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Silver Origin floats out
Monday | Jan 20 2020SILVERSEA Cruises’ newbuild Silver Origin, pictured, has floated out of the De Hoop shipyard in Lobith, the Netherlands and the countdown to her inaugural season has begun.
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Miami’s groovin’ cruise
Monday | Jan 20 2020INDEPENDENT music cruise company Whet Travel wrapped up its sold-out Groove Cruise Miami 2020 last week, which saw hundreds of guests partying at sea to 96 hours of non-stop electronic music.
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Viking reveals expedition cruise ships
Friday | Jan 17 2020VIKING Cruises last night unveiled the details of its new Viking Polaris and Viking Octantis expedition ships (CW breaking news), with a host of innovations including an elevated “marina” inside the ships to make it easy for guests to board Zodiacs.
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Viking christens Jupiter
Friday | Jan 17 2020AS well as the unveiling of the new Viking expedition product (see p1), the huge Viking Cruises event in Los Angeles overnight featured a formal christening ceremony for Viking Jupiter.
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Cruisewatch launches in Australia
Thursday | Jan 16 2020CRUISEWATCH, a platform designating itself as the “first cruise metasearcher”, has gone live in Australia.
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One Lell of a Summit!
Thursday | Jan 16 2020AVALON Waterways Director of Innovation & Research Burghart Lell (pictured) will be in Australia from Switzerland in Apr to speak at the 2020 Travel Daily Sustainability Summit.
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Cruise lines get behind bushfire relief
Wednesday | Jan 15 2020CARNIVAL Corporation Chairman Micky Arison has pledged a massive $1.5 million to a range of bushfire relief organisations in Australia.
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No boredom on Noordam
Wednesday | Jan 15 2020HOLLAND America Line’s Noordam is currently sailing Australian & New Zealand waters for the first time since undergoing an extensive two-week dry-dock renovation late last year.
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Aurora highlights 2021/22
Wednesday | Jan 15 2020AURORA Expeditions unveiled its 2021/22 program at a media event in Sydney yesterday, with the brochure packing in new destinations and itineraries for the cruise line (CW yesterday).
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Out of the shadows
Wednesday | Jan 15 2020A SNEAK peek at how the renovations are currently tracking on board Celebrity Silhouette has been revealed online by Celebrity Cruises.