Turks and Caicos Islands Tourist Board Announces New Hotel, Residential and Cruise Port Developments
Turks and Caicos Islands Tourist Board, the exclusive tourism authority for the Turks and Caicos...
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Norwegian Cruise Line Resumes Sailings from Orlando
Norwegian Cruise Line (NCL) continues its Great Cruise Comeback celebration with aboard Norwegian Escape from Orlando, Fla. (Port Canaveral) to the Eastern Caribbean. Norwegian Escape, the first of the Brand’s successful Breakaway Plus Class ships becomes the eighth vessel in the Company’s 17-ship fleet to resume operations.
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Luscious Libations for the Holidays
As the holidays approach, I stock up drinkables, for my own consumption, for serving guests and for gifting. (A bottle of something good makes for an excellent last minute gift.)
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Macy’s Parade 2021: It’s Back!
Good news for fans of the annual Macy’s parade. After the disappointing 2020 COVID-19 version which had no spectators, this year’s parade will welcome back the crowds and present the splashy spectacle TV audiences have come to expect for almost a century.
The 95th Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade kicks off at 9 a.m. on Thursday, Nov. 25. It will feature 15 character balloons, 28 floats, 36 novelty and heritage inflatables, more than 800 clowns, 10 marching bands, 9 performance groups–and, of course, Santa Claus.
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Ruby Princess Debuts at Port of San Francisco
San Francisco’s hometown cruise ship, Ruby Princess, became Princess Cruises’ sixth MedallionClass ship back in service on Oct. 31, setting sail from the Port of San Francisco. The ship welcomed the first guests back onboard with a special ceremony before sailing underneath the iconic Golden Gate Bridge on a seven-day California Coast cruise, returning on Nov. 7.
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Fall Favorites
Though it’s been decades since I attended any kind of school, the arrival of fall always...
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MSC Cruises to Offer Winter Sailings in the Southern Caribbean
MSC Cruises has reconfirmed its winter 2021/22 sailing program in the Southern Caribbean where MSC Seaview will be based during the season for 7- and 14-night cruises from St. Maarten and Barbados, starting December 5.
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MSC Adds Second Ship For World Cruise 2023
MSC Cruises has announced that a second ship, MSC Magnifica, will be joining MSC Poesia on the MSC World Cruise 2023. The two ships in an industry first will host over 5,000 guests for a journey around the world and they will both depart on Jan. 4, 2023, from Civitavecchia and Jan. 5, 2023, from Genoa, Italy, for simultaneous world cruises, taking different routes around the globe.
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Koningsdam Marks Holland America Line’s Return to West Coast Cruising
Waving flags, cheering team members and a “Welcome Home” sign greeted guests as they joined Holland America Line’s Koningsdam at the Port of San Diego today for the cruise line’s first West Coast departure since the start of the industry-wide pause.
The Pinnacle Class vessel is the largest Holland America Line ship to be sailing from the West Coast, and Oct. 10 is the first in a series of 23 seven-day cruise to the California Coast or Mexico that run through April 3, 2022.
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MSC Group’s New Luxury Cruise Brand Begins Construction on Second Ship
Explora Journeys, the newly-launched luxury brand of the MSC Group, today marked another major important milestone in its coming-to-market phase with the steel cutting of its second ship, EXPLORA II, in Italy.
Construction today started on the second vessel in Explora Journeys’ fleet of luxury ships and is due to welcome its first guests in Spring 2024.
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Emerald Cruises Announces Second Superyacht, Emerald Sakara
Emerald Cruises has announced the build of a second superyacht, Emerald Sakara, which will be welcomed to the brand’s yacht cruising fleet in 2023. Emerald Sakara – a Sanskrit mantra meaning ‘thoughts become things’ – will also travel to a brand-new sailing destination for Emerald Cruises: the Seychelles.
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Hurtigruten Expeditions Returns to Antarctica
Hurtigruten Expeditions, the world’s leading and largest expedition cruise company, returns to Antarctica with the battery-hybrid powered MS Roald Amundsen, and MS Fram. Both will once again bring guests to explore the White Continent as of November and December, departing from Punta Arenas, Chile.
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