Cruise Travel

Award-winning boutique cruise line Variety Cruises is offering 3-night/4-day and 4 night/5-day Greek Island Mini Cruises from Winter to Spring in 2018, 2019 and 2020.

Sail with the #1 cruise line in the Panama Canal as the upcoming Princess Cruises fall 2019 through spring 2020 season is on sale today, offering the cruise line’s largest deployment ever to the Panama Canal, featuring the maiden season of Emerald Princess sailing through the new locks.

In fall 2019, Disney Cruise Line will return to favorite destinations and home ports on a variety of itineraries, including adventures to Bermuda, Bahamas, Baja, Canada and the Caribbean.

The Port of Lisbon Authority (APL) has begun the count-down to Seatrade Cruise Med 2018 – the world’s largest cruise industry event focussed on the Mediterranean and adjoining seas – and this year, an integral element of the recently announced Portugal Shipping Week.

Princess Cruises has launched a 60-day voyage from Los Angeles to Shanghai and return that includes calls at 22 destinations. The cruise on Coral Princess will start on 18 September, 2018 and is the first time that Princess Cruises is operating a direct cruise from Los Angeles to Shanghai and return. Princess is also offering two shorter segments of the voyage as standalone cruises.

Carnival Cruise Line has expanded its cruises to Cuba with the addition of 23 three- to five-day sailings to Havana in 2019-20 aboard five different ships departing from four convenient East Coast homeports – Carnival Sunshine from Charleston, Carnival Triumph from Fort Lauderdale, Carnival Paradise from Tampa and Carnival Victory and Carnival Sensation from Miami.

Carnival Corporation officially opened its second cruise terminal at the Port of Barcelona. The company revealed that Helix cruise center will be the name of its new 12,500 square meter state-of-the-art terminal.

To celebrate the upcoming debut of its newest ship in December 2018, Holland America Line has launched the Nieuw Statendam Sets Sail sweepstakes for the chance to win a seven-day cruise for two in 2019 aboard the new ship. The sweepstakes runs through June 15, 2018, and the winner will be announced June 30, 2018.

Princess Cruises has welcomed the start of the 2018 Alaska cruise season, offering guests more options to experience the best of the Great Land. Princess Cruises takes more guests to the 49th state than any other cruise line, offering unique itineraries, cruisetour options and new guest experiences that bring the history, people and culture of Alaska to life both on land and at sea.

The cruise industry remains the fastest growing tourism sector worldwide, and Seychelles and the Indian Ocean appear to be along for that ride.

Carnival Cruise Line has added another 20 voyages to Cuba aboard Carnival Paradise from Tampa.

Fred. Olsen Cruise Lines’ new 156-guest river ship, Brabant, has commenced its inaugural cruise season from Amsterdam, on a five-night ‘Springtime Dutch Discovery’ itinerary, calling at Amsterdam, Hoorn, Kampen, Deventer, Arnhem and Nijmegen in the Netherlands, and ending in Dűsseldorf, Germany.

Carnival Cruise Line announced reservations are now open for the new Carnival Panorama, offering year-round, seven-day cruises from Long Beach, Southern California from December 2019. The 133,500-ton ship will become the first new Carnival ship deployed on the West Coast of the USA in 20 years.

AmaWaterways' newest ship, the 156-passenger AmaLea, set sail this week on her inaugural Tulip Time voyage.