The New Age of Passenger Liners

Posted on Monday, October 24, 2011 - 5:05 am:

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The Med is perfect for cruising, giving you the chance to enjoy several countries on one relatively short voyage. But what if you've been there, done that – and now fancy venturing further afield?

It could well be time for you to try the Black Sea. On one trip you could take in Turkey, Bulgaria, Romania, Ukraine, Russia and Georgia.
Here's the pick of Black Sea cruises for next year. Prices are per person, based on two sharing.

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Posted on Tuesday, October 25, 2011 - 4:43 am:

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At the opening session of the Seatrade Middle East Cruise Convention in Dubai, the biggest event of the year for cruise operators in the Middle East, the President of Costa Cruises Gianni Onorato confirmed further consolidation in the region for the largest Italian travel group and Europe’s no.1 cruise company.

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Posted on Tuesday, October 25, 2011 - 5:04 am:

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Sounding a bit like Travelzoo or CruiseCompete, UK-based CruiseCompare, claiming to be the first cruise comparison engine in that market, has launched a new “Cruise Flash Sale” section similar to that of Groupon, the company said, where discounts will only be available for a limited period of seven days.

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Posted on Wednesday, October 26, 2011 - 5:55 am:

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It’s no surprise that cruising is an increasingly popular vacation option. It’s a great way of getting around from destination to destination without having to keep packing and unpacking. In effect, your hotel simply moves with you.

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Posted on Wednesday, October 26, 2011 - 6:23 am:

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The Historic Charlottetown Seaport has wrapped up another cruise season on Prince Edward Island with 90,021 passengers and crew.

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Posted on Thursday, October 27, 2011 - 3:28 am:

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Adventure cruise tour operator American Safari Cruises celebrates its inaugural season in Hawaii on October 26, 2011 when the 36-guest Safari Explorer begins its first inter-island voyage. The upscale yacht will sail 24 voyages between Maui/Lana’i and the Big Island through May 2012.

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Posted on Friday, October 28, 2011 - 7:20 am:

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(Updated 11:47 EDT) -- In a surprising announcement, Royal Caribbean says that its Independence of the Seas, the only contemporary cruise ship to operate year-round from Southampton, will flee winter. Beginning next year (the 2012-2013 winter season), the ship will be redeployed to the Caribbean. We spoke with Royal Caribbean today to find out the reason behind the change.

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Posted on Wednesday, November 23, 2011 - 6:30 am:

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(4 p.m. EST) -- Could your cruise ship's drinking water be contaminated? That's the question the Sunday Times of London raised in a recent article about a 2004 issue with a possibly carcinogenic coating on the inside of cruise ship water tanks.

Here's the backstory: According to the newspaper report, paint inspector Brian Bradford found black residue inside the potable water tanks of two Norwegian Cruise Line ships (Norwegian Dawn and Norwegian Star) in 2004. He believed the residue could be from the coating leaching acrylonitrile into the water.

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Posted on Sunday, November 27, 2011 - 8:32 am:

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Cunard, Britain’s most famous operator of luxury liners, is to lower the flag on more than 170 years of British maritime tradition – so that it can cash in on the booming demand for weddings at sea.

The company has decided that its flagship liner Queen Mary 2 and its sister ships Queen Elizabeth and Queen Victoria should no longer be registered in Southampton and should instead be listed on Bermuda’s register of shipping.

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Posted on Thursday, January 5, 2012 - 7:32 am:

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(2:15 p.m. EDT) -- Now that we've left 2011 in the dust, it's time to look ahead to what's going to be hot in 2012 -- and darned if two blasts from the past aren't among the more interesting cruise developments expected in the coming months.

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Posted on Monday, January 9, 2012 - 5:28 am:

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On December 17, 2011, the Port of Long Beach, California welcomed its latest resident cruise ship, Carnival Cruise Line’s CARNIVAL INSPIRATION, the subject of this two part, top-to-bottom Decked! feature.

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Posted on Tuesday, January 10, 2012 - 6:18 am:

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Continue MaritimeMatters’ top-to-bottom tour of Carnival Cruise Line’s CARNIVAL INSPIRATION with Part Two of our exclusive Double Decked! feature.

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Posted on Thursday, January 19, 2012 - 4:51 am:

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It's all fun and margaritas when you first book a cruise. But that "ticket" is actually a contract that can run more than a dozen pages, and gives away more rights to the cruise ship company than you may realize.

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