China’s first large homemade cruise ship delivered in Shanghai
Adora Magic City, the first large cruise ship domestically built in China, has been delivered in Shanghai. (more…)
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Shanghai aims to be top-notch cruise hub
Shanghai will build itself into a world-class cruise hub by 2035 and aim to draw in 3 million cruise tourists annually by 2025, according to the Shanghai Action Plan for Promoting the High-quality Development of the International Cruise Economy (2023-25) released by the city government on Friday. (more…)
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China’s first international cruise in 3 years sets sail from Shanghai
China’s first international cruise in three years set sail on Friday, heading from Shanghai to Japan in a boost for the country’s beleaguered cruise industry following the pandemic, state media reported. (more…)
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Hurtigruten Expeditions Opens Shanghai Office & Appoints Industry Heavy Hitters To Global Commercial Team. Alex Delamere-White becomes Chief Commercial Officer, Hurtigruten Expeditions
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Royal Caribbean Opens 2024-25 Vacations From Shanghai, Marking Return To China. Vacationers Can Be one of the First to Cruise to International Destinations from China on Spectrum of the Seas
Families and friends can now book 4- and 7-night vacations on Royal Caribbean International’s Spectrum of the Seas and be one of the first to cruise to international destinations on Asia’s largest and most innovative ship in 2024-2025. (more…)
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Blue Dream Cruises Sails from Shanghai with 300 Passengers
Blue Dream Cruises recently became the first cruise line to resume international cruise service from the Chinese port of Shanghai. (more…)
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Royal Caribbean Sets Course For New 2024 Adventures In China And A New Ship In Singapore. Spectrum of the Seas to sail from China, and Anthem of the Seas to sail from Singapore in 2024
Royal Caribbean International has set the date for its return to China in April 2024, with Asia’s largest and most innovative ship, Spectrum of the Seas, sailing from Shanghai. (more…)
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First China-made Adora cruise liner ready to sail in 2023
China’s first domestically developed cruise liner will be delivered by the end of 2023 under the new brand “Adora,” which was unveiled in Shanghai on Friday. (more…)
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Royal Caribbean Announces 2021 Deployment From Shanghai
Royal Caribbean International announced its China itineraries for the first half of 2021. Returning favorite Spectrum of the Seas will, once again, sail from Shanghai on 4- to 7-night sailings that feature exciting, new destinations and shore excursions for the whole family, and overnights in far-flung destinations. (more…)
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Royal Caribbean Reveals Homeport (Shanghai) And Name Of Fifth Oasis Class Ship
Excitement was in the air today as Royal Caribbean International announced the homeport and name of its fifth Oasis Class ship. (more…)
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Royal Caribbean Welcomes Spectrum of the Seas to the Fleet. First Quantum Ultra Class Ship is Royal Caribbean’s Third New Ship to Homeport in Shanghai
Spectrum of the Seas Naming Ceremony
Spectrum of the Seas, Royal Caribbean International’s newest ship, made its highly anticipated debut in China today (June 3, 2019). The first Quantum Ultra Class ship sailed into Wusongkou International Cruise Terminal in Shanghai after completing a 46-night Global Odyssey that spanned 17 cities. (more…)
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Genting Cruise Lines Celebrates Christening and Launch of Explorer Dream
Genting Cruise Lines welcomed the third member of its Dream Cruises’ fleet with the christening and inaugural homeport deployment of Explorer Dream in Shanghai Wusongkou International Cruise Terminal. (more…)
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Dream Cruises Announces Grace Chen As Godmother For Newest Ship, Explorer Dream
Dream Cruises announced the official godmother for its newest ship, Explorer Dream, which will be joining the fleet in April after her ceremonial launch and christening in Shanghai. (more…)
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French cruise destinations meet the Chinese Cruise Market
For the second year in a row, a French delegation composed of cruise-club executives from three main French Atlantic ports (Valérie Conan/Le Havre Cruise Club, Laurence Bouchardie/Bordeaux Cruise Club and Guillaume Henry/Cherbourg Cruise Club) including one representative of the Mediterranean region promoting 12 ports (Anne-Marie Blum/Var Provence Cruise Club) have attended the Seatrade Cruise Asia Pacific held in Baoshan, Shanghai from 23-24 October. (cruisebusiness.com)
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China “to build up to 15 cruise ships a year by 2030”
Chinese yards could deliver as many as 15 ships per year by 2030, if all planning falls into pace, according to Raoul Jack, principal consultant at PFJ Maritime, an adviser to Chinese yards entering the cruise market, and moderator of the ‘Made in, and for, China’ session at Seatrade Cruise Asia Pacific 2018. (themeditelegraph.com)
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Genting Hong Kong Signs Strategic Mou With Baoshan District Government to Homeport First Global-Class Ship in Shanghai
Genting Hong Kong has signed a strategic Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Baoshan District Government to further extend its cooperation in developing the cruise industry in China and in Shanghai. (more…)
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Two new terminal buildings opened at the Wusongkou International Cruise Terminal, Shanghai
The new buildings cover a total of 55,000 square meters and allow the port in Baoshan District to receive some 6 million passengers annually, more than double the number it welcomed in 2017. (more…)
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Shanghai Targets Cruise Supply Chain Development
Seeing some 1.5 million passengers in 2017, Shanghai’s Wusongkou International Cruise Terminal (WSK) has become China’s central cruise hub. The entire country saw 2.39 million passengers last year, giving Shanghai close to 60 percent of the market. (cruiseindustrynews.com)
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Viking Sun was officially named during a spectacular celebration on The Bund, in the heart of Shanghai
Viking today announced that its fourth ocean ship, Viking Sun®, was officially named during a spectacular celebration on The Bund, in the heart of Shanghai. The ship is currently sailing Viking’s sold-out 141-day World Cruise from Miami to London, and its stop in Shanghai marks the first time one of Viking’s ocean ships has called in China. (more…)
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Costa Cruises Holds Coin Ceremony for New Ship Built for Chinese Consumers
Costa Cruises today held the traditional coin ceremony for its newest ship, the Costa Venezia, named after Venice, one of the world’s most beautiful and legendary cities. (more…)
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MedCruise to lead Travel Agents Training @ Seatrade Cruise Asia Pacific 2017
MedCruise leads once again this year the Travel Agent Training programme to take place during Seatrade Cruise Asia Pacific 2017 event to be held 1-3 November, in Baoshan District, Shanghai, China. (more…)
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Star Cruises Honoured with Best Itinerary Award for SuperStar Virgo’s “Golden Sea Route”
Star Cruises was honoured with the Best Itinerary Award during the Shanghai Cruise Tourism Festival organized by the Shanghai Baoshan Government on 23 September 2017. (more…)
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China visa rules: Beijing and Shanghai issue free transit visas but cruise line tells Brits they still have to pay
Red tape for travellers is getting ever more tangled, with one shining exception: China is actually loosening its draconian visa rules for tourists. Both Beijing and Shanghai now allow a visitor to stay almost a week without formality, so long as they fulfil a few conditions for what is in effect a free transit visa. (independent.co.uk)
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Shanghai plans to spend $740 million on cruise ship park
A Shanghai district government plans to spend about 5 billion yuan ($739.97 million) to develop a cruise ship industrial park to house foreign firms that it hopes will help build China’s first luxury passenger vessels, a local official said. (reuters.com)
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Yao Ming and Wife Name Majestic Princess in Shanghai
Princess Cruises today announced that Majestic Princess has arrived in Shanghai to begin her first China season. Yao Ming and Ye Li served as Naming Ambassadors and officially named Majestic Princess during an inaugural ceremony. (cruiseindustrynews.com)
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CSSC Launches New Marine Service Business
China State Shipbuilding Corporation today announced it had launched a new business, CSSC Marine Service, along with a new logistics center that is set up in a free trade zone in Shanghai. (cruiseindustrynews.com)
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Norwegian Joy Christened in Shanghai
The 164,600-ton Norwegian Joy was christened today in a ceremony in Shanghai that featured a performance by the ship’s Godfather, Wang Leehom, a singer songwriter, music producer, actor and film director who is well known in China. (cruiseindustrynews.com)
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Norwegian Joy completes first preview cruise from Shanghai
After maiden calls to Singapore, Qingdao, Shenzhen and Hong Kong, Norwegian Cruise Line, welcomed its newest cruise ship, Norwegian Joy, to her new home port of Shanghai, China. (etbtravelnews.global)
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Star Cruises Voted “Asia’s Leading Cruise Line 2017”
Star Cruises was voted “Asia’s Leading Cruise Line 2017” at this year’s 24th Annual World Travel Awards Asia & Australasia Gala Ceremony held in Shanghai, China on 4 June 2017. (more…)
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MedCruise Ports expand their markets in China
As part of MedCruise marketing strategy aiming to promote the Mediterranean and its adjoining seas as the most popular cruise destination among Asian cruisers, a MedCruise delegation travelled to Shanghai to attend ITB China 2017.
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