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Princess’ Star is born
Tuesday | Dec 12 2023PRINCESS Cruises’ new Star Princess has begun the countdown to her debut in the Mediterranean in summer 2025, with the traditional keel laying ceremony recently taking place at the Fincantieri shipyard.
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Celebrity: agents “knocking it out of the park”
Monday | Dec 11 2023CELEBRITY Cruises Chief Executive Officer Laura Hodges Bethge has hailed the contribution of Aussie and Kiwi travel advisors to the new Down Under deployment of Celebrity Edge, telling trade partners aboard the ship the strong performance of agency sales “gives us good intentions to bring her back and talk about additional capacity over time”.
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Industry hails its newest Celebrity
Monday | Dec 11 2023TRADE partners aboard Celebrity Edge have been given an insider’s experience of the ship as she makes her Australian debut.
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Australia feeds Eu rivers
Monday | Dec 11 2023AUSTRALIA is an important source market for the European river cruise industry, a sector-wide study has divulged.
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WA expedition flourishing
Friday | Dec 8 2023WESTERN Australia’s strategy of attracting greater numbers of ‘high-value’ travellers to the state is being spurred on significantly by a strong growth in luxury expedition cruises over the last 12 months, Tourism WA Managing Director Carolyn Turnbull has revealed.
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Sail Croatia interest is booming
Friday | Dec 8 2023SMALL ship special interest cruises are expected to boom next year, according to Sail Croatia, as it is set to introduce two new itineraries in 2024.
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Aranui expands offering
Friday | Dec 8 2023ARANUI Cruises is expanding its cargo cruising to more of French Polynesia in 2025.
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Viking’s 10 new river ships
Thursday | Dec 7 2023VIKING has announced 10 additional river ships will be welcomed to its fleet in Europe, with construction having started on the vessels which will be delivered in 2025 and 2026.
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RCI debuts Star of the Seas
Thursday | Dec 7 2023ROYAL Caribbean International (RCI) has launched its newest and one of its most anticipated additions to its Icon class, Star of the Seas (pictured), which will debut in Aug 2025.
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ACA gathers for Xmas drinks
Thursday | Dec 7 2023THE Sydney offices of the Port Authority of NSW were once again the venue for the Australian Cruise Association’s pre-Chrstmas gathering yesterday.
