Hurtigruten, the world leader in exploration travel, celebrated 125 years of its operation on July 2, 2018. Exactly 125 years ago, Hurtigruten Founder Richard With brought the steamer MS Vesteraalen into service along the coast of Norway, establishing a regular sea link for locals and…

Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings announced the important next step in its efforts to reduce its environmental impact by eliminating single-use plastic straws across its fleet of 26 ships and two island destinations, Great Stirrup Cay and Harvest Caye. The company anticipates that it will eliminate…

K. J. Alphons, Minister of State (I/C) for Tourism informed the Lok Sabha that a total of 1,62,660 cruise passengers visited India at six major ports namely Mumbai Port, Chennai Port, Cochin Port, Kolkata Port, New Mangalore Port and Mormugao Port during the year 2017-18,.…

MSC Cruises is all set to bring MSC Lirica to the Indian waters this December. The cruiseliner has announced a scheduled sailing from Dubai to Mumbai on December 22 and Mumbai to Dubai on December 31. Speaking about the sailing Kunal Sampat, General Manager- India,…

TIRUN Travel Marketing, the exclusive India representative of Royal Caribbean International (RCI) announced the arrival of the award-winning cruise line’s ship Spectrum of the Seas and its inaugural season in Southeast Asia in May 2019. As the ship readies to homeport in Asia, RCI has…

Dream Cruises is collaborating with Sony Pictures Animation to host thematic sailings of Hotel Transylvania 3: A Monster Vacation, the latest instalment of the animated movie franchise, aboard Genting Dream and World Dream this summer. From 25 May to 31 August 2018, guests will enjoy…

Costa Cruises is continuing to expand and renew its fleet of ships. At Fincantieri’s Marghera shipyard, construction has begun on a new 135,500-ton ship with 2,116 cabins, due for delivery in 2020. Like its twin Costa Venezia, it will be designed specifically for the Chinese…

TIRUN, the exclusive India representative of Royal Caribbean International, recently announced the return of Voyager of the Seas to Singapore. Voyager of the Seas is one of the most innovative cruise ships in Southeast Asia. It is back in Singapore, for her longest-running Southeast Asian…

Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, said that mega projects being implemented in the UAE are reinforcing the country’s profile globally as a model for sustainable growth driven by diversification, innovation and productive…

Launched in 2017, MSC Meraviglia, the company’s largest operational vessel till date has witnessed a grand response from India market. With guest capacity of 5,714, MSC Meraviglia is both the biggest ship to ever be built by a European ship owner – MSC Cruises -…

TIRUN, the exclusive India representative of Royal Caribbean International, now extends its all-inclusive fly-cruise holiday packages to Indians travelling to Hong Kong. Royal Caribbean International in association with Hong Kong Tourism Board and Cathay Pacific Airways, recently announced fly-cruise packages from Hong Kong to ports…

In 2017, at 2378, Japan received the highest number of port calls in Asia by cruise liners followed by China (1156 port calls), South Korea (747 port call) making up the top three destination by the number cruise vessels port calls. Indonesia, with 187 port…

Travelers can now book inaugural season itineraries aboard Regent Seven Seas Cruises’ newest ship, launching in February 2020. The first voyage beginning on February 7th, 2020 will take guests on an unforgettable 14-night transatlantic journey from Barcelona to Miami. "For Seven Seas Splendor’s inaugural season,…

Royal Caribbean International’s Symphony of the Seas, the largest cruise ship in the world, is set to be launched in the month of April this year. It took 36 months with 4700 builders and crew members to create this unparalleled maritime architecture. With its launch,…

Leading international classification society Bureau Veritas has recognised MSC Cruises with the ‘8 Golden Pearls’ award for sustainable and environmental stewardship on board its ship MSC Meraviglia. The award is one of the highest globally recognised notations assigned to cruise ships for the attention paid…