All Aboard The Orient Express

Slow travel is set to see a renaissance once we’re free to roam again, as we seek to travel longer, more leisurely, without compromising on an ounce of quality. If there’s one such trip that ticks all the boxes – with the finest Swiss fountain pen, we assume – it’s…

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Australia: Big City Life – Part Two

We’ve covered Australia’s hip cities and cosmopolitan capitals in our blog here, but now we’re saying g’day to its beaches and barbies and looking at Australia’s red outback sands and the Great Barrier Reef. Australia’s assets are as vast as its size and it’s no coincidence that cruise lines including…

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Your Future Cruise Credit Questions Answered

One of the current buzzwords in the cruise industry right now is the term Future Cruise Credit, also known as FCC. If like so many others you are a little lost at sea in knowing what this actually means, we’ve got you covered in our FAQs on Future Cruise Credits….

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Australia: Big City Life – Part One

With Princess Cruises set to offer four ships sailing out of Sydney in its Australia 2022-2023 cruise season – including Royal Princess and Majestic Princess for the first time ever – we decided there could be no better time to delve down under. Because nowhere else do you find hip…

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Scenic Eclipse II Delayed To 2023

The launch of a second ship set to join the Scenic luxury oceangoing fleet will be postponed to 2023, it has been confirmed. Scenic Eclipse II is currently under construction at the Maj 3 shipyard in Rijeka, Croatia, and was expected to enter service later this year. The vessel will…

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P&O Names Second Excel-Class Ship Arvia

P&O Cruises has revealed it is to call its second LNG-powered Excel-class ship Arvia. Arvia, meaning ‘from the seashore’, will join the fleet in December 2022 and become sister ship to Iona. Following the announcement of the name behind the new P&O Cruises ship, Paul Ludlow, P&O Cruises president, said:…

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