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Uniworld Adds Free Hotel Stays to Select 2027 Europe River Cruises
Uniworld says four ships are due to join its fleet next year in what it has described as its largest fleet expansion, including Audrey and Marlene.
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Aurora’s Douglas Mawson Makes Inaugural Call at Bastia
Captain Andrey Gilevskiy and the crew were welcomed by Bastia’s harbor master and the President of the Maritime Pilots before a traditional plaque exchange.
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Ponant Opens Bookings for 150-Plus Europe Cruises in 2027-28
Ponant says each Mediterranean and Atlantic sailing includes one shore excursion per guest in every port, with Kid Explorers activities on fourteen departures.
Virgin Voyages
Egypt Denies Scarlet Lady Entry to Alexandria on LGBTQ+ Charter
Guests had Alexandria excursions refunded to onboard accounts, while the revised schedule added Chania on July 10 and replaced Heraklion with a sea day.
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Costa Cruises Launches Summer Sale With Up to $500 Off Cabins
Eligible sailings include six of Costa’s nine active ships, with selected inside, outside and balcony cabins on weeklong, ten- and fourteen-day itineraries.
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Regent Adds 56 Holiday Excursions to 2026 Europe Sailings
Seven Seas Prestige’s December 13, 2026 maiden voyage from Barcelona includes a Malaga excursion with a zambombada flamenco performance.
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Star Clippers Names Former Lindblad Executive Leo Chang CEO
The Monaco-based company, founded in 1989 by Mikael Krafft, operates Royal Clipper, Star Flyer and Star Clipper and has a United States presence in Miami.
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Scenic Ikon to Debut in Eastern Mediterranean in April 2028
Scenic Ikon is designed for two hundred seventy passengers in one hundred thirty-five all-veranda suites, with two helicopters and a submersible.
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Italian Court Voids Approval for Fiumicino Cruise Port
The plan also includes a terminal expected to handle more than one million cruise passengers a year and a marina with more than twelve hundred berths.
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Ferrari Cavalcade Makes Sea Debut at Zadar Cruise Port
The July 2 call used Zadar’s Gaženica facility, operated by Global Ports Holding under a twenty-year concession, before Ferraris departed through the historic peninsula.
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Celestyal Adds First Western Mediterranean Winter Season
Celestyal Discovery will reposition between Athens and Barcelona, with overnight calls in Lisbon and in Barcelona using Tarragona.
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Turkey Forces Virgin Voyages LGBTQ+ Charter to Reroute
Campbell said Atlantis had brought gay cruise charters to Istanbul and Kusadasi thirteen times in twenty-five years, but United States Embassy calls did not reverse the decision.