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The World Wins Best Ship Wine List Award for 11th Year
Luxury travel at sea is increasingly judged like a top restaurant, and The World’s resident-driven cellar shows how cruise brands are competing on curation, not just itineraries.
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AIDAluna Enters Marseille Drydock for Seven-Week Evolution Refit
AIDAluna’s makeover signals how European cruise brands are betting on major refits to keep midlife ships competitive, adding higher-end space instead of ordering new tonnage.
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American Cruise Lines Launches 15-Day Northwest Parks Cruise-Tour
The itinerary signals how small-ship lines are chasing premium, fly-to domestic adventures by bundling national parks with coastal cruising in the Pacific Northwest.
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Carnival Reroutes Caribbean Cruises After Hurricane Melissa Hits Jamaica
Melissa shows how fast-intensifying storms are forcing cruise lines to treat the Caribbean as a moving target, testing port resilience and turning ships into lifelines during recovery.
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Royal Princess Named 2025 World's Best Culinary Cruise Ship
Cruise lines now sell dining as the destination, with chef-led tasting menus and wine pairings becoming key differentiators as travelers compare ships.
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Royal Caribbean Debuts Star of the Seas as Efficiency Testbed
As cruise lines race to prove cleaner cruising can scale, Royal Caribbean is treating Star of the Seas as a floating lab to turn real performance data into fleetwide upgrades.
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Aurora Expeditions Installs Microfiber Filters on Douglas Mawson
As polar tourism grows, pressure is rising for ships to tackle the small, invisible pollutants they leave behind. Laundry microfiber capture could become a new standard for expedition fleets.
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Lindblad Q3 2025 Revenue Jumps 17% as EBITDA Hits Record
Lindblad’s results underscore how premium expedition travel is gaining pricing power as repeat guests book farther out, giving the company room to add capacity with charters and new routes.
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Margaritaville at Sea Islander Reroutes to Avoid Storm Melissa
Melissa’s disruption shows how storm season is reshaping Caribbean cruising, with lines leaning on flexible routing to protect schedules as key ports face growing weather risk.
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Borealis Returns to Service After Rotterdam Refit Adds Fresco
Borealis’ refit shows how mid-sized cruise lines stretch ship lifecycles with smarter, greener upgrades and fresh venues to keep British guests sailing.
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Royal Caribbean Lines Up Four Ships for 2027 Alaska Cruises
Alaska is becoming cruising’s next capacity battleground as brands bring bigger ships and bundled land tours, chasing travelers who want glaciers with Denali-style adventure.
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Paul Gauguin Cruises Extends Moana Explorer Kids Program to 2027
Cruise lines are courting multigenerational travelers by pairing luxury with conservation-minded kids programming, turning French Polynesia itineraries into a classroom at sea.