River Conveyance of AIDAnova
The new cruise ship for AIDA Cruises, AIDAnova, will probably leave Papenburg on Monday, October 8, 2018 to be conveyed on the river Ems to Eemshaven (Netherlands). The ship is planned to arrive in Eemshaven on Tuesday morning. Later on the ship will go through several days of technical and nautical sea trials on the North Sea. (more…)
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It‘s not just the ship and its destinations that make up a cruise with AIDA, but also the award-winning entertainment program on board. The new show “Augenblick” (engl. “Moment”) celebrated its premiere on board AIDAluna.
In the context of the 32rd two-day long Stuttgart Controlling and Management Forum, the Green-Controlling-Award 2018 was granted by the Péter-Horváth foundation on September 19, 2018. 
On September 11, 2018, around 280 executives of AIDA Cruises welcomed the prime minister of Mecklenburg- Western Pomerania, Manuela Schwesig at the AIDA Management Days in Rostock.
Cruise company AIDA Cruises has named its latest ship AIDAnova on Friday evening. The spectacular naming ceremony took place at the completely sold-out AIDA Open Air at the Meyer Werft shipyard in Papenburg, attended by 25,000 spectators. 
For the first time in the history of the cruise company AIDA Cruises, a whole family will christen the newest ship AIDAnova. Family Mirza from Hanau in Hesse was selected from hundreds of applicants by a jury. 
On AIDAprima cruises in the Orient, guests can discover the fascinating world of motorsports. The Yas Marina Circuit and the Ferrari World are two favorite excursions.
If you want the very best entertainment on vacation, AIDAnova is the place to be. The new ship in the AIDA fleet offers a different and innovative entertainment experience for all tastes every day in a total of 13 venues.
Guests and crew celebrated AIDAperla’s first birthday last Saturday in radiant sunshine. Celebrity well-wishers included Gil Ofarim. The well-known singer and actor sang the birthday serenade and, performing with his dance partner Ekaterina Leonova, delighted guests with a tango.
The youngest member of the AIDA fleet will start sailing the seven seas from December 2018. AIDAnova is now being given her smile at the Meyer shipyard in Papenburg. The exterior painting of smiling lips, eye, eyelid and a wave is applied to all AIDA ships based on an idea from the Rostock artist, Feliks Büttner.
AIDA Cruises is adding a further ship to its fleet in 2019. AIDAmira, as the future cruise ship will be named, will sail for AIDA’s Selection program.
The Federal State of Schleswig-Holstein, the Federal State capital Kiel, the Seaport of Kiel and the Costa Group came together on Thursday, April 26, 2018, aboard the cruise ship “AIDAluna” to set out the ways in which they will be stepping up their existing collaboration.
With AIDAdiva’s arrival on Thursday, April 26, 2018, AIDA Cruises will open its 2018 cruise season in Rostock. AIDAdiva spent the winter season in the Caribbean and will reach her home base for the coming summer in the early morning after crossing the Atlantic via the Canaries.
From now, guests can look forward to an ice bar by Langnese Happiness Station on the cruise ship AIDAstella. After a beauty treatment at Drydocks World in Dubai from March 3, until March 8, 2018, the new bar was put into operation.
Before AIDAnova sets off on its first voyage toward the North Sea, AIDA Cruises is inviting to one of the biggest events in Northern Germany on August 31, 2018, at the Meyer Werft shipyard in Papenburg. 
From Greenland to Greece, from the Caribbean to the Canary Islands: The 2019/20 AIDA year is going to be as diverse as the regions on this earth. In its new catalog “My hotel shows me the world,” AIDA presents unforgettable vacation experiences, the most beautiful destinations, and vibrant cities for the travel period March 2019 to April 2020, along with a glimpse of the 2020 summer season.
On Saturday morning, February 10, 2018, around 6:30 a.m., it was time: AIDAcara returned from the first world tour in the history of AIDA to its “home port” of Hamburg. The ship had cast off on a 116-day cruise around the world with around 1,100 guests on board on October 17, 2017.
AIDAperla celebrates her premiere in March 2018. The Hanseatic City of Hamburg will be the start and end port for her seven-day Western Europe cruises to Southampton, Le Havre, Zeebrugge and Rotterdam.
Travelers now have the chance to experience AIDAnova before the maiden voyage. AIDA Cruises will take ownership of the first new-build of a new generation of ships from the Meyer shipyard on November 15, 2018. 
The annual New Year’s Raffle will once again be taking place aboard all ships of the AIDA fleet this year. The proceeds from the raffle will once again go to a number of different projects. 
The second and last engine room module for the AIDAnova, which has been constructed at the Neptun shipyard in Rostock Warnemunde, will be towed to the Meyer Shipyard in Papenburg, starting Dec. 2. (cruiseindustrynews.com)
AIDA is offering new, additional shore excursions for the 2017/2018 Caribbean season. From a horseback ride through fields and river landscapes in La Romana to a culinary tour in Grand Cayman to a hike on the tracks of the Rastafari in Jamaica – there’s something for everyone. 
Following its scheduled period in dry dock from October 29 to November 10, 2017, at the Chantier Naval shipyard in Marseille, AIDAblu now has even more attractive onboard features. 


