emerald destiny

Emerald Cruises completes river hat-trick with return to the Danube

Following its recent successful return to the Douro and Rhine rivers, Emerald Cruises next week celebrates the return to its third river of the season – the Danube. For its Danube revival, Emerald Destiny, pictured,  sets sail from Nuremberg with its eight-day Danube Delights river cruise to Budapest, calling at Passau, Melk, Dürnstein, Vienna and

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Scenic Pearl

Scenic opens bookings for its 2023 European river programme ahead of schedule

Due to popular demand, luxury river cruise line Scenic has opened up a selection of its 2023 European river cruise itineraries for booking ahead of schedule. This early access allows more availability on preferred itineraries, suite category and sailing day before the full collection is released. New bookings will also benefit from generous launch savings

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Allure of the Seas in Nassau

Calypso cruises top bucket list for UK holidaymakers

The Caribbean has been revealed as the most popular bucket list destination for four in every ten Britons looking to book their dream cruise. Cruise ships, such as Allure of the Seas, left, have recently started their phased return to the Caribbean’s tropical islands, and while they are currently out of bounds to UK cruisers,

Back to cruising … a round up of what’s been happening this week

Cruise lines are moving through the gears as vacations get going again in the wake of the  pandemic lay-off. Here’s some of the news that has been cheering us up this week. Royal Caribbean has to push back Hong Kong return for 3 months Royal Caribbean has been forced to push back the start of

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cruise ship queen elizabeth

Queen Elizabeth kick-starts return to cruising as Cunard announces new itineraries across fleet

Cunard resumes operations from 19 July when Queen Elizabeth welcomes guests on board for a series of UK voyages from Southampton and on the wider front from 13 October international voyages will once again be heading to the Iberian coast and the Canary Islands. Queen Elizabeth will then leave the UK in mid-February to resume

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Bolette of Fred Olsen Cruises

New ships, new cruises: Fred Olsen offers something different aboard Bolette and Borealis in 2022

Fred. Olsen Cruise Lines has today unveiled 16 brand new sailings for 2022 on new ships Bolette and Borealis. They include a 34-night sailing to the Caribbean and a 15-night Mediterranean discovery, as well as sailings closer to home with a five-night scenic Ireland sailing and a two-night “no port” short break. Also included are

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MSC Virtuosa

Cruise news in a nutshell as ships take to the waters again around the world

Slowly but surely cruise ships are beginning to shake off the cobwebs and get to sea again as the threat of Covid recedes. Here’s a round-up of recent development that have lifted our spirits. MSC Virtuosa becomes first ship to resume cruising in UK MSC Cruises’ new flagship, MSC Virtuosa, set sail on her maiden

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From the Zambezi to Bohemia … CroisieEurope offers its most expansive ever programme in 2022

In its most expansive programme ever undertaken, CroisiEurope’s 55 ships will be cruising 16 major rivers in 2022 plus multiple tributaries, six French canals, two coastal routes, two ocean itineraries and Lake Kariba in Africa, pictured. For its 45th year of successful operation, Europe’s largest river cruise operator is also offering 15% off all 2022

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Oceania to resume cruise operations with Marina on 29 August

Oceania Cruises is to resume cruise operations with the 1,250-guest Marina in August, beginning with sailings to Scandinavia and Western Europe. She will set sail on her originally published voyage schedule, commencing on 29 August in Copenhagen. “The entire Oceania Cruises team is excited to now shift our focus to safely restarting operations and ultimately

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Cruise re-awakening continues as Norwegian Cruise Line unveils first voyages in Europe and Caribbean

Norwegian Cruise Line will be back in the water from July with new itineraries sailing in Europe and the Caribbean. It will restart operations on 25 July with Norwegian Jade, pictured, Joy and Gem the first of the 17-ship fleet to welcome guests back on board, with reduced capacity. The long-awaited return will give travellers

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