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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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Cruise line president Kent Zhu Fuming can hardly be blamed for not wanting to talk about typhoons.He was still reeling from an usually powerful typhoon season in Hong Kong that cost his industry millions of dollars of loss. “Don’t ask me about typhoons. I haven’t rested for the past four weeks,” Zhu said. (scmp.com)
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Star Cruises today announced SuperStar Libra’s latest deployment from 3 September onwards with triple homeports in Kuala Lumpur via Port Klang and Penang in Malaysia, as well as in Phuket, Thailand, with two cruises per week, including the 3-nights Kuala Lumpur (via Port Klang)/Phuket/Penang cruise or the 4-nights Kuala Lumpur (via Port Klang)/Langkawi/Phuket/Penang cruise. (more…)
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Star Cruises has successfully completed SuperStar Virgo’s trendsetting “Golden Sea Route” maiden voyage with delightful feedback from guests of this very popular cruise. (more…)
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To say that Genting Hong Kong Ltd (Genting HK), in which the Lim family has a controlling 68.87% stake, has seen better days would not be an exaggeration, at least at the moment. Indeed, the company seems to have been dealt a bad hand. (theedgemarkets.com)
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Genting Cruise Lines, a division of Genting Hong Kong, and China Southern Airlines, which has the largest air fleet in Asia, have signed a Memorandum of Understanding on a strategic fly-cruise partnership in China. (more…)
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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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Star Cruises announced the new homeport deployment of SuperStar Gemini to Laem Chabang at a launch event on 28 March at the Centara Grand & Bangkok Convention Center. SuperStar Gemini will be based in Laem Chabang International Terminal beginning 17 December 2017 through to 27 April 2018. (more…)
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The Philippines officially welcomed Star Cruises on 19 March when SuperStar Virgo arrived in Manila to begin her inaugural homeport deployment in the country. (more…)
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Genting Hong Kong Limited (“Genting”) is pleased to announce the appointment of Mr. Colin Au as the Group President of the Company with immediate effect and Mr. Kent Zhu as President of Genting Cruise Lines, effective May this year. (more…)
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With International Women’s Day and Chinese Girls’ Day around the corner, the month of March is indeed a time to celebrate femininity. (more…)
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Genting Hong Kong invited guests in Japan to experience the ease and convenience of a cruise vacation during a special “Scenic Journey to the Extraordinary” event on 21 February in Tokyo, to launch new homeport deployments, ports of call and fly/cruise opportunities for Star Cruises and Dream Cruises. (more…)
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Due to popular demand, Star Cruises has enhanced its itineraries from Shanghai to meet International standards of 8-Day/7-Night voyages, now taking in the capital city of Tokyo and the iconic Mt. Fuji, two “must see” destinations in Japan, in addition to Osaka and Kagoshima. (more…)
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Star Cruises announced the debut homeport deployment of flagship SuperStar Virgo to Shanghai from July to October 2017. (more…)
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For the first time ever, families in Manila no longer have to fly to Hong Kong or Singapore to hop on a cruise. Major shipping line Star Cruises announced in a press conference in Manila this week that one of its premier cruise ships for families, Superstar Virgo, has made Manila one of its home ports. (philstar.com)
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Star Cruises announced the debut triple homeport deployment of flagship SuperStar Virgo in Hong Kong, Manila and Kaohsiung with the launch of the “Golden Triangle Journey”, an unprecedented itinerary that marks a milestone in the cruise travel industry. (more…)
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Star Cruises has announced the launch of a new 3-month Kaohsiung homeport deployment of flagship SuperStar Virgo and a 6 Day/5 Night “Golden Triangle Journey”, featuring ports of call in Hong Kong, Manila and Laoag, allowing Taiwanese cruisers the flexibility to embark or disembark in Kaohsiung, Hong Kong or Manila. (more…)
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Star Cruises has announced the first-ever homeport deployment of SuperStar Virgo to Manila, providing another tantalizing option for the booming Philippines outbound tourism industry. (more…)
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Adonis today announced that Genting Hong Kong will implement the complete Adonis Human Resource Management System for Star Cruises, providing centralized management of HR, payroll and crewing processes to coordinate their offices, agent network and eight ships in their fleet, while maintaining MLC compliance. (cruiseindustrynews.com)
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The signature event of Star Cruises’ flagship SuperStar Virgo is back! After a successful run this summer, the much-loved “Junior Cruiser Program” returns this winter, in which Captain Charlie and Charlene will lead the way to a fun-filled and all-round training camp for the little ones! (more…)
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Star Cruises, the leading cruise line in Asia-Pacific, was recently honoured with four awards from a series of renowned international events. (more…)
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Star Cruises introduces “Total Freedom” – an innovative cruise concept which allows passengers the flexibility to customize their ideal holiday at sea. (more…)
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Star Cruises today (22 Sep.) celebrates the return of SuperStar Libra to the beautiful shores of Penang (Malaysia), homeporting at Penang from September 2016 to December 2017. (more…)
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Star Cruises, the leading cruise line in the Asia-Pacific celebrated another year of success at the Battle of the Chefs 2016 biennial competition. (more…)
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Star Cruises announces the return of SuperStar Libra to Penang, Malaysia as her new homeport. From 23 September 2016 to 31 December 2017, 1-Night High Seas Cruise and 3-Nights Penang – Phuket – Krabi Cruise will return by popular demand. (more…)
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MV Werften has signed contracts for the basic design work on a pair of 201,000-ton Global-class newbuilds for Star Cruises with engineering partners Elomatic and Deltamarin. The ships will be delivered in 2019 and 2020, respectively. (cruiseindustrynews.com)
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In collaboration with Volleyball Association of Hong Kong, Star Cruises will host the First Volleyball Promotion on the Sea with Olympic volleyball champions Zhang Ping, Zhang Yuehong, Li Juan, Qiu Aihua and Zhu Yunying, where the athletes interact and share the joy of volleyball with cruisers on the company’s flagship, SuperStar Virgo. (more…)
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Genting Hong Kong announced that it has awarded a multi-year contract to Harris CapRock Communications to transform communication services on board Star Cruises’ fleet of six ships and on Genting Dream, the first ship under the newly launched Dream Cruises brand.
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After a grounding incident in December, the Star Pride is back in service after a six-month hiatus for Windstar Cruises, which took the opportunity to make $4.5 million worth of product enhancements onboard the 212-passenger ship. (cruiseindustrynews.com)
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Genting Corporate Services has selected Harris CapRock Communications to provide services on six Star Cruises vessels, according to a statement. (cruiseindustrynews.com)
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As part of a big ship order with Lloyd Wert Group, Genting Hong Kong announced two newbuilds for Star Cruises for 2019 and 2020. (cruiseindustrynews.com)
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Star Cruises, the leading cruise line in Asia-Pacific, brought home a total of seven medals, including one silver and six bronzes, during the biennial Food and Hotel Asia Culinary Challenge 2016 (FCC2016).
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Star Cruises was honored with the “The Most Michelin Food Provided Cruise” Award at the prestigious 16th China Hotel Industry Golden Horse Awards, according to a statement. (cruiseindustrynews.com)
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China will launch a direct cruise liner service to Japan next month to cater to the growing Chinese cruise travel market which is projected to become Asia’s largest in the next four years. (dailynews.lk)
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SuperStar Virgo began her year-round homeport in Guangzhou Nansha Port on Sunday 3 January and completed her first inaugural 6 day/5 night weekday cruise to Halong Bay, Danang and Sanya and her first inaugural 3 day/2 night weekend cruise to Hong Kong last week. (more…)
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As originally reported by Cruise Industry News, Guangzhou’s Nansha Port will play an important role in Chinese passenger sourcing in both the short- and long-term future of the cruise industry. (cruiseindustrynews.com)
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Nearly 350 underprivileged children and their family members were treated to an afternoon of food, games and entertainment on board the cruise ship SuperStar Gemini yesterday. (straitstimes.com)
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Star Cruises is pleased to announce that the chefs of Star Cruises had made headlines with their impressive and successful debut at the highly acclaimed World Master Chefs Competition for Cantonese Cuisine. (more…)
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In a statement released to Cruise Industry News, Genting Hong Kong has said it has no plans to take its Star Cruises brand to the Mediterranean in 2016, as reported by Italian media outlets. (cruiseindustrynews.com)
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After a hiatus of more than a decade, Star Cruises will be back in Europe in 2016, as the SuperStar Gemini is booked into a berth in Genoa, reports The Medi Telegraph. (cruiseindustrynews.com)
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