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Qingdao Opens Tender to Review Coastal Cruise Ship Design
The tender describes the vessel as a near-sea luxury sightseeing cruise ship for coastal tourism, and no shipyard or construction timetable has been released.
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Norwegian Aqua Begins Second New York Season of Bermuda Cruises
After a trans-Atlantic crossing from Italy, Aqua held an April 13, 2025, PortMiami christening with actor Eric Stonestreet as godfather.
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American Encore Marks Idaho’s First Riverboat Christening
Former United States Representative Cathy McMorris Rodgers served as godmother and performed the bottle break after the ship began a nine-day Columbia and Snake rivers cruise from Stevenson.
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Viva Cruises Christens Viva Beyond, Its First Boutique Ship
The ship’s Moments restaurant has a menu developed by Michelin-starred chef David Gorne and Viva Cruises’ culinary team, with cabaret, jazz and classical concerts onboard.
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Regent Adds Flou Sleep Systems to Seven Seas Prestige Suites
Seven Seas Prestige is due to begin its inaugural season with thirteen cruises in the Caribbean and Europe, starting from Barcelona on December 13, 2026.
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TUI Cruises Names Three Guests as Mein Schiff Flow Godmothers
The selection drew about nine hundred applicants and fifteen thousand Mein Schiff fan votes; the InTUItion-class ship is listed for three thousand nine hundred eighty-four passengers.
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EST-Floattech Delivers 520-kWh Battery for Amadeus Aurea
TeamCo Shipyard in Heusden built the 2026 vessel, which entered service in April as the second hybrid ship in the Amadeus River Cruises fleet.
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Global Cruise Ship Orderbook Climbs to $90 Billion
Princess’s three Voyager-class ships will be built at Fincantieri’s Monfalcone yard, the company’s largest shipbuilding facility by area and capacity.
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Aurora Expeditions Completes Its Largest Antarctic Season
Aurora’s expanded Antarctic footprint points to rising demand for polar expedition travel as operators add capacity while pushing into harder-to-reach regions.
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AmaWaterways Christens Second Magdalena River Ship in Colombia
AmaWaterways’ growing Magdalena program signals a broader revival of Colombian river tourism, linking cruise demand with local culture and communities long off the global map.
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Carnival Festivale Nears Exterior Completion at Meyer Werft
Carnival is using its Excel-class growth to deepen its Caribbean strategy, pairing larger ships with private-destination calls that keep more guests inside its own ecosystem.
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TUI Expands 2026 River Excursions With Kladovo Tours
As TUI expands its river fleet, richer shore programming helps make smaller European ports part of the appeal rather than just stops along the route.