Pullmantur Cruises has announced its itineraries and fleet line-up for 2008:
Oceanic will continue her massively popular “Brisas del Mediterraneo” itinerary, with round-trip 7-night cruises from Barcelona to Villefranche, Livorno, Civitavecchia (Rome), Naples and La Goulette (Tunis).
Ocean Dream (currently Pacific Star) will offer a 7-night “Joyas del Mediterraneo” itinerar, round trip from Barcelona to La Goulette, [...]
Entries from September 2007
Thursday, 27 September 2007
Pullmantur Cruises 2008 Itineraries & Fleet
Wednesday, 26 September 2007
John Heald is Seatrade Insider’s Seagoing Employee of the Year
Congratulations to my friend John Heald, senior cruise director at Carnival Cruise Lines, for winning Seatrade Insider’s first annual Seagoing Employee of the Year Award!
I am sure most of you are familiar with John’s blog which is undoubtedly the busiest cruising blog on WordPress (I can only hope that I come in at a distant [...]
Tuesday, 25 September 2007
Silversea Acquires World Discoverer - UPDATED
Silversea Cruises has announced that it has purchased the 175-berth, 6,075 GT World Discoverer from its owners, Sembawang Shipyard. Built in 1989 as Delfin Clipper and later in service as a cruise ship, gambling ship and corporate yacht as Sally Clipper, Baltic Clipper, Delfin Star and Dream 21, the ship was purchased by now-defunct Society [...]
Tuesday, 25 September 2007
Star Cruises Shareholders Approve Apollo Deal
Star Cruises announced that at a special general meeting today, it shareholders voted unanimously to approve a deal for private equity firm Apollo Management to make a $1 billion investment in Norwegian Cruise Line in exchange for a 50% equity stake in NCL through newly issued shares. Star will continue to hold the remaining 50% [...]
Monday, 24 September 2007
Celebrity Unveils Solstice Cabins
Celebrity Cruises has unveiled the designs for the cabins and suites on the 2,850-passenger, 122,000 GT (est.) Celebrity Solstice, due to debut in December 2008.
The standard cabins are an average of 15 percent larger than those on existing Celebrity ships, with the most common type of cabin, a deluxe ocean view with veranda, coming in [...]
