Onboard: Pepin-inspired cuisine a big hit with Regatta passengers
By Michael Coleman Cruise News Weekly Editor Michael Coleman is aboard Oceania Regatta this week as she makes her way from Europe to North America. Here’s the second in a series of dispatches. ATLANTIC OCEAN, En Route to Bermuda, Nov. 22, 2009 — When passengers boarded Oceania Regatta a few days ago for their 14-night …...
Onboard: Pampered Regatta guests primed for trans-Atlantic crossing
Cruise News Weekly Editor Michael Coleman is aboard Oceania Regatta this week as she makes her way from Europe to North America. Here’s the first in a series of dispatches. FUNCHAL, Madeira, Nov. 18, 2009 — Guests aboard the 684-passenger Oceania Regatta left this dramatic, sun-drenched Portuguese island outpost today primed to begin...
Cruise Guide: Luxury passengers eye Caribbean
By Michael Coleman The premium and luxury cruise lines, like their mass-market counterparts, are preparing for another busy Caribbean season. Here’s what’s ahead for those who seek to be pampered under a hot Caribbean sun in 2010. Azamara Cruises – Azamara Journey will sail a variety of Caribbean, Panama Canal and first-ever...
Cruise Guide: You deserve to save money on a cruise
By Matt Roseboom Your alarm clock goes off early. You’re late to work and get reprimanded by your boss, who makes you work late, which makes you get home late, which makes your spouse and kids unhappy. This chain reaction won’t happen every day, but just one of these things may make you think to …...
Oceania Cruises’ Marina under construction
A ceremony marking the keel laying for Oceania Cruises’ Marina was held over the weekend at the Sestri Ponente shipyard of Fincantieri near Genoa, Italy....
Cruise Guide: Oceania eyes Down Under voyages
By Michael Coleman Oceania Cruises likes what it sees Down Under. Dubbed the worlds largest upper-premium cruise line by company officials, successful first-ever voyages to Australia and New Zealand last month prompted the line to introduce additional sailings in 2009 and 2010 aboard the 684-passenger Nautica. Australasia was the...