News
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Australian cruise numbers flatline
Friday | May 3 2019AFTER more than a decade of record annual growth, the expansion of the Australian cruise sector effectively ground to a halt in 2018 as the capacity crisis in Sydney Harbour made its impact felt right across the industry.
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Sail like an Egyptian
Friday | May 3 2019VIKING Cruises has announced it will launch a new ship in Sep 2020 designed specifically to cater for cruises on the Nile River.
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Princess Alaska bonanza
Friday | May 3 2019PRINCESS Cruises has kicked off its 50th year of Alaskan cruises with the arrival of Ruby Princess into Ketchikan and Juneau on Sat.
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No river statistics
Friday | May 3 2019CLIA’S annual statistics for 2018 (see left) have once again omitted the river cruise market, with CLIA MD Joel Katz telling CW it had not been possible to get all the river cruise lines to participate.
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Hurtigruten announces major expansion push in Australia
Friday | May 3 2019NORWEGIAN-BASED cruise line Hurtigruten has revealed it will open a dedicated Australian office to help capitalise on local growth opportunities (CW breaking news).
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NSW tops cruise
Friday | May 3 2019PASSENGERS from NSW represented more than half of the Australian ocean cruise market, according to CLIA’s annual figures (see p1).
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Port Botany politics
Friday | May 3 2019NSW Ports Authority CEO Grant Gilfillan said he has been treading carefully when it comes to proposed new facilities in Botany Bay, with uncertainty due to the recent NSW election meaning it “wasn’t something to have a fight over when we weren’t in a position to put anything on the table”.
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#WeAreCruise
Friday | May 3 2019CRUISE Lines International Association Australasia will produce a localised version of a new video series which aims to highlight the impact of the global cruise industry.
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Lyttelton gears up for cruise growth
Friday | May 3 2019NEW Zealand will boast its first ever custom-built facility for passenger cruise ships next year, with the Lyttleton Port Company confirming the Nov 2020 opening of its newly constructed berth.
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Porthole 03 May 19
Friday | May 3 2019AS CLIA always says, there’s a cruise for everyone – even people who don’t eat meat.
