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Carnival Luminosa on sale
Thursday | Aug 25 2022CARNIVAL Cruise Line has this morning opened reservations for the inaugural Australian season of its new Carnival Luminosa (pictured) the local addition to the Carnival fleet confirmed by CEO Christine Duffy (CW 08 Jun).
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Viking names new Osiris
Wednesday | Aug 24 2022VIKING has celebrated its long association with Highclere Castle and the wildly popular Downton Abbey TV series by having George Herbert, the 8th Earl of Carnarvon, name its new Viking Osiris in Luxor, Egypt.
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Uniworld 2023/24 launch
Wednesday | Aug 24 2022UNIWORLD Boutique River Cruises is set to further ramp up its presence in the Australian and NZ markets, with CEO Ellen Bettridge yesterday unveiling the company’s latest programs as well as announcing the elevation of Alice Ager to be the Managing Director of the brand locally.
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Cruises up for grabs at C360
Tuesday | Aug 23 2022ATTENDEES at this week’s sold-out Cruise360 Conference and Trade Show in Sydney will have the opportunity to win one of 19 cruise holidays, which are being offered by cruise line members of Cruise Lines International Association (CLIA) Australasia.
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Canada hails environmental progress
Tuesday | Aug 23 2022CRUISE ships have been successfully implementing strict new environmental measures for wastewater imposed by Transport Canada earlier this year, with the first reporting period showing “significant progress towards reducing the environmental impacts of cruise ships and other vessels on the water”.
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Coral Expeditions East Indies
Tuesday | Aug 23 2022CORAL Expeditions has announced a unique three-voyage series taking in the “island trails of the East Indies” including Komodo, Sulawesi and Borneo.
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P&O’s Encounter arrives in Brisbane
Monday | Aug 22 2022THE Brisbane International Cruise Terminal has finally swung into action as a year-round homeport, with the hugely anticipated arrival of P&O Cruises’ Pacific Encounter on Sat.
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Excitement builds for Royal return
Monday | Aug 22 2022ROYAL Caribbean International hosted a themed event at Warner Bros. Movie World on the Gold Coast last week, with about 400 trade and industry partners together celebrating the upcoming arrival of Quantum of the Seas.
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Bratton: regulate, but be clever about it
Friday | Aug 19 2022SARINA Bratton, Asia-Pacific Chair of Ponant Cruises, has warned increasing regulation of the NZ cruise sector is likely to be counterproductive, with the country needing a cruise industry with “varying scales and experiences”.
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Virtuoso cruise celebration
Friday | Aug 19 2022CRUISE lines and their trade partners from across the globe let their hair down this week in Las Vegas on the “Cruise Night Out” session of Virtuoso Travel Week.
