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Oceania, Viking and Regent Win New Luxury Cruise Award Categories
Phil Hoffmann received the inaugural Jenny Piper Memorial Industry Icon award, honouring the former Travel Daily and Cruise Weekly Business Publishing Group managing director.
Australia
Carnival Cruise Line
Carnival Luminosa Begins Three-Part Repositioning to Brisbane
After an eight-day Pacific crossing, Luminosa will call at Otaru, Aomori, Shimizu and Kobe before Tokyo, then sail to Singapore for a planned drydock.
Royal Caribbean
Royal Caribbean Cancels Ovation's 2027 Los Angeles Cruises
Ovation’s Los Angeles stay will end before 2028, with Brisbane next on its deployment plan for three- to eight-night itineraries after November 2027 cancellations.
Celebrity Cruises
Celebrity Edge Begins Repositioning Voyage to Australia
The Hawaii leg includes a thirteen-hour call at Kailua Kona, an overnight stay in Hilo and a night aboard in Honolulu before passengers disembark.
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Australia’s First Cruise Shore-Power System Nears Completion
The ten-container power system uses transformers, converters and switchgear, with Sydney Harbour seawater cooling inspired by the Sydney Opera House’s construction.
Norwegian Cruise Line
CLIA Urges Action as Australia, New Zealand Lose Cruise Ships
Cruise contributed seven point three billion dollars to Australia in 2024-25 and supported more than twenty-two thousand jobs, though output fell thirteen point two percent.
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Regatta Begins 371-Day Voyage Billed as World's Longest Cruise
Regatta ended 23 years with Oceania Cruises on an August farewell cruise from Dubrovnik to Istanbul, five days before the charter began.
Princess Cruises
UQ Study Finds Cruise Waivers Often Void Under Australian Law
In December 2023, Australia's High Court held Carnival's waiver in the Ruby Princess case unfair and void, allowing United States passengers to remain.
News
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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SeaDream III Reservations Open Ahead of 2029 Debut
Reservations opened September 1 for forty-nine voyages, beginning with a ten-night Hong Kong-to-Tokyo sailing through the Ryukyu Islands and Japan's Pacific coast.
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Coral Expeditions Adds No-Supplement Cabins for Solo Travelers
Coral also added a solo travel webpage for comparing voyages, fares and availability, plus a 25 percent sole supplement reduction on 2026 and 2027 Kimberley voyages.
Princess Cruises
Crown Princess Opens Australia’s 2026-27 Cruise Season in Sydney
The call also wraps up Crown Princess’s one hundred fourteen-night world cruise, which visited forty-four destinations before crossing the South Pacific.