Seabourn Encore, the latest ship for luxury line Seabourn, touched water for the first time today, marking an important milestone in the construction of the new ship. Marnie Tihany, the director of business development for Tihany Design and wife of Seabourn Encore’s designer Adam D. Tihany, served as the ship’s “madrina,” officially launching the ship […]
Seabourn Encore, the first in a new class of ship for Seabourn, reached a significant milestone last week as her keel was laid in a special ceremony. The keel laying ceremony, held at Fincantieri’s Marghera shipyard, marks an important milestone in the construction of the new ship. The ceremony was attended by key members of […]
Earlier this week, Carnival Corporation signed agreements with Fincantieri and Meyer Werft for the construction of nine new ships to enter service through 2022. Five of the new ships are slated to be constructed by Carnival Corporation’s traditional shipbuilding partner, Fincantieri, at the Italian yard’s Monfalcone and Marghera yards. The remaining four ships will be constructed by […]
Crystal Adds Dance Hostesses A first for the cruise industry, Crystal Cruises has expanded it’s dancing program with the addition of female dance hosts for male guests. The Ambassador Hostesses will join the line’s Ambassador Hosts as dance counterparts for the line’s male passengers without a dance partner. The professionally trained Ambassador Hostesses are scheduled […]
A quick briefing of the latest news developing in the cruise industry. Costa Cruises Cancels Sailings To Egypt Costa Cruises, citing continuing political instability in Egypt, has cancelled all remaining calls at Egyptian ports on her cruises for the remainder of the 2013/14 fall and winter season. Costa has claimed that the calls in Egypt […]