Uniworld Boutique River Cruises is offering discounts to travelers who purchase a cruise and air together with Uniworld.  Travelers booking through July 31 for travel in 2023 receive the discount. Uniworld said the offer is valid for almost all itineraries but […]

Vantage Deluxe World Travel, a river and ocean cruise company that has canceled several cruises and left guests waiting long periods of time for refunds, said it is negotiating the sale of the company, reports the Boston Globe. “At this […]

Demand for longer cruises is strong, industry executives said, and that’s leading some cruise lines to beef up their capacity for grand voyages and other long sailings. Oceania Cruises, for example, is making a “major shift” toward grand voyages post-Covid, […]

Demand is heating up for summer travel to cooler destinations in Europe, tour operators say, as travelers look to escape the scorching temperatures forecasted to make the Continent’s most popular regions noticeably warmer this year.  Data from the Copernicus Climate […]

In its quest to come up with unique and unusual dining options at sea, Royal Caribbean International has a new entry: a virtual train ride in a mixed-reality dining experience. The experience is planned for its sixth Oasis-class ship, the […]

Evidence continues to suggest travelers want to work with travel advisors more than ever. According to an ASTA member survey, 27% of respondents said that more than half of their clients are working with an advisor for the first time. […]

Mega cruise ships often have hundreds of cabins and the ship’s narrow corridors can make it hard for passengers to find their room. While guests can always check the ship’s deck plan on their cruise line’s app, there’s another trick […]

Raffles has a long history and it’s a well-known name in luxury hotels. So it might be surprising that the company has no hotels in North America. That is changing this year with the opening of its first U.S. property, […]

Silversea Cruises will sail a 140-day world cruise described as its “most diverse voyage ever” in 2026.  Naming the voyage “The Curious and the Sea,” Silversea said the cruise will depart out of Fort Lauderdale on Jan. 2, 2026, and […]

Looking to expand their customer base — and tap into the world’s largest travel market — European river cruise lines are finding new ways to leverage their appeal to North Americans. And at the center of those strategies is a […]