Tasports Announces Cruise Terminal in Hobart
Tasports or the Tasmanian Ports Corp has given confirmation to the news of their plans for a brand new cruise passenger terminal at Tasmania, a first for the island. Plans are afoot for the redevelopment of the Macquarie Wharf Shed # 2, as a facility dedicated for cruise ships and Antarctic expeditions. The shed is currently acting as a cruise transit facility. Tasports will commence construction of the terminal after the cruise season of 2011-12. The upward trend experienced by the cruise tourism industry in Australia is one of the main reasons for the new facility being announced. Tasmania is a strategic location for a port of this kind, as it is positioned between New Zealand and Australia. In addition, it is convenient for round the world and any domestic cruises as well. Hobart is considered [...]
Azamara offers Early Booking Discounts for 2012
Azamara Club Cruises have more than sixty voyages to exotic destinations all over the world. The cruise company is now tempting passengers with a great range of early bird discounts. Planning ahead can give you the chance to take advantage of upto fifty per cent in savings on brochure rates and credits up to $ 2000 for each guest on air fare booked via the CHoiceAir Program for almost all the voyages booked for 2011, as long as these are booked on or before Dec 31st 2011. In addition, Azamara also has on offer per cent savings on the Land Discoveries 2011, shore excursions. Guests are able to take advantage of night touring in certain destinations where nightlife is more enticing than the day. Guests can also explore and book an Asia 2012 voyage on or before the year end and get a chance of [...]
Concrete Work Begins on the Panama Canal Expansion Project
One of the most significant phases of the Panama Canal Expansion Project has recently begun. The concrete layering for the new series of lock sites at the Atlantic and the Pacific sides has started, crossing a major milestone in the construction. The Grupo Unidos Por el Canal S. A. or the (GUPCSA) is the contractor managing the project. The contractor begun pouring concrete at both the lock sites last March, so that the surface is leveled to prepare for the permanent concrete laying. On the Atlantic side, at Gatun, the upper chamber floor was shaped by the GUPSCA by pouring structural marine concrete. The dedicated industrial frame work into which the concrete was poured, contained a substantial amount of rebar, or steel rods or bars used in reinforcing concrete. This gave an ultimate shape [...]
Premier Cruise Line
Premier Cruise Line is a subsidiary company of Premier Cruises and was the cruise line located in Cape Canaveral, Florida. It was at one time licensed as official cruise line of Walt Disney World. Premier Cruises was basically a cruise holding firm found in the year 1990, which focused mainly on family cruise market along with developing cruise operations in new geographic markets. The main business focus of the company was to obtain older cruise vessels and revamp these vessels in order for offering conventional cruise experiences, operate the ships in geographic locations like Europe and Central/South America were the main operators like Carnival Cruise Line, Royal Caribbean International and Norwegian Cruise Line. Premier Cruise Line was originally founded by two cruise veterans in the [...]
Royal Caribbean – Serenade Winter 2012-13 Dubai Season
Royal Caribbean (RCI) has declared that the Serenade of the Seas will be deployed for the 2012 – 13 winter season to Dubai. The cruise ship will be offering travelers seventeen sailings that will depart on 7 N itineraries every Monday to Oman and the United Arab Emirates. The Brilliance of the Seas will be replaced by Serenade of the seas. The ship will offer the cruise tourists in the regional wholly different experience, and passengers can be offered a detailed exploration of the 2 nations in the Middle East. It is also possible to opt for a RCI cruise tour to explore as well as experience some more attractions inland. The Serenade of the Seas has bookings open already for the Dubai cruises as well as cruise tours for winter season 2012 – 13. For fans of cruise tours, they can opt [...]
Princess Introduces Roll Call on Facebook
Princess s has come up with a new section on the Facebook fan page of the cruise line known as the Roll Call. This is a special feature that will Cruiseenable each passenger on all sailings to connect with other passengers on the same cruise before and after the duration of the cruise. The platform allows cruisers on Facebook an opportunity to get to know fellow passengers, share tips and advice, organize meet ups and generally share the excitement leading upto the cruise as well as the memories collected in the aftermath. Jan Swartz, executive vice president of Princess Cruises, said that the Roll Call section was a feature that was requested widely by users, and that it works in tune with the social experience that cruising has always been. The Princess Cruises Roll Call is categorized according [...]
Seabourn Quest Makes Inaugural Call at Marmaris, Turkey
Seabourn Quest, following the christening ceremonies, made its first port visit at Marmaris in Turkey. The ship started its maiden voyage from Barcelona a few days ago. Seabourn Quest had four hundred and ten passengers as well as three hundred and forty four crew members on board, when it arrived at the Marmaris Cruise Port in the wee hours of the morning on Thurs, 30th June. A welcoming ceremony was organized for the occasion of the maiden voyage as well as the inaugural call at Marmaris by Seabourn Quest. The new luxury ship was welcomed according to Turkish traditions of hospitality with red roses and folk dancers. The passengers enjoyed the song, dance and other festivities and kept on taking photos. There were evil eye beads and gifts with views of Marmaris such as bookmarks, magnets, [...]
MSC Cruises Heads to Arabia
MSC Cruises has started offering itineraries to exotic locations in Arabia. The line is offering a hefty discount of fifty per cent off for one person per stateroom for winter sailings on a seven night cruise from 31 st July 2011. MSC has rates beginning from $ 649 for one person, and $ 324.50 for another, in addition to GFT’s (government fees and taxes). If you have a kid aged seventeen and lower, they can sail for as less as $ 99. MSC Lirica will be sailing on the seven night cruises to such intriguing locations along the Arabian Sea as Dubai and Abu Dhabi. The sailing will also be calling at Oman at the Al Fujairah, Muscat. You will come across such sights as the Great Pyramids of Giza or desert drives over sand dunes. The seven night Arabian Adventure will sail round trip from Dubai [...]
P&O Cruises Replaces Tripoli in Winter Itineraries
As Libya is undergoing a period of civil unrest, P & O Cruises have replaced Tripoli as a port of call on all three scheduled itineraries. Adonia, part of the P & O fleet, has replaced a 20th Dec 2011 call to Tripoli with La Goulette on 31 s t Dec 2011 as a port of call. The call dates for Malta, Ashdod and Haifa has been changed so that the change can be accommodated. The complete itinerary, along with changes, has been given below . . . Cruise no D 1 1 5 will depart on 20 t h Dec, and will call in Naples, Salerno, La Goulette, Malta, Alexandria, Port Said, Haifa, Ashdod, Limassol and Pireaus, in the reverse order. Prices will begin at £ 2, 239 per person on occupancy of two in an ocean view cabin, along with air fare. In addition, a 11 t h Jan 2012 call to Tripoli as part of the [...]
Aruba Sees 32 pc Rise in Cruise Visitors in 2011
Aruba Ports Authority has stated that in the months of Jan, Feb, Mar, Apr and May, more than forty thousand additional cruise visitors have visited the island of Aruba. This is an increase by thirty two percent, as compared to the number of passengers in the year 2010. This augment also features the 101, 363 (one hundred one thousand three hundred sixty three) passengers in the month of March. This is a simply record breaking figure. In the first five months, from Jan to May, the calls made by cruise ships to Aruba have risen by twenty per cent. The port had 203 (two hundred and three) calls in total. This was an increase from 183(one hundred eighty three) in 2010. Until May this year, the total number of cruise visitors that have set foot in Aruba is 368,860 (three hundred and sixty eight [...]