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After the 2021/22 cruise season was largely lost due to the Omicron variant of COVID-19, Oceania Cruises have announced they will return Insignia to South Africa for a Cape Town departure in 2023.
Insignia will sail from Cape Town to Dubai on April 5th, 2023. The 21-night voyage was meant to take place in 2022 as well, but had to be… read more
Costa Cruises will broadcast the official matches of the Qatar football World Cup live from November 20th to December 18th, on Sport 24, the ship’s dedicated sports channel.
Across the fleet, with ships positioned in the Mediterranean, the Caribbean, the United Arab Emirates, South America and transatlantic, the matches will … read more
Carnival Cruise Line’s new Excel-class cruise ship Carnival Celebration is on her way to Southampton after being delivered by the Meyer Turku shipyard.
Carnival Celebration is a sister ship to Mardi Gras and the second LNG-fuelled vessel to join the Carnival Cruise Line fleet, although she is the 7th ship in the class … read more
Holland America Line is further simplifying the protocols for guests to travel. The latest update to the line’s “Travel Well” COVID-19 protocols removes the need for guests on most voyages to take a pre-cruise COVID-19 test, regardless of their vaccination status.
Effectively immediately, unvaccinated guests sailing on “St… read more
P& O Cruises has announced that Arvia will be introduced later than planned, with her first cruise now set for December 21st instead of December 9th.
In a statement, P& O Cruises did not specify a reason for the delay, but hinted that it was due to the ongoing supply chain shortages that have affected shipyards in the… read more
Silversea Cruises have revealed the five dining options that will be available aboard its new luxury expedition ship Silver Endeavour.
Silver Endeavour previously sailed as the Crystal Endeavour for Crystal Cruises, but was sold to Silversea when Crystal’s parent company Genting HK went bankrupt.
Genting was one of several cru… read more
Royal Caribbean International has reported its best booking day in history on the back of the opening of bookings for its upcoming new ship Icon of the Seas. When reservations opened for Icon of the Seas, the cruise line saw more demand than on any other single day in its 53-year history.
Icon of the Seas is a 250,000-… read more
Truly all-inclusive ultra-luxury cruise operator, Scenic, has confirmed that their newest ultra-luxury Discovery Yacht, Scenic Eclipse II, is scheduled to set sail in April 2023 with construction advancing as planned. Her inaugural voyage will be the Incredible Iberian Discovery, which sails for 11 days from Lisbon to Barcelona. Earlybird… read more
As her name suggests, MSC World America will be deployed in the United States when she is delivered in 2025, and like her sister ship MSC World Europa, she will be powered by LNG.
Also this week, Chantiers de l’Atlantique officially delivered MSC World Europa to MSC Cruises ahead of her deployment next month to the Middl… read more
South Africa’s cruise sector will see a threefold increase in cruise calls during the current 2022/23 cruise season compared to last year. There are 239 cruise ship calls expected between October 2022 and April 2023, compared to 71 cruise ship calls during the 2021/22 season, which was severely impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Oceania Cruises returning Insignia to SA for one-off cruise in 2023
Costa Cruises to broadcast Qatar FIFA World Cup matches live across fleet
Carnival Cruise Line takes delivery of Mardi Gras sister ship Carnival Celebration
Holland America Line further simplifies COVID-19 procedures
P&O Cruises delays delivery and first cruise of new ship Arvia
Silver Endeavor dining experiences announced following purchase from Crystal
Royal Caribbean sees biggest booking day in history on Icon of the Seas demand
Newest ultra-luxury discovery yacht, Scenic Eclipse II, set to launch on April 12, 2023
MSC names new ship MSC World America, takes delivery of MSC World Europa
South Africa sees surge in scheduled cruise calls as sector rebounds post-COVID
