Headlines
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Intrepid’s adventure cruising takes off
Tuesday | Mar 7 2017INTREPID Group’s adventure cruise program will be ramped up and enter into new markets in 2018/19, building on the success of a program endorsed by agents.
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Collette eyes cruise agents
Thursday | Mar 2 2017COLLETTE is having “great success” working with agents who are strong in cruising to add on a pre- or post-cruise land-based tour, Alison Mead, the company’s Australian business manager, told Cruise Weekly.
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Queen Elizabeth down under
Tuesday | Feb 28 2017CUNARD will base its Queen Elizabeth in Australia for almost two months in early 2019, with the vessel to undertake a series of seven round-trip voyages out of Sydney and Melbourne over the period (Cruise Weekly breaking news).
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Australia, get your act together – Goldstein
Tuesday | Feb 28 2017AUSTRALIA would see a “tremendous amount of additional economic benefit” from the cruise industry if current infrastructure constraints could be addressed, according to the global ceo of Royal Caribbean Cruise Lines, Adam Goldstein.
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Norwegian’s big year
Thursday | Feb 23 2017NORWEGIAN Cruise Line Holdings reeled in record earnings for Q4 & full year 2016.
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Carnival to build in China
Thursday | Feb 23 2017CARNIVAL Corporation will accelerate its push into Asia after revealing plans to acquire the first cruise ships ever built in China.
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NCL orders four ships
Tuesday | Feb 21 2017UP TO six new ships are on the cards for Norwegian Cruise Line, under a deal inked between Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings (NCLH) and Fincantieri.
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U by Uniworld reveal
Tuesday | Feb 21 2017U by Uniworld’s two refurbished vessels both have the tentative launch date of 14 Apr 2018, Ellen Bettridge, president and ceo of Uniworld revealed to Cruise Weekly at an event in Sydney yesterday.
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Carnival Cuba thumbs up
Thursday | Feb 16 2017CARNIVAL Cruise Line (CCL) has joined the Cuba line-up, revealing this week that it has received approval to begin sailing to the island nation in Jun.
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HLO expands cruise division
Thursday | Feb 16 2017HELLOWORLD has confirmed the $1 million-odd acquisition of Cruise Marketing Group and Cruise Factory Pty Ltd (CW breaking news yesterday), with HLO executive director Cinzia Burnes saying the deal reflects the “growth and unprecedented demand within the cruise sector in Australia”.
