The ever growing cruise industry will see 14 new cruise ships entering service. Among them, Icon of the Seas, the world’s largest cruise ship and other mega ships like Sun Princess, Brilliant Lady, and Utopia of the Seas., The luxury market will also see some interesting vessels coming online like Ilma, Viking Vela Silver Ray […]
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The former classic Cunard building is situated at 25 Broadway in Manhattan’s Financial District. It is a vast, 22-story limestone office building with a facade in neo-Renaissance style. It was the lines’ counterpart to its famous Liverpool headquarters. Although an impressive building, it is the gorgeous interior that sets it apart. Cunard Line had been
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Normandie was a French ocean liner built in Saint-Nazaire, France, for the French Line Compagnie Générale Transatlantique (CGT). She entered service in 1935 and at the time was the world’s largest and fastest passenger ship. In transatlantic liner service, she crossed the Atlantic in a record 4.14 days, and remains the most powerful steam turbo-electric-propelled
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2018 Fred. Olsen Cruise Lines has confirmed the line will be moving into “exploration” cruising with the addition of RIBs – Rigid Inflatable Boats — onboard its entire fleet. It wants to move more upscale by offering better appointed ships, smaller destinations and has raised its faires to make the line more profitable. The new
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January February Marella Cruises plans to retire its classic ships Marella Dream and Marella Celebration in five years’ time. They would leave the fleet in 2024, but the company does not have firm plans yet as how they will be replaced. April May Six more Princess Cruises ships will be outfitted with OceanMedallion in 2020. This scheme incorporates several systems that enable
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2017 Celebrity Cruises has unveiled details of its new Edge-class ships – starting with the 2900 passenger, 117000 GRT Celebrity Edge in late 2018. Main feature of Celebrity Edge will be the Magic Carpet. A 90-ton movable deck cantilevered off the ship’s side. It moves from deck 2 to deck 16 along the side of
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Built 2022, river cruise vessel, Viva River Cruises, Germany (99 photos, taken during a short stay onboard in Dusseldorf, Germany in November 2022).
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