UK tour operator Travelscope Holidays Ltd, charterer of Club Cruise’s Van Gogh, was placed under administration on 21 December and has ceased trading. Thanks to the company’s membership in ABTA and ATOL, it has been able to continue with holidays that were already underway then. This includes the Van Gogh cruise due to return to [...]
This month, much of the talk in the ocean liner and cruise ship community has been about Cunard’s latest addition to the fleet, Queen Victoria. She’s the first purpose-built cruise ship (please don’t call her an ocean liner) for Cunard in 30 years. That ship 30 years ago was Cunard Princess.
At the naming ceremony for its newest ship, the 93,530 GT, 2,376-berth Norwegian Gem, Norwegian Cruise Line unveiled the details of Freestyle 2.0, a series of fleet-wide enhancements to improve its on-board products.
Highlights include a revamped dining experience with a 20 percent food budget increase, cabin upgrades, new on-board activities, special amenities for passengers in [...]
Seatrade Insider reports that the 6,072 GT, 1989-built World Discoverer, recently bought by Silversea Cruises, will be renamed Silver Dawn. The ship is expected to enter service in May 2008 after a major refurbishment at Fincantieri in Trieste, where the ship was recently brought after years of lay-up in Singapore.
According to the report, the ship’s [...]
In the wake of the announcement that Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. and TUI AG will be forming a new German cruise venture, Carnival Corporation & plc has ordered two new ships for Germany’s largest cruise line, AIDA.
The two new ships, to be delivered from Meyer Werft in April 2011 and May 2012, will be the [...]
