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Cruise360 postponed again
Tuesday | Feb 1 2022CRUISE Lines International Association has announced another postponement for its highly anticipated Cruise360 Australasia conference (CW breaking news), citing “continued uncertainty around interstate and trans-Tasman travel”.
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Welcome, new Princess!
Tuesday | Feb 1 2022PRINCESS Cruises has officially taken ownership of its newest vessel, the Discovery Princess (pictured) which was handed over in a ceremony at Italy’s Fincantieri Shipyard in Monfalcone last Fri.
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Dream Cruises put into administration
Monday | Jan 31 2022GENTING Hong Kong’s woes continue to escalate, with the company on Fri filing a winding up petition for its Dream Cruises Holding Limited subsidiary.
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The rise of Osiris
Monday | Jan 31 2022VIKING Cruises has released details of the float-out of its newest Nile River cruise ship, with the 82-guest Viking Osiris touching water for the first time at Cairo’s Massara shipyard.
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CLIA reports on progress
Friday | Jan 28 2022MORE than 75% of Cruise Lines International Association (CLIA) member ocean-going capacity has returned to service across the globe, while every 24 cruisers create one full-time equivalent job, according to a new report released by CLIA overnight.
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RCI welcomes Wonder
Friday | Jan 28 2022ROYAL Caribbean International (RCI) overnight officially took delivery of Wonder of the Seas, the latest in its behemoth Oasis-class series of vessels which was handed over in Marseille, France after three years of construction.
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P&O crew takes the cake
Friday | Jan 28 2022THE extended pause on foreign-flagged ships cruising in Australian waters has left the crew aboard P&O’s Pacific Explorer feeling very homesick, with the cruise line traditionally celebrating Australia Day each year on Sydney Harbour.
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Carnival now out until Jun
Thursday | Jan 27 2022CARNIVAL Cruise Line continues to postpone the resumption of its Australian deployments, with continuing uncertainty about any lifting of the Government’s cruise ban.
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Cruise’s voice rings loud
Thursday | Jan 27 2022LAST Tuesday’s nationwide Day of Action conducted by grass-roots travel agents, cruise suppliers and other industry stakeholders has significantly raised the profile of what the sector is going through, with the visits to Parliamentary representatives across the country gaining significant attention from mainstream media.
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Swan Hellenic to the rescue
Thursday | Jan 27 2022AN Antarctic voyage aboard Swan Hellenic’s brand new SH Minerva has evacuated a scientific team from the Antarctic Peninsula, after a rise in COVID-19 measures in Argentina meant the researchers could not be picked up as originally planned.
