CRUISE MEDIA RELEASES
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Royal sings new tune with Anthem’s arrival
Friday | Oct 31 2025ROYAL Caribbean’s Anthem of the Seas made her Down Under debut this morning, setting the stage for her 2025-26 summer season (CW 10 Apr 2024).
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CW breaking news – Carnival to home port from Adelaide in 2027-28
Wednesday | Oct 29 2025The city will be the fourth Australian home port for the cruise line. Carnival Cruise Line…
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Cruise rushes to cancel China
Monday | Oct 27 2025BOTH Regent Seven Seas (RSSC) Cruises and Oceania Cruises are revising select Chinese itineraries to replace port calls to the country’s mainland, following the implementation of new port fees for American cruise lines.
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Celebrity Xcels and Xcites at the same time
Friday | Oct 24 2025CELEBRITY Cruises has taken delivery of its new ship Celebrity Xcel, and has announced its next ship set to join the fleet, called Celebrity Xcite.
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Viking reaches 100th ship milestone
Thursday | Oct 23 2025VIKING has announced the naming of its nine newest river ships during a simultaneous ceremony in Basel yesterday, which also marked the cruise line’s 100th vessel – more than any other cruise line.
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Aurora launches AI navigation
Thursday | Oct 23 2025AURORA Expeditions has become the first cruise line to integrate AI routing, as part of a collaboration with Australia-based climate technology company CounterCurrent.
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Close-to-home is NCL’s new on-ramp
Wednesday | Oct 22 2025NORWEGIAN Cruise Line’s (NCL) ability to grow its close-to-home program will be key to filling out the company’s Australian business as a whole, Chief Sales & Marketing Officer International Jason Krimmel (pictured right) said.
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Silversea’s largest season
Friday | Oct 17 2025SILVERSEA has unveiled its largest-ever voyage collection for 2027-28, revealing more than 400 new voyages to over 600 destinations for the season.
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Get a taste of Norwegian
Thursday | Oct 16 2025NORWEGIAN Cruise Line (NCL) will introduce its first-ever taster cruises in Australia in 2026/27 on board Norwegian Spirit.
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