Tag: New Cruise Ships

Virgin Voyages Reveals The First Look at First Cruise Ship

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Virgin Voyages

Virgin Voyages is looking to change the way people think about cruising. They recently reveled some of the spaces on their first, yet unnamed, cruise ship currently under construction at the Fincantieri shipyard in Genoa, Italy. Several well known designers have been selected to create a fresh new style and build on Virgin Voyages image for their new vessel. Virgin Voyages has partnered with Tom Dixon’s Design Research Studio in London, Roman and Williams in New York, Concrete Amsterdam, Softroom in London and WorkAC in New York. Tom McAlpin, President…

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Norwegian Bliss Makes her U.S. Debut in the Big Apple

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Norwegian Bliss

Norwegian Cruise Line’s latest addition to their fleet, Norwegian Bliss, arrived in New York City to kick off a series of inaugural stops during a month-long celebration. The ship will also visit Miami, Los Angeles and end in Seattle where she will home-port for the summer with sailings to Alaska. The official christening of Norwegian Bliss will be held in Seattle on May 30. On hand for the festivities in New York, were Norwegian Bliss’ Godfather, Elvis Duran and the cast from the Z100 morning show who broadcasted live from…

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Norwegian Cruise Line Officially Welcomes Norwegian Bliss

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The latest cruise ship from Norwegian Cruise was officially delivered to the line today from the Meyer Werft shipyard in Bremerhaven, Germany. In attendance at the handover ceremony, were executives from Norwegian Cruise Line, including Andy Stuart, president and chief executive officer, Harry Sommer, executive vice president of international business development, Robin Lindsay, executive vice president of vessel operations for the 16-ship fleet, representatives from Meyer Werft including Bernard and Tim Meyer, managing partners of the German-based shipyard, and the ship’s captain and hotel director. The Norwegian Bliss will sail…

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Bahamas Paradise Cruise Line Welcomes Grand Classica

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Grand Classica

Bahamas Paradise Cruise Line commenced cruises with their second cruise ship, the Grand Classica on Friday April 13 from the Port of Palm Beach. Grand Classic joins the Grand Celebration as the only two cruise ships sailing regular two-night cruises to the Bahamas and featuring an option to combine with a land stay in the Bahamas. Grand Classica, formally sailing as the Costa neoClassica for Costa Cruises, was purchased by Bahamas Paradise Cruise Line and received substantial upgrades and refurbishments in 2014 and 2017 during a dry dock. Grand Classica…

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Crystal Welcomes New River Cruise Ship

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Crystal Ravel

Luxury Cruise Line, Crystal River Cruises has added a fifth vessel to their river cruise fleet. The Crystal Ravel, was officially handed over to the company today in Wismar, Germany. The company is proud to welcome the ship to the award-winning fleet ahead of its maiden voyage next month. In attendance at the handover ceremony for Crystal Ravel which took place at MV WERFTEN shipyard, were Tan Sri Lim Kok Thay, chairman and CEO of Crystal’s parent company, Genting Hong Kong (GHK), Colin Au, group president of GHK, and Jarmo…

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