Author: Andrea Zelinski 

Crystal is offering four Grand Journeys to its lineup for 2024. The sailings range from 37 to 68 days and will include longer port stays and overnight calls.  The Crystal Symphony will…

Silversea Cruises will sail a 140-day world cruise described as its “most diverse voyage ever” in 2026.  Naming the voyage “The Curious and the Sea,” Silversea said the cruise will depart out…

Manfredi Lefebvre d’Ovidio, executive chairman of A&K Travel Group, promised former Crystal Cruises loyalists in a video that the experience of sailing on the relaunched Crystal would be an “enhanced” version of…

Andrea Zelinski Four Seasons Yachts is about two-and-a-half years from taking delivery of its first cruise ship, but its founders are ready to double down and order another. Shipbuilder Fincantieri said Monday…

When the Crystal Serenity and Crystal Symphony relaunch, they will have redesigned spa spaces.  Previously operated under Crystal Cruises but relaunching as Crystal under new owner A&K Travel Group, the line has…

Lindblad Expeditions-National Geographic unveiled newly redesigned suites on the National Geographic Explorer.  The redesign of the polar expedition ship first built in 1982 was part of a refurbishment at the Astilleros Canarios…

Carnival Cruise Line will introduce its first luxury boutiques on the Carnival Venezia, an Italian-style ship that will be named in New York on June 14. In partnership with Starboard Cruise Services,…

The first ship from MSC Group’s new luxury brand, Explora Journeys, will house a Rolex boutique.  The 922-passenger Explora I will include a retail shop selling only timepieces by the Swiss watchmaker….

Vantage Deluxe World Travel, a river and ocean cruise company that has canceled several cruises and left guests waiting long periods of time for refunds, said it is negotiating the sale of…

The reborn Crystal luxury cruise line is offering an air credit of $500 per person (up to $1,000 per stateroom) to guests who book a 2023 cruise by July 31. The offer…