenced in Mar this year.
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Evrima to set sail
Thursday | Oct 13 2022RITZ-CARLTON Yacht Collection’s long-awaited Evrima (pictured) will finally commence operations this week, with the first guests to be welcomed on board in Barcelona on Sat.
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You’re Mekong us jealous!
Thursday | Oct 13 2022THIS lucky group of Aussie travel advisors recently experienced a cruise in Indochina courtesy of Cruise Traveller and its exclusive partner, Mekong Princess Cruises.
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RCI plots Vanuatu trials
Wednesday | Oct 12 2022ROYAL Caribbean International (RCI) will next month begin cruise trials to Vanuatu, in partnership with the Vanuatu Tourism Office.
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Ponant sustainability report release
Wednesday | Oct 12 2022PONANT Cruises has released its first annual sustainability report, with the cruise line saying the new document showcases “early results that pave the way towards more sustainable and meaningful tourism”.
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Viking Valhalla club winners
Wednesday | Oct 12 2022ROBYN Sinfield from Home Travel Company – pictured with Viking Cruises’ Ramon Drew – says she’s in “great company” having been named as one of the winners of the Viking Valhalla Club 2022.
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Antarctic cruises to submit fuel data
Tuesday | Oct 11 2022MEMBERS of the International Association of Antarctica Tour Operators (IAATO) have agreed to provide fuel consumption data for each season to the organisation, as part of a unanimous pledge to “create a climate change strategy for Antarctic tourism”.
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Carnival hails vaccination rule change
Tuesday | Oct 11 2022CARNIVAL Australia has welcomed action by authorities in NSW and Qld to accelerate a planned easing of COVID-19 vaccination rules for children.
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Cruise out in force at ATAC
Tuesday | Oct 11 2022CRUISE operators made the most of the opportunity to showcase their wares to delegates at this week’s Australian Travel Agents Cooperative (ATAC) conference in Melbourne, with the group seeing non-air suppliers as an important way for agents to continue to maintain remuneration.
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P&O returns to PNG
Tuesday | Oct 11 2022YET another Pacific cruise market has opened up, with the official resumption of passenger shipping in Papua New Guinea when P&O Cruises Australia’s Pacific Encounter (pictured being welcomed by locals in the Conflict Islands) made her maiden call there last week.
