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Hats off in Sylvania!
Friday | Sep 18 2020SYLVANIA Travel & Cruise held a mad hatter COVID lunch party on Tue to give its members a break from the daily slog of issuing refunds.
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Spirit out until Jun 2021
Thursday | Sep 17 2020CARNIVAL Cruise Line yesterday advised travel agents of a further extension of its Australian cruising pause, including the cancellation of all Carnival Spirit cruises from Brisbane until late Jun next year.
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Inaugural Borealis trips
Thursday | Sep 17 2020FRED. Olsen Cruise Lines’ second new ship Borealis (pictured) went on sale yesterday, with the inaugural program featuring a number of new itineraries setting sail from Liverpool, UK in 2021-22.
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Another five Carnival Corp ships to go
Wednesday | Sep 16 2020CARNIVAL Corporation has released a financial update for the three months to 31 Aug, confirming that a total of 18 “less efficient ships” have left or are expected to leave the fleet – five more than had been previously announced (CW 13 Jul).
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Seabourn world cruise
Wednesday | Sep 16 2020SEABOURN Cruise Line has announced its 2022 world cruise, ‘Extraordinary Horizons’, which will depart 11 Jan 2022 for a 145-day voyage.
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Sluggish CDC slammed
Wednesday | Sep 16 2020A Miami-Dade County Commissioner has joined cruise line executives on the region’s Tourism & Ports Committee zoom meeting, urging the United States’ Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to let cruising resume.
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Hurtigruten to expand away from Vic
Tuesday | Sep 15 2020HURTIGRUTEN has announced its intention to boost its presence in New South Wales, with regional MD Damian Perry saying “there are now too many challenges and uncertainty in trying to expand in Victoria”.
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MRPS: open the River
Tuesday | Sep 15 2020MURRAY River Paddlesteamers (MRPS) Director Craig Burgess (pictured) has pleaded with New South Wales Premier Gladys Berejiklian to set a date for the reopening of the Murray River for commercial operations.
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Magnificent return and grand news
Monday | Sep 14 2020MSC Cruises’ has enhanced MSC Magnifica’s itineraries ahead of her return to sea, which was initially postponed thanks to new coronavirus testing measures for Italians who have visited Greece (CW 26 Aug).
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Paul Gauguin joins CLIA
Monday | Sep 14 2020THE ocean cruise ranks of Cruise Lines International Association (CLIA) Australasia have been bolstered with the addition of Tahiti-based Paul Gauguin Cruises as a Regional Cruise Line Australasia member.
