With more and more people clamouring to climb onboard, It’s hard to keep up with all the breaking news and developments. We’ll do our best to keep you informed.

Celestyal Discovery

A fresh Discovery boosts Celestyal Cruises

Celestyal Cruises has boosted its feet with the purchase of AIDAaura from Carnival Corporation. The acquisition of the 20-year-old ship is part of the company’s efforts at “fleet refreshment” and will replace Celestyal Olympia, originally Royal Caribbean’s Song of America, which was due to be laid up for the winter. The Aida cruise ship will

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MSC World America

MSC Cruises seals deal for two new World Class ships

MSC Cruises today confirmed the order of two World Class vessels with French ship builder Chantiers de l’Atlantique which will take its World Class fleet to four. The two newly ordered vessels, currently referred to as World Class 3 and 4, will be delivered in 2026 and 2027. There is also an option for a

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Nicole Scherzinger on the bridge of Arvia

Another reason P&O Cruises will be sparkling in the Caribbean this winter

P&O Cruises will be well and truly sparkling in the Caribbean on Arvia this winter when it introduces a range of jewellery by local Bajan silversmith and art jeweller Ichia Tiyi. The range, which will be available for purchase during Arvia’s 2023/2024 Caribbean season, will include a selection of silver cuffs, bracelets, rings, necklaces and

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Oceania Cruises vintage wine

Vintage cruising with Oceania’s  rare wine collection

Oceania Cruises prides itself on offering some of the finest dining at sea, but now it has gone a big step further by launching a rare wine collection across its fleet. To complement its gastronomic experiences, the line’s newly upgraded luxury wines and vintage lists feature 80 new labels sourced from Italy, France, South America

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MSC Orchestra

MSC Cruises scraps MSC Orchestra’s Red Sea winter plans

MSC Cruises has cancelled its full Red Sea winter programme for MSC Orchestra from 8 November to 17 April 2024 because of the Israel – Palestine conflict. The company decided proximity of some of ship’s ports of call to Israel and the number of restrictions in the bordering countries would have adversely affected the holiday

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Aranui 5

Aranui offers 50% discount for 2024 cruises to remote Austral Islands

Passenger-freighter Aranui 5 has announced special savings for its two cruises to the remote Austral Islands in March and November 2024. There’s a 50% discount for the second passenger sharing a cabin or a no single supplement offer for solo travellers on both voyages. Departing Papeete in Tahiti, each of the 11-day cruises to this

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Carnival Miracle

Nine Dover cruises feature in Carnival Miracle’s summer 2025 European season

Carnival Miracle will sail 16 European cruises in summer 2025, with nine of them setting sail from Dover. The first departs Lisbon for Dover with visits to La Coruna and Bibao, Spain, as well as Le Verdon (Bordeaux) and Le Havre. Civitavecchiamakes up Carnival’s trio of European home port. From Dover, nine 12- and 15-day

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Claire Sweeney Good Ship Murder

Claire Sweeney takes to the waves again in new Channel 5 Series The Good Ship Murder

Claire Sweeney, who stars in Channel 5’s new four-part drama The Good Ship Murder which is set on board MSC Virtuosa, is no stranger to the sea. The former Brookside actress, pictured,  in fact began her her professional career 30 years ago singing in production shows for P&O Cruises. In Good Ship Murder, which premiered

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P&O Cruises Rio de Janeiro

Big cities such as Los Angeles and Melbourne are back in P&O Cruises winter 2025/26 collection

P&O Cruises new collection of holidays for winter 2025/26 will include the return of a dozen ports of call after a five-year absence alongside introductory offers such as a 10% saving and 10% deposit. Iconic names back on the agenda include Los Angeles, Melbourne and Bali, as well as awe-inspiring Bodø in Norway and Dunedin

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Celebrity Ascent brother captains

OK, who’s driving? Celebrity Ascent completes sea trials with brother captains at the helm

Dimitrios and Tasos Kafetzi, pictured, made maritime history as the first brothers to jointly captain a cruise ship at sea when they successfully put Celebrity Cruises’ newest ship Celebrity Ascent through her paces. During the traditional shipbuilding process known as sea trials, they coaxed the ship through a series of functional and operational tests, which

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