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TV stars Darren Day and Shaun Wallace to perform on four MSC Virtuosa summer sailings

MSC Cruises has added actor and TV presenter Darren Day and Chasers star Shaun Wallace, better know as the Dark Destroyer, to its summer entertainment programme on MSC Virtuosa. Day will be performing well-loved songs from his roles in West End musicals,  such as Greece and Joseph and His Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, during four 14-night

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Oceania Cruises cuts price of 50 global voyages by up to 40% in annual summer sale

Oceania Cruises has cut up to 40 per cent off the price of 50 global voyages in its annual summer sale, which runs until 26 August. The promotion offers guests a great value opportunity to explore some of the most idyllic parts of the world aboard the line’s eight mall ships. All sailings, departing between

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Crystal orders two new ‘groundbreaking’ cruise ships from Fincantieri

Crystal has placed an order with the Italian shipbuilder Fincantieri for two ships that will, according to the cruise line, “redefine high-end travel on the seas”. The expected delivery of the first ship is Spring 2028. “This order is another milestone in the 40 years of productive collaboration between Fincantieri and my family that started

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Celestyal unveils 50% summer saving bonanza

Celestyal has launched a summer saving campaign, with up to 50% off new bookings made by 31 August. The savings applies across their 2024, 2025 and recently launched 2026 and early 2027 programmes. For its new Arabian Gulf voyages, departing from November to March each season, Celestyal is offering early booking savings of up to

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A Holland America sweetener for guests as it joins forces with Lindt

Chocoholics take note … Holland America Line is teaming up with Lindt to further sweeten its cruising experience. Both brands are steeped in rich European heritage, and Lindt vice president Melissa Mendoza said: “The partnership between Holland America Line and Lindt presents a remarkable chance for the Lindt LINDOR brand to connect with travellers passionate

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New ship Seven Seas Prestige set to arrive in 2026 with a new kind of class

Regent Seven Seas Cruises has unveiled the name of its next new ship, Seven Seas Prestige, along with stunning new exterior images, providing a glimpse into a brand new class of vessel. Seven Seas Prestige, which will be delivered in 2026, is Regent’s first new ship class in 10 years following the successful Explorer-class vessels

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Royal Caribbean takes delivery of Utopia of the Seas

The Chantiers de l’Atlantique shipyard in France handed Royal Caribbean the keys of its lastest gargantuan ship, Utopia of the Seas, with just five weekends to go before its 19 July debut in Port Canaveral, Florida. More than 1,600-plus crew members and shipyard workers came together to mark the moment in the ship’s signature AquaTheater,

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American Cruise Lines adds three more to its list of newbuild orders

American Cruise Lines confirmed yesterday (12 June) that it has ordered three more ships, taking its list of newbuilds in the pipeline to seven. The new ships, all scheduled for delivery before the end of 2026, include six in the Project Blue series and a brand-new American Riverboat. “The domestic cruise industry is the healthiest

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Ambassador launches ‘Buy One Get One Half Price’ June campaign

Ambassador Cruise Line has launched a June campaign featuring deals on both its 2024/25 and 2025/26 itineraries. Guests can take advantage of a range of offers when booking by 10 July for its 2024/25 season and by 31 July for its 2025/26 season. These include Buy One Get One Half Price savings on a second

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149 days in the lap of luxury … on Silver Dawn’s out-of-this-world cruise in 2027

Silversea will be undertaking its richest voyage ever for its World Cruise 2027 … The Three Oceans. Silver Dawn, one of the smallest world-cruising ships, will depart Los Angeles on 8 January and arrive in Copenhagen 149 days later (7 June) having called in 80 destinations – more than any voyage in the brand’s history

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