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Celebrity Cruises has taken delivery of their newest cruise ship, Celebrity Edge. After four years of planning and almost two years of construction, the Celebrity Edge was officially welcomed to the Celebrity Cruises fleet at the delivery ceremony at Chantiers de l’Atlantique shipyard. Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd.’s Chairman and CEO Richard D. Fain and Celebrity’s President and CEO Lisa Lutoff-Perlo hosted a ceremony aboard Celebrity Edge, while docked in the Chantiers de l’Atlantique shipyard in Saint-Nazaire, France. The Celebrity Executive Team were also in attendance along with shipyard officials, including…

MSC Cruises has announced that they plan to further expand they’re already unbelievable new build schedule with plans to build four Ultra Luxury cruise ships. With these new ships MSC Cruises now has 17 new ships on order to be delivered through 2027. The ships, the first of which will be delivered in Spring 2023, will have gross tonnage of approximately 64,000 GT and will feature 500 staterooms. The remaining three ships will come into service one per year over the following three years. The ships will feature, amongst other,…

The last of the original Destiny/Triumph class ships from Carnival Cruise Line will undergo a major dry dock in 2020. The Carnival Victory will go into dry dock for 38 days on March 18, 2020 and when she emerges, she’ll be loaded with new enhancements to dining, entertainment and activities and be sporting the new name of Carnival Radiance. This will be the third in the Sunshine ship class already consisting of Carnival Sunshine 2013 (originally Carnival Destiny) and Carnival Sunrise 2019 (originally Carnival Triumph). The Carnival Victory originally launched…

Over the past couple of years, Carnival Corporation has been producing high quality original content. These programs showcase the destinations and vessels sailing under the companies many brands including Carnival Cruise Line, Princess Cruises, Holland America Line, Cunard Line, Costa Cruises, P&O Cruises, AIDA Cruises and Seabourn. Launched in 2017, OceanView programming has been available on streaming devices in the home and now OceanView Mobile, the first travel content app from a travel provider, gives viewers the opportunity to take their favorite shows with them on the go. Viewers can…

With less than 3 months to launch, the work on Celebrity Edge is happening at an impressive pace. Celebrity Cruises has now revealed the stunning Grand Plaza that is the heart of the vessel. They have also provided more glimpses at several areas around the ship from a recent Celebrity Edge Shipyard Preview.   Lisa Lutoff-Perlo, President and CEO, Celebrity Cruises said: Mixing simplicity and modernity, The Grand Plaza takes inspiration from the glamourous days of transatlantic travel. At a time when cruise ships were at the heart of chic…

Carnival Cruise Line is on a growth spurt, both in number of ships in their fleet and the size of their cruise ships. The Cruise Line has reached an agreement in principle with the Canaveral Port Authority on a new state-of-the-art terminal able to accommodate its new 180,000-ton ship, the largest ever constructed for the line, set to debut in 2020. If approved, the agreement, to be voted on August 29, 2018, will clear the way for Carnival Cruise Line’s plans to homeport the as-yet-unnamed 5,286-lower berth ship at Port…

As the hurried pace of new cruise ship announcements and launches continues, Princess Cruises has announced the name of their 5th Royal Class cruise ship set to launch in June 2020. The new vessel, which follows the four other Royal class ships; Royal Princess, Regal Princess, Majestic Princess and Sky Princess (joining the feet in October 2019) will be named Enchanted Princess. Enchanted Princess is scheduled to debut on June 15, 2020 sailing on a series of European voyages. Bookings for her maiden season, summer 2020, will open on November…

With much anticipation for Celebrity Cruises newest cruise ship, Celebrity Edge, the cruise line unveiled the entertainment lineup and venues to debut onboard. On Celebrity Edge, guests will experience the brand’s most technologically advanced main theater, the most production shows of any ship in the brand’s history, the largest cast of world-class performers on any premium cruise ship, and more entertainment venues than ever before. Lisa Lutoff-Perlo, President and CEO, Celebrity Cruises said: Celebrity Edge Entertainment The Theatre The Theatre on Celebrity Edge throws away the curtain altogether, blurring the line between audience and performance and immersing guests in an entertainment experience like no other. With four stage areas…

Royal Caribbean is looking at taking vacation photos from boring to brilliant. With the help of an AI tool, Royal Caribbean guests can create a sensory display of their photos matched with a soundtrack that evokes feeling and mood. More than a year in the making, Royal Caribbean SoundSeeker™ is a groundbreaking, patent-pending digital experience powered by artificial intelligence (AI). The innovative tool is specifically designed to use machine learning to seamlessly create original soundtracks based on the content of each photograph. Jim Berra, chief marketing officer, Royal Caribbean International…