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Hobart Named Host of Australian Cruise Conference in 2027
Hobart last hosted the association in 2012; Abel cited direct flights to every Australian capital except Darwin, new luxury hotels and the city’s Antarctic role.
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Cruise Vacations Launches Close to Home Collection in South Africa
Cape Town’s cruise terminal handled eighty-three ship calls and approximately 127,000 passengers in 2024-25, after sixty-seven calls the prior season.
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Aroya Cruises Adds 25 Winter Sailings From Galataport
Galataport's terminal can accommodate three ships at once and handle up to fifteen thousand passengers per day.
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Regent to Debut Its Largest Wellness Program on Seven Seas Prestige
Chief Engineer Germain Bouvet is overseeing technical construction at Fincantieri’s Marghera shipyard, and Captain Luksa Kristovic will command the vessel.
Disney Cruise Line
Disney Cruise Line Sets 2027 Halloween and Christmas Sailings
Disney Wish’s Halloween sailings overlap with its return to New York, with Bermuda, Canada and New England itineraries before a San Juan repositioning.
MSC Cruises
Corazul Charters Buenavista for 2026 Brazil Cruise Launch
Buenavista last operated as Piano Land and is due for drydock before a thirty-day repositioning voyage to Santos, including a technical call in Mauritius.
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Seven Seas Prestige to Debut Regent’s Largest Fitness Center
The eight hundred twenty-two-guest Prestige-class ship will have ten treatment rooms and a thermal suite with a snow room, plus Technogym’s Mywellness platform.
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Ritz-Carlton Yacht Collection Occupancy Falls to 51% in Q2 2026
Average daily rate per passenger climbed seven percent to $1,993, while returning guests accounted for about 22 percent of second-quarter passengers.
Holland America Line
Holland America Unveils Oosterdam Ocean Bar Redesign for 2027
Oosterdam and Zuiderdam will also add permanent Lido Pool bandstands for sailaway performances and Orange Party events beneath retractable glass roofs.
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Coast Guard Evacuates Two Cruise Passengers in Florida Keys
A Coast Guard Station Marathon boat crew transported a seventy-eight-year-old man and a seventy-two-year-old woman before local emergency medical personnel took over.
Norwegian Cruise Line
Miami Judge Dismisses Frank Del Rio’s Fraud Suit Against NCLH
Judge Mavel Ruiz found Florida's statute of frauds kept Del Rio from using fraud claims to pursue pay beyond his signed two-and-a-half-year, $10 million agreement.
Royal Caribbean
Royal Caribbean Names Dolly Chief Dog Officer for Hero of the Seas
The program was developed with support from the American Humane Society, including training, care requirements and limits on working hours.