Cruising the World in Style
“Someday is here.” That was the one-line tweet Celebrity Cruises CEO and President Lisa Lutoff-Perlo used to announce the news today that on Saturday, June 26, the exquisite Celebrity Edge will be the first cruise ship to sail from US waters in more than a year. Captain Kate McCue, the first and still only American female Captain, will have the…
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Celebrity Cruises announced its return to cruising in Europe today, as company President and CEO, Lisa Lutoff-Perlo confirmed that its brand-new Celebrity Apex, the second stunning ship in the brand’s transformational, multi-award-winning Edge Series, will make its long-awaited world debut in Greece this summer beginning June 19. With luxurious seven-night sailings roundtrip from Athens through September 2021, Celebrity Apex will…
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Silversea Cruises has shattered its bookings records with its new arts-inspired World Cruise 2023, entitled ‘South Side Story – All the World’s a Stage’. Following the most successful pre-sale in the cruise line’s history, the 139-day voyage fully sold out on the day of its general opening. The immersive voyage will take guests deep into the Southern Hemisphere, sailing from…
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Windstar Cruises announced its plans to relocate its office from Seattle, Washington to Miami, Florida in June 2022. The small ship cruise line alerted guests and travel advisors on February 24 that it was pushing back its restart of operations from May to June 2021. The Miami office will accommodate mostly cruise operation functions and some direct supporting teams to…
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Following an eight-year absence, Celebrity Cruises announced its return to the Mexican Riviera with a variety of 7-night and 8-night sailings. Departing from the Port of Los Angeles, Celebrity Millennium will offer twelve sailings from late September through mid-December, before embarking on a special 15-night bucket-list Panama Canal crossing over the holidays. Celebrity Millennium was recently transformed as part of the line’s extensive…
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Silversea Cruises’ new ship Silver Dawn touched water for the first time today during her float-out at the Fincantieri shipyard in Ancona, Italy. The fitting out phase will now begin — during which Fincantieri’s skilled craftspeople will bring the ship’s elegant interiors to life. Silver Dawn will become the 10th ship in the leading ultra-luxury cruise line’s fleet. With the delivery of both Silver Origin and Silver Moon in…
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Viking® has announced its first expedition ship – the 378-guest Viking Octantis® – was “floated out,” marking a major construction milestone and the first time that the new ship touches water. Scheduled to debut in early 2022, Viking Octantis will spend her maiden season sailing voyages to Antarctica and North America’s Great Lakes. A second, identical expedition ship, Viking Polaris®,…
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Celebrity Cruises will sail the 2022 European Summer Season with six of its award-winning ships, including its newest, ground-breaking Edge Series ships – Celebrity Apex and Celebrity Edge. They will be joined by four additional gems from the Celebrity fleet: Celebrity Silhouette, recently ‘revolutionized’ as part of a multi-million ship renovation program, Celebrity Constellation, Celebrity Infinity and Celebrity Reflection. Together, the ships will explore nearly 100 destinations and offer…
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Celebrity Cruises revealed its 2022 plans to sail Alaska with three award-winning ships dedicated to bringing all of the wild wonders of this majestic part of the world to life. Sailings will begin in early May, Celebrity’s earliest-ever start to the Alaska season, providing even more opportunities to experience the wide-open spaces and unique wildlife of The Last Frontier. With nothing more…
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Swan Hellenic and Tillberg Design of Sweden released a virtual tour video unveiling what the adventurous and creative-minded can look forward to in its five-star cultural expedition cruise ships currently being built at Helsinki Shipyard. The video takes viewers through the ship as they would when returning from an expedition by zodiac, which is how the video starts. So, the…
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