Silversea Cruises are proud to announce that they have won Best Luxury Cruise Line (Luxury Category), Best Service (Luxury Category) and Best for Adventure (Luxury Category) at the Cruise Critic 2019 UK Cruisers’ Choice Awards. Best Luxury Line (Luxury Category) “Silversea reset the standard for luxury with the launch of Silver Muse and we love...
Seabourn has unveiled the Bow Lounge on its new Seabourn Venture, the company’s first purpose-built luxury expedition vessel set to debut 2021. The Bow Lounge is designed to further enhance the perspectives that the natural world presents, according to the company, increasing the sense of discovery that is sure to captivate guests by bringing a...
Seabourn celebrated the keel laying for new ship Seabourn Venture at the T. Mariotti shipyard in San Giorgio di Nogaro, Italy, on December 4. The event marks a significant step in the construction of the line’s first ultra-luxury purpose-built expedition ship. Seabourn Venture is scheduled to debut in June 2021, and a second expedition vessel,...
SeaDream Yacht Club and Damen have in “good faith and with mutual understanding” decided not to proceed with the building of a new ship for SeaDream, according to a press release, as the contract for the SeaDream Innovation has been terminated. “The response from our past guests and the market in general has been overwhelming,...
Telegraph Travel readers have delivered their verdict – and now the best cruise lines can be revealed. This year the ocean cruise awards were broken down into three categories, providing a comprehensive cross-section of the best voyages at sea. In the category of best small ship cruise line, Seabourn has moved from second into top...
Seabourn has marked another milestone in the construction of its new expedition ship, Seabourn Venture. Ice model testing of the ship’s PC-6 rated hull has now been completed at Aker Arctic in Helsinki, Finland. Seabourn says the tests provide a proven and effective means of ensuring Seabourn Venture’s hull design will perform as intended in...
Guests staying in the Regent Suite onboard the Seven Seas Splendor will be able to enjoy a relaxing sleep on a $200,000 Hästens Vividus mattress, according to Regent Seven Seas Cruises as the new ship is due to launch in 2020. “The holistic Regent Suite sleep experience is personalized for each guest to help them...
Cunard and Fincantieri today celebrated the start of construction on the 249th ship for the cruise line. The yet unnamed ship will be the second largest ship to fly the Cunard flag when she launches in 2022 with capacity for 3,000 guests at 113,000 tons. The first section of the ship is under construction at...
A pensive Salvatore Savarese leaned over the railing. Forty feet below the Star Breeze sat with 40 meters of Sicilian sunlight blazing through her hull. Overnight, Shipyard Director Savarese’s crews at Fincantieri Palermo had carefully split the ship, pulling the 4,000-ton bow forward centimetre by centimetre while a new 25.6-meter midsection waited on shiny black...
We’re thrilled to announce the Crystal Cruises has won the award for Best River Cruising – Short Haul in the Selling Travel Agents Choice Awards winners of 2019. Did you know that Crystal Cruises also got the HAT TRICK over the pond by Conde Nast Traveller earlier this month– voted for by the readers. Best Medium Ship...
Silversea Cruises has launched five new itineraries for Silver Dawn as the Fincantieri-built, 596-guest vessel will depart Civitavecchia (Rome) on September 22, 2021, spending her inaugural season in the Mediterranean, before crossing to Fort Lauderdale. The new ship is a sister vessel to the Silver Muse and Silver Moon, which is set to launch in...
Deluxe Cruises receive the coveted Business Achievement Award from Crystal Cruises as recognition of sales during 2018. Seen in the picture left to right are : Teresa Darling, Susan Hanson, Natilie Read (Crystal Cruises) and Susan Smith. Congratulations to the whole team….
