Headlines
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Oceania events series
Wednesday | Nov 4 2020OCEANIA Cruises has launched a comprehensive event series across Australia and New Zealand, which will see its first live occasions in seven months.
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Viking will test daily
Tuesday | Nov 3 2020VIKING is setting a high bar for the safe resumption of ocean cruising, with the installation of a facility on one of its ships which will enable daily onboard coronavirus testing of all passengers and crew members.
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Scare-nival spooks Sydney
Tuesday | Nov 3 2020THERE were no evil clowns at this Carnival – just Carnival Cruise Line’s mascot Frangelica (pictured and inset).
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CDC delivers framework for restart
Monday | Nov 2 2020THE United States’ Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on the weekend lifted its “no sail” order on American cruise ships, and set out a framework for how cruising could restart (CW breaking news).
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Silversea sees trade-focused recovery
Monday | Nov 2 2020SILVERSEA Senior Vice President & Managing Director Asia Pacific Adam Radwanski (pictured) has noted an improvement in demand, despite the cruise line last week announcing the extension of its global suspension of voyages until at least the end of next month (CW 29 Oct).
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True North plots Fremantle
Monday | Nov 2 2020TRUE North has announced a series of domestic voyages ex Fremantle for the first time, giving WA cruisers the option of close-to-home departures within the state’s COVID-free bubble.
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Silver Moon rises
Monday | Nov 2 2020SILVERSEA Cruises took delivery of its new ship Silver Moon (pictured) last week.
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Webjet: “poor job” at cruise
Friday | Oct 30 2020WEBJET Chief Executive Officer John Gucsic says the decision to close down the company’s Cruise Sale Finder division early in the pandemic (CW 01 Apr) was relatively easy because “we’d done a poor job in our cruise division for a significant period”.
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ACL debuts new season
Friday | Oct 30 2020AMERICAN Cruise Line (ACL) has debuted its mightiest Mississippi season ever for 2021, which will see it introduce two new modern riverboats, American Jazz (pictured) and American Melody.
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Helloworld’s massive cruise month
Thursday | Oct 29 2020HELLOWORLD Travel’s ocean cruise sales last month were worth over $32 million, more than double the figure for Sep 2019, with the strong result attributed largely to the success of the Princess Cruises’ 107-day round-the-world voyage departing Sydney in May 2022 which went on sale at the start of Sep (CW 04 Sep).