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Century Cruises and Ensemble: 2026 Beyond Extraordinary Experiences in China

Century Cruises and Ensemble have joined forces for Beyond Extraordinary Experiences in 2026, an annual program recognizing the network’s top-performing members. This year’s event will take place in China from August 18 to 26. The announcement coincides with the Year of the Fire Horse, traditionally associated with courage, momentum, and achievement which the companies said were...

Holland America Line Announces 26-Day Inca Coast Sailing

Holland America Line has presented a new 26-day sailing aboard Nieuw Amsterdam departing from Vancouver on Oct. 7, 2027, and heading to San Antonio (Santiago), Chile. The cruise is part of the line’s Legendary Voyages program. Named the “Inca Coast: Mexico & Latin America Legendary Voyage,” the cruise follows the Pacific shoreline from North America...

Wynn Las Vegas Taps MSC Cruises for Annual Loyalty Program

Wynn Las Vegas has named MSC Cruises as the exclusive benefit partner for its tiered loyalty program, MSC said in a statement. Through the partnership, rewards members across all tiers will get access to annual cruise benefits based on their loyalty status. “This partnership with Wynn Las Vegas creates a natural extension of two brands...

Windstar Opens Winter 2027-28 Season for Booking

Windstar Cruises opened bookings for its winter 2027-28 season, offering 21 new itineraries and more than 230 sailing dates between September 2027 and April 2028. The deployment spans the South Pacific, Latin America and the Panama Canal, the Canary Islands and Morocco, Asia, the Caribbean, and Canada and New England, according to the company. “Advisors...

Carnival: New Dining Options on Two Australia-Based Ships

Guests onboard the Carnival Adventure, sailing from Sydney, and Carnival Encounter, sailing from Brisbane, will have two new restaurant options, Carnival Cruise Line said in a statement. These are the Bonsai Sushi Express and steakhouse Fahrenheit 555, which is already available on two other Australia-homeported ships, the Carnival Splendor and Carnival Luminosa. “We are delighted...

Holland America’s Westerdam Embarks on 28-Night Cruise to Asia

The Westerdam recently embarked on Holland America Line’s “The Philippines, China and Japan Collector” voyage. Offered in partnership with the History Channel, the 28-night cruise departed from the port of Yokohama on Feb. 15, 2026. According to the company, the curated itinerary offers guests an opportunity to visit diverse ports across Japan, South Korea and...

Fred. Olsen Teaming up with Liverpool on ESG Initiatives

Liverpool Cruise Port (LCP) and Fred. Olsen Cruise Lines are partnering on a number of community engagement and sustainability initiatives for the 2026 cruise season. The partnership is expected to deliver a program of community-focused and maritime-led initiatives across Liverpool’s waterfront. According to a statement, the 2026 program will see the duo collaborate on national...

Former ABS CEO Wiernicki Joins Royal Caribbean’s Board of Directors

Royal Caribbean Group has appointed Christopher J. Wiernicki to its Board of Directors, the company said in a statement. Formerly Chairman & CEO of American Bureau of Shipping (ABS), Wiernicki spent 14 years holding several senior roles at ABS, including president and chief operating officer, chief technology officer, and president and chief operating officer of...

Elliott Sends Letter and Presentation Pushing Big Changes at NCLH

Elliott Investment Management, which manages funds that together hold a greater than 10% economic interest in Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings, today sent a presentation and letter to the company’s Board of Directors pushing for big changes at the company. The materials described Norwegian’s “strategic and execution missteps during a time of strong demand in the...

Elliott Eyes Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings Changes, Goldstein Return

According to a Wall Street Journal Report, activist investment group Elliott Investment Management now has more than a 10 percent stake in Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings (NCLH) and may soon be pushing for changes. NCLH parted ways with CEO Harry Sommer last week, with board member John W. Chidsey taking over his role. The company...

Lindblad Sets Q4 and 2025 Financial Call Date

Lindblad Expeditions Holdings said it will report 2025 fourth quarter and full year financial results on Thursday February 26, 2026, before the market opens. The company will host a conference call to discuss the results at 9:00 am Eastern Time. The conference call can be accessed by dialing 1-800-715-9871 (United States), 1-646-307-1963 (International).  

Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings Orders Three More Ships

Norwegian Cruise Line Holding today announced that it has entered into an agreement with Fincantieri for the design and construction of three new cruise ships. The order includes one ship for each of the company’s brands: Norwegian Cruise Line, Oceania Cruises, and Regent Seven Seas Cruises, with one vessel to be built as a sister...

Hapag-Lloyd’s Europa 2 to Host Performances by Olympic Choreographers

Hapag-Lloyd Cruises will host dance performances by three choreographers linked to the Olympic and Paralympic Games onboard the Europa 2 in 2026-27, the company said in a statement. Performances by Diego Tortelli and Italian modern dance company Aterballetto will be available to guests at two cruises. The first is aboard a nine-day cruise from Civitavecchia...

Adventure Canada Showcases 2026 Arctic Expedition Program

Adventure Canada has showcased its 2026 Arctic expedition program, featuring four voyages that explore the Northwest Passage, Nunavut and Greenland. The program includes expeditions from June through September aboard small, ice-strengthened vessels led by guides, historians, scientists and cultural ambassadors, according to the company. “The Arctic continues to be at the heart of who we...

Phoenix Reisen’s Artania Sets Sail on Voyage to the Americas

Phoenix Reisen’s Artania recently sailed from Europe for a 125-night cruise to the Americas and the Caribbean. Having departed from the Italian port of Savona earlier this month, the itinerary started with a series of visits to ports of call in the Atlantic and the Caribbean. The Artania initially visited destinations in Spain and Morocco,...

Ambassador’s Irish Mini-Break Cruise to Feature Play about the Dubliners

Ambassador Cruise Line has announced that its Irish Mini Break cruise onboard the Ambition will feature a theatrical production called “Seven Drunken Nights – The Story of The Dubliners.” The production telling the story of Ireland’s band The Dubliners will be available to guests on this three-night themed sailing from Portsmouth to Belfast via Dun...

Jamaica to Lead Tourism Resilience Conference in Kenya

Jamaica’s minister of tourism will lead a conference on tourism resilience in Kenya from Feb. 16-18, bringing together global tourism stakeholders to address interconnected threats facing the industry. Hon Edmund Bartlett, Jamaica’s minister of tourism and founder and co-chair of the Global Tourism Resilience and Crisis Management Centre, will keynote the conference hosted by the...

Bookings Open for Ponant Exploration’s 62-Day Antarctic Expedition

Ponant Exploration has opened bookings for a 62-day voyage circumnavigating Antarctica aboard Le Commandant Charcot at the start of 2028. This will give guests a chance to experience nearly 14,300 miles of icy shores during austral summer, the company said in a statement. Le Commandant Charcot is scheduled to depart Ushuaia, Argentina, on January 11, 2028. “Ponant Explorations was born from a...

Virgin Voyages: Adult-Only Travel Boom Fuels Record Growth

Virgin Voyages said it closed 2025 with its strongest year-over-year performance since launch, reporting what it calls a record momentum with double-digit revenue surge. More specifically, bookings were up almost 20% year-over-year, with gross ticket revenue increasing almost 30%, and ships sailing at full commercial load factors. January 2026 marked the highest booking month in...
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