Category: Cruise News

Virgin Voyages to Feature Cuba During Inaugural Season

Chris Cardona
Virgin Voyages to Feature Cuba

Virgin Voyages has announced that they will feature an overnight stop in Havana, Cuba as one of the ports during the inaugural season of their first cruise ship Scarlet Lady. Virgin Group founder Sir Richard Branson said: Virgin Voyages President and CEO Tom McAlpin said: The Adult By Design (18+) brand will offer the newest and most beautifully designed ship sailing to Havana ensuring that their sailors get there in style. All sailings to Cuba from Miami feature an overnight stay, meaning sailors have time to really explore and experience…

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Celebrity Cruises takes Delivery of Celebrity Edge

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Celebrity Edge Delivery

Celebrity Cruises has taken delivery of their newest cruise ship, Celebrity Edge. After four years of planning and almost two years of construction, the Celebrity Edge was officially welcomed to the Celebrity Cruises fleet at the delivery ceremony at Chantiers de l’Atlantique shipyard. Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd.’s Chairman and CEO Richard D. Fain and Celebrity’s President and CEO Lisa Lutoff-Perlo hosted a ceremony aboard Celebrity Edge, while docked in the Chantiers de l’Atlantique shipyard in Saint-Nazaire, France. The Celebrity Executive Team were also in attendance along with shipyard officials, including…

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MSC Cruises to Build Four Ultra Luxury Cruise Ships

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MSC Cruises Ultra Luxury Cruise Ships

MSC Cruises has announced that they plan to further expand they’re already unbelievable new build schedule with plans to build four Ultra Luxury cruise ships. With these new ships MSC Cruises now has 17 new ships on order to be delivered through 2027. The ships, the first of which will be delivered in Spring 2023, will have gross tonnage of approximately 64,000 GT and will feature 500 staterooms. The remaining three ships will come into service one per year over the following three years. The ships will feature, amongst other,…

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Carnival Victory Transformed to Carnival Radiance in 2020

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Carnival Radiance

The last of the original Destiny/Triumph class ships from Carnival Cruise Line will undergo a major dry dock in 2020. The Carnival Victory will go into dry dock for 38 days on March 18, 2020 and when she emerges, she’ll be loaded with new enhancements to dining, entertainment and activities and be sporting the new name of Carnival Radiance. This will be the third in the Sunshine ship class already consisting of Carnival Sunshine 2013 (originally Carnival Destiny) and Carnival Sunrise 2019 (originally Carnival Triumph). The Carnival Victory originally launched…

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Carnival Corporation debuts OceanView Mobile App

Chris Cardona

Over the past couple of years, Carnival Corporation has been producing high quality original content. These programs showcase the destinations and vessels sailing under the companies many brands including Carnival Cruise Line, Princess Cruises, Holland America Line, Cunard Line, Costa Cruises, P&O Cruises, AIDA Cruises and Seabourn. Launched in 2017, OceanView programming has been available on streaming devices in the home and now OceanView Mobile, the first travel content app from a travel provider, gives viewers the opportunity to take their favorite shows with them on the go. Viewers can…

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