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Disney Wonder Cruises to Australia Just Out of Drydock

2023-10-28 by Manuel Santos

Disney Cruise Line

Disney Cruise Lines’ Disney Wonder heads to Australia and New Zealand after two-weeks in drydock for maintenance.

Tags: Australia cruises, cruise news, Disney Cruise Lines, Disney Cruises, Disney Wonder, Disney Wonder refurbishing, Fiji cruises, New Zealand cruises, South Pacific cruises

Variety Cruises Development Director Takes Aim at Global Growth

2023-10-07 by Phil Butler

Harmony G

Variety Cruises Director of Global Development, Nikos Stassinopoulos, is on a mission to expand the company’s global presence.

Tags: Aegean cruising, cruise experience, cruise news, Filippos Venetopoulos, greece cruises, mega-yacht cruises, Nikos Stassinopoulos, Variety Cruises, Yacht charter, yachting

Azamara’s Four Ship Fleet Returns to Service

2022-05-31 by Argophilia Travel News

Azamar Jouney

Azamara, the leader in Destination Immersion® experiences, announces its entire fleet of four ships has officially returned to the high seas.

Tags: Azamara, Azamara Journey, cruise lines, cruise news, Europe cruises, greece cruises, Greek Isles, island hopping, luxury cruise, shore excursions

With Sea Level On the Rise Greece Envisions a Thousand Cruise Ships

2021-11-07 by Phil Butler

Piraeus Port Authority-PPA/OLP-COSCO Shipping

What will it take for Greece’s decision makers to stop paying lip service to sustainable tourism for the future?

Tags: Cosco, cruise news, cruise pollution, GNTO, greece cruises, Jet2, overtourism, Piraeus Port Authority, Pireaus Port, PPA, Santorini overtourism, sustainable tourism, Vassilis Kikilias, WTM, Yu Zenggang

“Jewel Of The Seas” and TUI’s “Mein Schiff 5” Tie Up At Souda Bay

2021-10-21 by Phil Butler

Jewel Of The Seas

This morning about 2,300 cruise tourists from “Jewel of the Seas” and “Mein Schiff 5” flooded ashore at Souda Bay in Chania.

Tags: Chania tourism, Crete tourism, Cruise line tourists, cruise news, Cruise passengers, cruise pollution, Jewel Of The Seas, Mein Schiff 5, tourism economy, Tourism Spend, tourists, TUI

Meandros Cruises Resumes Sailings for Summer 2021

2021-07-31 by Phil Butler

Meandros Cruises

Meandros Cruises has resumed operations for the 2021 summer season. The company offers day and multi-day excursions in the Sardonic Gulf.

Tags: cruise news, custom cruises, Day cruises, greece cruises, Greece sailing, Meandros Cruises, Piraeus cruises, Saronic Gulf, small cruises, Yachts

Celebrity Apex Sails On Maiden Voyage from Greece

2021-06-21 by Argophilia Travel News

Apex

Celebrity Apex has set sail from Athens on its maiden voyage for the summer season with passengers headed on Aegean adventures.

Tags: 2021 cruises, Aegean Sea, Celebrity Apex, Celebrity Cruises, cruise 2021, cruise news, cruise ships, greece cruises, Royal Caribbean

One By Land, Or Two By Sea – Greece Says “Sustainability Be Damned”

2021-06-05 by Phil Butler

Carnival Cruise Ships

News from the 66th Meeting of the UNWTO Commission of Europe reveals the big lie, that anyone in Athens cares about sustainability.

Tags: crete, cruise lines, cruise news, Greece, Greece cruising, Greece ports, Greek destinations, Greek Islands, Greek tourism news, Greek tourism statistics, Greek travel market, Harry Theoharis, Hotels in Greece, Med Cruise, Santorini, sustainability, sustainable travel, Tourism in Greece, tourism minister, Travel to Greece

Greek Official Confirms Island Vaccination Plan Was About Economics

2021-05-30 by Phil Butler

Celestial Cruises

Greece now readily admit that the “Blue Freedom” island vaccination plan to help cruise companies. The sad thing is, nobody seems to care.

Tags: Blue Freedom, COVID-19 Greece, Cruise industry, cruise news, Dr. George Pavlakis, Greece 2021, Greece tourism, Greece vaccinations, Greek Islands, Harry Theoharis, Heraklion, Ioannis Plakiotakis, MSC Cruises, TUI, TUI Cruises

TUI and AIDA Will Restart Greek Cruises in May

2021-04-19 by Aleksandr Shatskih

TUI Cruises

German cruise operators TUI and AIDA have announced the relaunch of their cruise programs in May.

Tags: AIDA, cruise news, Greece, Greek destinations, Greek Islands, Greek tourism news, Greek tourism report, Greek tourism statistics, Greek travel market, Hotels in Greece, Tourism in Greece, Travel to Greece, TUI

Are Big Tour Operators Sailing Crete to a Point of No Return?

2021-04-04 by Phil Butler

Heraklion shopping

TUI and Hapag-Lloyd intend on making Crete a new base of operations for late Spring and Summer 2021. But, is this a good thing, or bad?

Tags: Crete harbor, Crete tourism, cruise lines, cruise news, Hapag-Lloyd, Heraklion port, Mein Schiff 2, overtourism, ports, tours, TUI, TUI Cruises, TUI Group, Venice cruises

Scenic Luxury Cruises & Tours Announces Greece Voyages for 2021

2021-01-08 by Aleksandr Shatskih

Eclipse

Scenic Luxury Cruises & Tours, an Australian cruise company, has announced its luxury cruises will now include stops at Greek ports for the company’s ship Scenic Eclipse

Tags: cruise lines, cruise news, cruise to Greece, greece cruises, Greece tours, Greece vacations, Greece voyages, Greek Isles, Scenic Cruises & Tours, Scenic Eclipse

P&O Cruises Puts All Cruises On Pause Until Spring 2021

2020-11-24 by Argophilia Travel News

P&O Cruises has extended the cruise line’s sailing pause until next April, halting all cruises over the second-wave across Europe.

Tags: cruise lines, cruise news, cruise schedules, Europe cruises 2021, P&O, P&O Cruises

Seabourn Announces Additional 2021 Voyage Cancellations

2020-11-22 by Argophilia Travel News

Seabourn, the ultra-luxury cruiseline, announced this past week that it will cancel a series of 2021 voyages for two ships in its fleet.

Tags: 2021 voyages, COVID-19 effects, cruise lines, cruise news, Seabourn, Seabourn Odyssey, Seabourn Quest

Costa Cruises Suspends Greece Operations Due to COVID Measures

2020-11-12 by Aleksandr Shatskih

Costa Deliziosa

Costa Cruises has announced the temporary suspension of Costa Deliziosa cruises in Greece on account of government measures.

Tags: Aegean cruises, Costa Cruises, Costa Deliziosa, cruise cancellations, cruise lines, cruise news, cruise ships, greece cruises

TUI’s Mein Schiff 2 Sets Sail Into Wicked Public Relations Storm

2020-07-26 by Phil Butler

TUI Cruises' Mein Schiff

TUI, the world’s biggest tour company is back promoting cruises with a “business as usual” approach that has many concerned.

Tags: 2020 cruises, AIDA, Coronavirus, COVID-19 testing, cruise critics, cruise news, Marcus Puttich, Mein Schiff 1, Mein Schiff 2, TUI, TUI Cruises

A View on Dolphin Capital Plans for Greece’s First Luxury Floating Hotel

2019-12-13 by Phil Butler

Azzam Superyacht

According to news from GTP, Dolphin Capital Partners (Dolphin), hospitality real estate investors and developers just revealed plans to offer a luxury experience at sea with the launch of the first floating hotel in Greece. While many are heralding the Dolphin’s entrepreneurial spirit and innovation, the question of sustainable tourism practice looms large. The news […]

Tags: Amanzoe Resort, cruise news, Dolphin Capital, Dolphin Capital Investors (DCI), Greece cruising, Greece sustainable, Kilada Hills Golf Resort, Miltos Kambourides, Santorini sustainability, sustainable tourism

Royal Caribbean Orders a Third Icon-Class Cruise Ship

2019-07-09 by Argophilia Travel News

Royal Caribbean International

Royal Caribbean Cruises is in the process of ordering yet another Icon-class cruise ship from shipbuilder Meyer Turku. While details have not been made public, the report says the new vessel is scheduled for delivery in 2025.

Tags: cruise news, cruises, European cruising, Icon-Class, Meyer Turku, Michael Bayley, Richard Fain, Royal Caribbean, Royal Caribbean Cruises, Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd., ship, world cruise ships

Norwegian Pearl Voyages Interrupted Over Ship Repairs

2019-07-08 by Argophilia Travel News

Norwegian Pearl

st week it was announced that Norwegian Cruise Lines’ Norwegian Pearl European cruise was cut short due to needed repairs.

Tags: cruise lines, cruise news, cruises, Europe cruises, Med cruises, Norwegian Cruise Line, Norwegian Pearl

Celebrity Edge Superliner Visits Aegean Ports of Call

2019-06-02 by Phil Butler

Magic Carpet

The new luxury cruise ship named ‘Celebrity Edge’ is sailing the Aegean for as part of an 11-night Eastern Mediterranean cruise package

Tags: 2019 cruises, Aegean cruises, Celebrity Cruises, Celebrity Edge, Celebrity Silhouette, cruise lines, cruise news, Ketakolo, Mediterranean cruises, Nafplio, superliner

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