Tag Archive: Cruise News
MSC Cuts Steel For First Meraviglia Plus Class Ship
MSC Cruises’ latest ship, which will be the first in the line’s Meraviglia Plus Class has been announced as ‘MSC Grandiosa.’ The cruise line revealed the name at the ship’s steel cutting ceremony, which was held on Wednesday at the … Read more…
Carnival Horizon Successfully Completes Sea Trials
Carnival Cruise Line’s newest ship, Carnival Horizon has successfully completed its final sea trials in the Adriatic Sea as anticipation builds for her inaugural cruise in April 2018. Horizon is in the final stages of construction at present, at the … Read more…
Fred. Olsen Announce Three Ship Refurbishment
Fred. Olsen Cruise Lines has announced that they will refurbish three of their ships within the next five months, giving them refreshed public spaces as well as new venues as part of the fleet-wide revamp which began last year. Braemar … Read more…
Royal Caribbean Lays Keel For Spectrum Of The Seas
Royal Caribbean’s latest ship, Spectrum of the Seas has taken another step forward with the keel-laying ceremony taking place for the ship on Wednesday 8th November 2017. The ceremony took place at Neptun Werft shipyard in Rostock, Germany, and saw … Read more…
Royal Caribbean Reveals More New Independence Features
Royal Caribbean has revealed a further three features that will be onboard Independence of the Seas following its refurbishment which is set to take place in April 2018. Back in September the cruise line revealed that the ship would feature … Read more…
Norwegian Ships Retrofitted With Exhaust Gas Cleaning Systems
Norwegian Cruise Line has announced the successful completion of the retrofitting of a new Exhaust Gas Cleaning system on two of its ships, Norwegian Sun and Norwegian Jade. Norwegian has a ‘Sail & Sustain’ environmental program, and the new systems … Read more…
Scenic River Cruises and National Geographic Announce Partnership
Scenic Luxury Cruises have teamed up with National Geographic to launch a new line of National Geographic River Cruises, which will combine Scenic’s all-inclusive river cruise experience, with National Geographic’s 129-year legacy of science, conservation and exploration. Each sailing will … Read more…
Virgin Voyages Lays Keel & Reveals First Ship To Be Adult Only
The first ship to be launched by Virgin Voyages, the new cruise line founded by entrepreneur Richard Branson has been revealed to be an adult-only ship. The news was revealed by Tom McAlpin, Virgin Voyages’ President and CEO, alongside Branson … Read more…
P&O Cruises Reveals Arcadia & Oceana To Receive Multi-Million Pound Refurb
P&O Cruises has revealed the details of a multi-million pound refit for two of its ships, Arcadia and Oceana. Arcadia, which entered service in 2005, will undergo a refit in Hamburg in the next few days and will receive a … Read more…
Norwegian Jewel To Spend Second Season In Australia & New Zealand
Following an expansive refurbishment, Norwegian Jewel will spend a second season down under cruising an action-packed series of itineraries taking in the best of Australia including Melbourne, Cairns, Hobart; and New Zealand, as well as itineraries to the South Pacific, … Read more…