NEXT year Insignia will return to the Oceania
Cruises fold, after a two-year charter to Hapag-
Lloyd.
The 684-passenger ship will rejoin Oceania in
May 2014, and will host a season of northern
hemisphere summer Mediterranean voyages,
with ports of call including Bilbao, Lisbon,
Bordeaux, the Dalmatian Coast, Albania,
Montenegro, Croatia and Slovenia.
MEANWHILE the announcement came as the
company unveiled its 2014 northern
hemisphere Summer Season, which will see its
five ships, Riviera, Marina, Regatta, Insignia
and Nautica depart on 90 voyages, sailing to
more than 180 destinations, including 10 new
ports of call.
The line-up includes 70 European voyages
(93% of which are new itineraries), as well as
10 Alaska itineraries, seven Canada/New
England adventures, and three Panama Canal
cruises.
In terms of the European offering, the cruise
line will place Regatta in the Mediterranean,
to sail seven-, 10- and 14-day cruises, whilst
Marina will host a series of voyages in
Scandinavia, Russia and the British Isles from
June 2014, after which she will head to the
Mediterranean.
In contrast, Nautica will start the summer
season in the Western Mediterranean, before
heading to Scandinavia, Russia and the British
Isles.
In Alaska Regatta will bookend her 10-voyage
Alaskan season with Panama Canal cruises,
whilst in Canada and New England, Regatta
and Insignia will feature ten-day Autumnal
voyages between New York and Montreal.
