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Oct 25, 2024 | 
cruisepassenger.com.au | Alice Williams
The strategic initiatives of Project A30 will be aimed at overhauling Australia’s travel sector with long-term growth, sustainability, and resilience. The Beyond Borders Summit 2025 has officially kicked off in Sydney this week, gathering some of the most powerful minds and change makers in travel to set the stage for the industry’s future. Yesterday at the event, the Australian Travel Industry Association (ATIA) launched Project A30.
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Oct 20, 2024 | 
cruisepassenger.com.au | Alice Williams |Teresa Ooi |Tallis Boerne Marcus |Peter Lynch
Cruise Passenger > News > The best three, four and five night cruises sailing out of Sydney WORDS BY . Oct 21 2024 We’ve rounded up the best short cruises out of Sydney for singles, couples, and families, each offering a different flavour of experience. If you’re short on time or savings, or both, a three, four or five night trip from Sydney can scratch the cruising itch.
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Oct 18, 2024 | 
cruisepassenger.com.au | Teresa Ooi |Tallis Boerne Marcus |Peter Lynch |Alice Williams
As Cunard’s Queen Elizabeth sailed into Sydney today to mark the start of her 125-day homeport season Down Under, it was a moment tinged with irony and coincidence. It was the day Cunard’s bosses decided to celebrate a century of sailings down under. It was the day King Charles flew into Sydney for the start of his first royal tour as King. It was also the day the cruise industry celebrated a record season, contributing over $8 billion to the Australian economy.
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Oct 17, 2024 | 
cruisepassenger.com.au | Tallis Boerne Marcus |Peter Lynch |Alice Williams |David Jones
Royal Caribbean has started to pilot new technology so that parents can track their children after a huge reaction to reports of kids behaving badly onboard cruise ships, Earlier this year, Royal Caribbean’s International President and CEO Michael Bayley said it’s probably time” to think about ways to expand and enforce Royal Caribbean’s kids curfew, remarks that sparked a huge furor with hundreds of comments to the Cruise Passenger and other websites.
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Oct 17, 2024 | 
cruisepassenger.com.au | Peter Lynch |Alice Williams |David Jones |Teresa Ooi
Cruise Passenger > News > Cruise claims $8.43 billion in spending and 26,000 jobs as new port hunt is launched for Sydney WORDS BY . Oct 18 2024 With three ships in Sydney Harbour, the NSW Government today chose to show its love for cruising, claiming the NSW Cruise had a record-breaking $4.41 billion share of the 2023-24 season, up 60.4% from the previous financial year.
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Oct 17, 2024 | 
cruisepassenger.com.au | Peter Lynch |Alice Williams |David Jones |Teresa Ooi
Cruise Passenger > News > Adventure cruising is booming as never before – here’s why you need to book your trip before it’s too late WORDS BY . Oct 17 2024 When Cruise Passenger met up with the head of Silversea’s expedition division in Australia last month, he was brimming with enthusiasm about the potential of adventure journeys in Australia. Conrad Combrink, Silversea’s Head of Expeditions, nominated Australia as a major area of interest. He was particularly interested in South Australia.
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Oct 17, 2024 | 
cruisepassenger.com.au | Alice Williams |David Jones |Teresa Ooi |Bernadette Chua
Cruise Passenger > News > How cruise ships beat European hotel prices by up to 25% in the ultra luxe stakes WORDS BY . Oct 17 2024 Luxury cruise ship suite prices are beating Europe’s top hotels by thousands according to new research and our own investigation. Luxury travel reports on Europe show that more consumers are willing to splurge on the right experiences, and that has led to steeply rising nightly rates.
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Oct 16, 2024 | 
cruisepassenger.com.au | Teresa Ooi |Bernadette Chua |Chris Singh |Alice Williams
Oceania Cruises has unveiled more than 100 enticing sailings across Alaska, the Mediterranean and Northern Europe in 2026. Bookings open on 24 October. The 2026 Collection of Voyages will see Oceania cover bucket list destinations from Vancouver to Papeete, Istanbul to Barcelona and Reykjavik to London. The collection will also feature 35 Grand Voyages across the line’s fleet of eight ultra-premium, small ships.
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Oct 16, 2024 | 
cruisepassenger.com.au | Bernadette Chua |Chris Singh |Alice Williams |Peter Lynch
Cruise Passenger > News > Ambassador Cruise Line launches 2026/27 season with Buy One, Get One Free offer WORDS BY . Oct 17 2024 Ambassador Cruise Line has revealed details of its all-new 2026/27 season which includes 37 sailings and seven Festive Events on Ambience and 47 sailings onboard Ambition. The fleet will visit 147 ports – 27 of which are new – in 48 countries across three continents.
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Oct 16, 2024 | 
cruisepassenger.com.au | Chris Singh |Alice Williams |Bernadette Chua |Peter Lynch
An international airfares price drop to top cruising destinations has been reported over the past few months, according to new insights by Flight Centre. In welcome news for Australian travellers and visitors flying back home, Flight Centre Travel Group’s corporate divisions, FCM Travel and Corporate Traveller, have analysed current data and found average international outbound Economy airfares have dropped considerably across all carriers.
