Delhi-based adventure tour operating company Holiday Moods Adventures has been appointed as India distributor of the Havila Kystruten Operations AS (Norway) for its Havila Cruise bookings. Havila is a Norwegian shipping company that has started sailing the classic coastal voyage between Bergen and Kirkenes with…

Norwegian Cruise Line (NCL) announced it will sail into the Metaverse with the launch of the cruise industry’s first collection of NFTs, adding to the Brand’s legacy of pioneering firsts. NCL will open for auction and sale a collection of six NFTs to celebrate the…

Oceania Cruises announced the addition of dozens more dedicated staterooms for solo travellers along with the debut of the line’s Go Green and Beyond Blueprints shore excursion series as part of its industry-leading OceaniaNEXT initiative. Each of the four ships will feature 14 Solo Oceanview…

Regent Seven Seas Cruises has revealed two new shore excursion concepts: Behind the Design and Eco-Connect - to further enhance the immersive destination experiences. “We understand that while our guests love the all-inclusive and superior service standards found on board our luxury fleet, their primary…

Not very long ago several critics had written off the cruise industry revival and some had even drafted the epitaph and waiting for the right time to pounce. It did not take the cruise industry that long to prove everyone wrong and emerge from the…

As a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, cruise bookings have shifted away from intermediaries with cruise tourists opting to book directly with the cruise line rather than through an Online Travel Agent (OTA) or the high street, finds GlobalData, the leading data and analytics company.…

Dream Cruises is excited to announce that World Dream is the First Cruise Ship to receive the SG SafeEvent Certification launched by Singapore Association of Convention and Exhibition Organisers and Suppliers (SACEOS), to ensure hygiene benchmarks and safe-distancing best practices are upheld at business events.…

Norwegian Cruise Line (NCL) has been voted ‘Best Cruise’ at India’s Best Awards (IBA) 2021 — the annual flagship awards of Travel + Leisure India & South Asia. “This is a very special honour indeed, more so because it comes from the readers of Travel…

Norwegian Cruise Line (NCL) continues its legacy of “firsts” by announcing that it will become the first cruise line to homeport in Panama City, Panama, offering roundtrip Panama Canal voyages beginning 20 March 2022 with Norwegian Jewel. NCL’s parent company Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings signed…

Norwegian Cruise Line (NCL) has opened for sale the most itineraries at once in its history, unveiling sailings from 35 departure ports – including brand-new NCL homeports in Haifa, Israel and La Romana, Dominican Republic. The announcement includes Australia and New Zealand cruises, as well…

In accordance with the prevailing guidelines by the Singapore authorities, Dream Cruises has opened World Dream sailings to non-residents in Singapore, as well as international travellers, including those entering the country via the Vaccinated Travel Lanes (VTLs)1. This marks a new milestone for Dream Cruises…

Over the last few years, India has grown significantly as a source market for the cruising industry across the globe. Mediterranean cruising, Asian cruises, river cruising, expedition cruises, etc, every segment have welcomed Indian travellers and further foresee demand. There is a market for every…

Norwegian Cruise Line (NCL), the innovator in global cruise travel, has launched a brand-new platform — ‘Book-A-BDM’— that will allow travel agents from across the country direct access to NCL’s regional Business Development Managers (BDMs), at a time and in a way that suits them.…

Norwegian Cruise Line (NCL) continues its Great Cruise Comeback celebration, resuming voyages aboard Norwegian Escape from Orlando, Fla. (Port Canaveral) to the Eastern Caribbean. Norwegian Escape, the first of the Brand's successful Breakaway Plus Class ships becomes the eighth vessel in the Company's 17-ship fleet…

Seven Seas Explorer has welcomed luxury travellers back on board for the first time since the voluntary industry-wide pause in operations. Excited guests embarked the ship known as the most luxurious ever built on 15 October 2021, in Trieste, Italy, for an unforgettable journey through…