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09-08-2010 - SilverSea Cruises Update
Silverseas Cruises in Brief Why would I choose Silversea Cruises? Maximum of 540 Passengers 1 Staff Member for every 1.3 passengers onboard No inside suites- they are ALL outside 80% of the suites are verandah Suites Entry level suites start at 29m2 Biggest Suite is 150m2 Every suite has it's own Butler Siverseas are an "All Inclusive&quo...
29-06-2010 - Cruising and the Single traveller
Single sailors back in the spotlight Next week’s debut of 128 studios on Norwegian Epic has turned attention to the solo traveller, with special deals across several cruise lines. THE STUDIO CABINS ON NCLS NEW NORWEGIAN Epic have been hailed a hit by agents and media on preview sailings, and it’s focused the industry on the needs of the single cruiser. More cruise l...
16-06-2010 - HAL to have 2 ships in Australia
Yet more cruise capacity will be deployed in Austalasian waters in 2011/12, with confirmation by Holland America Line yesterday morning that it will base its ms Zaandam in Sydney for a series of cruises from Nov 2011. It will be the first time that Holland America has had two vessels down under operating a series of itineraries at the same time, with Holland America the latest line to announce lo...
07-06-2010 - Princess Cruises ex Brisbane
Princess Cruise have announced that the Sea Princess will be coming to Australia to join her sister ships, the Dawn Princess and the Sun Princess. The Sea Princess will be based in Sydney. The Sun Princess will be based in Brisbane. The following is a list of the sailings, correct as at 07 June 2010. Cruise Dep Date Dur ...
22-04-2010 - Queen Mary 2 in Facts and Figures
As the longest, tallest and widest passenger vessel ever created, Queen Mary 2 was assured of a place in maritime history even before she first put to sea in 2004. Built by French shipyard Chantiers de l'Atlantique Saint-Nazaire at a cost of A$1 billion, Cunard's 345-metre flagship is almost twice as large as the original Queen Mary, more than double the size of the legendary Queen Eliz...
08-03-2010 - Queen Mary 2
Carnival Australia has just announced that Cunard's Queen Mary 2 will make Australia her "home away from home" in 2012 with a world first 'Royal Circumnavigation' to depart from Sydney on 14 Feb 2012. The voyage will see QM2 return to Sydney, Fremantle, Adelaide and the Whitsundays, as well as making maiden calls at Cairns, Melbourne, Darwin and Brisbane....
18-02-2010 - Royal Caribbean to deploy Radiance of the Seas down under
Royal Caribbean Cruises has just announced that it will deploy a second ship in Australian waters over the 2011/12 season. The line's Australian gm, Gavin Smith, confirmed that from Oct 2011 the currently deployed Rhapsody of the Seas will be joined by the larger Radiance of the Seas, more than doubling the company's Australian capacity. He said both vessels would operate here Oct ...
09-02-2010 - Single cruise supplements slashed
Cruise lines have reduced fares for solo travellers, while a new ship will introduce studio cabins for one. Single Cruisers are set to benefit this year from a range of new deals and facilities offered on cruises. The most promising trend is the addition of 'studio staterooms' on Norwegian Cruise Line's new Norwegian Epic, due to launch in July. The company has announced that its 4200-passenger...
08-01-2010 - New Queen Elizabeth Floated Out
ON Tuesday 05 January 2010, Cunard held a special ceremony for the float out of its newest liner, Queen Elizabeth, at the Fincantieri’s Monfalcone shipyard near Trieste, Italy. The ceremony included three coins being welded beneath the mast of the vessel (as a symbol of good luck), was blessed and had a bottle of Italian prosecco smashed against her hull by the ship’s madrina, ...
31-12-2009 - New Cruise Ships for 2010
It's the time of year when we naturally think of things new and old, so what better occasion is there to announce what the cruise lines have in store for us in 2010? In 2010, nine ships will embark on their maiden voyages for nine different cruise lines. All are new builds. That's not counting Silversea's Silver Spirit, which made its debut just last week, or the Disney Dream, which is set to lau...
