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HX Hurtigruten Expeditions in Antarctica. Photo Yuri Matisse Choufour

HX launch early booking discounts and a Price Promise for 2025 and 2026 sailings

HX (Hurtigruten Expeditions) are offering an early booking discount of up to 25% off sailings between 1 April 2025 and 31 March 2026 along with a promise that they won’t be beaten on price. If guests who have booked later find the same cabin for a lower price, HX will refund the difference as part

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Happy families … Demand for multi-generational cruises is booming

More and more families are finding multi-generational cruising right up their street. A survey of 700 customers by cruise specialist cruise.co.uk found: 69% of grandparents are now more likely to sail with their children and grand-children compared to five years ago. 34% said their primary motivation was to create lasting memories 28% stated it was

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Panama Canal with Holland America

Holland America unveils its bucket list Panama Canal and Hawaii voyages for 2025-26

Holland America Line’s Panama Canal and Hawaii cruise season from October 2025 to April 2026 offers a range of 15 to 22-day itineraries plus six Panama Canal cruises. Itineraries will start or end in Vancouver, Seattle, San Diego, Miami or Fort Lauderdale. Ports of call include destinations in Aruba, California, Canada, Colombia, Costa Rica, El

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Hurtigruten Expeditions in Neko Harbour, Antarctica

HX (Hurtigruten Expeditions) all set to go all-inclusive

HX (Hurtigruten Expeditions) are to phase in all-inclusive cruising across its fleet by November, starting with Antarctica & Galápagos expeditions, pictured, departing in October. Since rebranding to HX last December, the Hurtigruten evolution features many new initiatives that seek to combine their renowned exploring heritage with the modern-day guest experience. The all-inclusive offering ranges from

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Galileo of Variety Cruises

Variety Cruises celebrates 75 years with special Diamond Jubilee voyage in Greece

It was 75 years ago that historian Diogenis Venetopoulos became a pioneer in educational group travel, sharing “his Greece” with international travellers. The launch of the week long classical Greece cruise with less than 50 guests grew to become Variety Cruises, sailing in unique destinations worldwide. But on 19 July it celebrates its more humble

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Pandaw Mekong spa upgrade

Pandaw upgrades its spa experience on Lower Mekong cruises

Pandaw is introducing a brand new upgraded spa experience on its cruises along the Lower Mekong. Launching this autumn, the upgraded spas on the RV Bassac Pandaw and the RV Mekong Pandaw will feature two new treatment rooms and a sauna, with three dedicated spa technicians offering a range of treatments including massage, facials and

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CroisiEurope launches new hotel barge cruise through secret waterways of Belgium

CroisiEurope, Europe’s largest river cruise operator, has launched a brand new hotel barge cruise along Belgium’s little-known waterways. The six-night cruise itinerary on the MS Raymonde, pictured, which launches in April 2025, operates between Ghent and Halle and visits Bruges, Oudenaarde, Péronnes-Lez-Antoing, Mons, Strépy-Thieu and Brussels, taking in beautiful towns with a rich cultural heritage

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Get off the beaten track with HX this summer and save 28%

This summer enjoy free flights, hotels and transfers, plus an additional 28% off selected sailings with Hurtigruten Expeditions to Iceland, Greenland, Svalbard, the Northwest Passage and Alaska. Join a HX expedition and encounter an all-star cast from the animal kingdom, from salmon-swatting bears in Alaska to breaching humpbacks in Greenland. The offer is valid across

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Arvia of P&O Cruises

Join Arvia on her first short break in P&O Cruises’ ram-packed winter 2024/25 proramme

P&O Cruises’ winter 2024-2025 programme of more than 200 holidays features new ship Arvia’s first ever short break itinerary and a 35-night Caribbean cruise on Iona. The collection includes more than 200 new holidays with recent arrival Arvia, pictured, sailing her first ever four-night, short cruise break to Northern Europe. The round-trip cruise break from

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Star Legend

It’s a mystery as Windstar keeps guests in the dark about where they are going

If you want to head off on a cruise without any idea where you’re heading for then Windstar Cruises has the answer. Its first-ever “President’s Mystery Cruise” will be setting sail from Athens in April next year with guests only knowing that they will be back there in eight days. Star Legend’s unannounced destinations will

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