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Despite pandemic, cruise lines are launching massive new ships

In the clearest sign yet that the cruise drought is ending, a fresh fleet of ships is set to sail out in 2021.

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Viking Star in Dubrovnik.

The cruise that's so popular, it's selling out more than a year in advance

​After a year of isolation and lockdowns, four months on a ship is looking pretty good to cruise super fans.

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Coral Expeditions visits Wineglass Bay in Tasmania.

Cruise ships banned? Not quite: Cruises you can definitely still do

International cruising remains in the doldrums but Australia's success in containing COVID-19 has already seen domestic small-ship cruises back in business.

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Royal Caribbean's Spectrum of the Seas.

Cruise giant considering ban on unvaccinated passengers

One of the world's largest cruise lines is considering whether to make vaccination against Covid-19 a requirement for boarding.

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The Quantum of the Seas cruise ship docked at the Marina Bay Cruise Centre in Singapore on Wednesday.

'Cruise to nowhere' turns back after passenger tests positive for COVID-19

The Royal Caribbean cruise was one of the company's first sailings since it halted global operations in March due to the pandemic, but it abruptly ended when a passenger tested positive.

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LOVING THE PLACES WE LOVE TO HATE (Ben ...

How cruising plans to launch its comeback

The enforced pause has provided time for an embattled cruise industry to rethink and regroup.

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Norwegian's Jewel: Cruise lines that operate in Singapore include Norwegian, Celebrity and Princess Cruises.

Cruises to nowhere may follow similar air travel trend

​If boarding a flight to nowhere to live out the good old days of travel is not attractive, how about a round-trip cruise sailing to nowhere?

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A cruise ship stops in Venice, Italy.

Cruise lines plan to ban passengers from freely roaming port cities

Forget the tequila shots, straw markets and jewellery stores. If cruise lines are allowed to resume operations anytime soon, passengers won't be permitted to roam freely around port cities.

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Carnival Corp is the parent company of Princess Cruises, owner of the Ruby Princess.

Owner of Ruby Princess to sell off 18 ships amid cruising bans

Carnival Corp - the parent company of nine cruise brands, including Princess, Costa, and Carnival - plans to sell 18 cruise ships in 2020, which amounts to 17 per cent of the company's ships.

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MSC Grandiosa.

Cruise ship denies family re-embarkation after they broke the 'social bubble'

Cruise line's stringent covid-19 guidelines were breached by a family on a shore excursion in Naples, which MSC says led to them denying those passengers re-entry to the liner.

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One of the world's most remote wildernesses is in our backyard

If your travel ideals have changed during isolation, an expedition cruise in the Kimberley might just the thing to ease you back into the big wide world.

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Would I give cruising a second chance? You bet.

When this is all over, I'm going on a cruise. Here's why

Cruising was a safe pastime before the coronavirus and it can become so again. Would I give it a second chance? You bet.

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