Holland America Line’s 2009 Grand Voyages, which span between 50 and 117 days, will offer guests a host of amenities if booked by May 31, 2008.
Travel Dynamics International, a small-ship cruise company, has acquired Clelia II, a 50-suite 100-passsenger ship, which used to sail as the Renaissance IV when it was built in 1990.
Hurtigruten's MS Fram is sailing to Ushuaia, Argentina, for repairs after sustaining slight damage to a single lifeboat when it hit a glacier in Antarctica on December 28. The line canceled its J
While familiar ports of call remain favorites with cruise clients, some not-yet-fully-tapped ports are coming to the forefront and giving lines more options in fashioning their itineraries.
Bad weather has prevented crews from containing a nearly mile-long fuel spill, which was caused when the Canadian cruise ship Explorer hit an iceberg last week and sank off the coast of Antarctica.
All 154 people aboard MS Explorer are safe and accounted for after the cruise ship sank off Antarctica.
Holland America Line will operate a total of 18 South America and Antarctica cruises in 2009, on its Statendam, Prinsendam and Amsterdam ships.
Holland America's 793-guest Prinsendam will operate back-to-back grand voyages in 2009, both beginning and ending in Fort Lauderdale.
Silversea Cruises is making a play in Antarctica with the acquisition of the expedition ship World Discoverer, the luxury line announced Tuesday.
Holland America Line made two key announcements this week that should captivate Holland America enthusiasts and improve the pre-cruise boarding process.