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Cruise Lines International Association (CLIA) Australasia has revealed the winners of the 17th Annual Cruise Industry Awards. As the biggest night on the cruise calendar, 500 members and partners of the Australian and New Zealand industry gathered at the Star Event Centre Sydney on Saturday to celebrate the achievements of the entire Australasian cruise industry. (more…)
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Royal Caribbean Australia’s Biggest Game of Hide & Seek
Australia’s biggest cruise ship, Royal Caribbean’s Ovation of the Seas, today (18 Feb.) hosted Australia’s Biggest Game of Hide and Seek, with Ben Harrison, age 26, from Hornsby NSW, taking home the AUD$10,000 prize, and a family cruise for four, all thanks to his stealthy hiding techniques. (more…)
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Leading luxury travel brand Crystal is currently celebrating the first birthday of its dedicated corporate Sydney office established in January 2017, to exclusively service the Australian and New Zealand markets. (etbtravelnews.global)
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With a ‘taste of Europe’ themed evening and hosted at Bar Machiavelli in Rushcutters Bay Sydney, Uniworld Boutique River Cruise Collection celebrated its official Australian launch of U by Uniworld – the revolutionary new brand offering luxe river cruising for the new generation. (etbtravelnews.global)
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Over six hundred cruise industry delegates, including 56 New Zealanders, descended on Sydney last week for CLIA’s annual Cruise360 conference. (more…)
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Sydney’s infrastructure issues were wearily raised again at Cruise Lines International Association (CLIA) Australasia’s conference at the Hyatt Regency on Friday. (cruisecritic.com)
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Cruise ships so large they don’t fit under the Sydney Harbour Bridge are forcing the NSW government to consider asking the navy share valuable real estate on the ocean side of the iconic bridge. (smh.com.au)
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Dora the Explorer named P&O’s latest addition to the fleet by breaking a giant bottle piñata in front of 120 kids and her Nickelodeon friends including SpongeBob SquarePants, the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles and Skye from PAW Patrol. (cruisecritic.com)
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One of the world’s most loved adventurers, Dora the Explorer, is exploring new territory as the first Nickelodeon character to be crowned Godmother of a cruise ship, P&O’s Pacific Explorer. Pacific Explorer is set to have the ‘slime of her life’ when Dora christens the ship at a naming ceremony at Sydney’s Overseas Passenger Terminal on Sunday July 2. (etbtravelnews.global)
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The solution to Sydney’s cruise crisis is sorting out how much access to the Garden Island docks Defence must share with ocean liners, according to NSW Ports Minister Melinda Pavety. (dailytelegraph.com.au)
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Cruise Lines International Association (CLIA) Australasia has announced some new features for this year’s Cruise360 Australasia conference, with the event to include interactive discussions and workshops as well as a range of keynote addresses from international cruise executives. (more…)
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Former Royal Australian Navy Commander John Hodges will head back to sea for the first time since his retirement from the Navy in 1989 to lead a special Anzac Day service onboard Carnival Spirit in Sydney Harbour on April 25. (etbtravelnews.global)
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Carnival Cruise Line has raised a glass to the success of Australia’s first bespoke cruise beer – ThirstyFrog Summer Ale, with almost 200,000 schooners enjoyed at sea since the refreshing craft ale was launched three years ago. (more…)
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Cruise Lines International Association (CLIA) Australasia has announced a new format for this year’s Cruise360 conference in Sydney, including a speaker line-up featuring global industry leaders. (more…)
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A parking nightmare in Sydney harbor left the giant cruise liner Radiance of the Seas unable to dock because the single berth big enough to take her was already occupied. (reuters.com)
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With its global fleet continuing to expand and an increasing number of Australians looking for new Carnival experiences, Carnival Cruise Line has welcomed a new team member to its Sydney-based office to focus solely on international cruises. (more…)
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Two grand dames of the cruising world, Queen Mary 2 and Queen Elizabeth, met in Sydney Harbour in the early hours of Saturday morning. (traveller.com.au)
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Luxury cruise line Cunard is offering a special Queen Mary 2 experience to the spectator who captures the best image of this weekend’s Royal Rendezvous of two of the world’s most famous ships in Sydney – Queen Mary 2 and Queen Elizabeth. (etbtravelnews.global)
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There was an extra winner at Cruise Lines International Association (CLIA) Australasia’s 16th Annual Cruise Industry Awards – Mercy Ships. (more…)
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More than 500 industry members from across Australia and New Zealand joined Cruise Lines International Association (CLIA) Australasia in marking a record year of cruising at the 16th Annual Cruise Industry Awards in Sydney on Saturday night. (etbtravelnews.global)
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Cruise Lines International Association (CLIA) Australasia has announced the finalists for the 2016 Cruise Industry Awards, with a pool of 19 awards on offer at the cruise industry’s annual ‘night of nights’. (etbtravelnews.global)
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More than 5000 holidaymakers are celebrating Australia Day on three P&O cruise ships on Sydney Harbour today (Jan. 27), with guests onboard Pacific Eden enjoying a surprise concert with Australian rock legend Jimmy Barnes. (etbtravelnews.global)
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The new Crystal team based in the Sydney office is headed up by leading cruise and travel industry professional, Karen Christensen, as Senior Vice President and Managing Director, Australia and New Zealand. (etbtravelnews.global)
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Harbourfront suburbs will breathe easier after the Turnbull Government agreed to revive restrictions on the sulphur content of fuels used by cruise ships at dock in Sydney Harbour. (smh.com.au)
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Sydney Harbour was full of witchcraft as well as watercraft this morning (Oct. 31), with a coven of witches greeting the superliner Carnival Spirit as she slipped into the city on the eve of Halloween. (etbtravelnews.com)
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Three Canadian nationals on a cruise ship have been arrested and charged with possession of a commercial quantity of cocaine by Australian authorities. (ibtimes.co.uk)
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Three new speakers have been added for the 20th Anniversary Australian Cruise Association (i.e. Cruise Down Under) conference to be held in Sydney from September 7-9, 2016. (cruiseindustrynews.com)
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Registration has opened last July, and an exciting line-up of initial speakers announced, for the 20th Australian Cruise Association conference to be held in Sydney from September 7-9, 2016. (more…)
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Princess Cruises’ Australian team walked the red carpet at the premiere of the film Captain Fantastic last week as part of the cruise line’s partnership with the Sydney Film Festival. (etbtravelnews.com)
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In a colourful sea invasion from the north, a ship load of rugby league fans and ex-players will sail into Sydney tomorrow morning on the first ever Holden State of Origin cruise from Brisbane. (more…)
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Another six cruises have been added to Ovation of the Seas’ Australian summer season of 2017/18, extending its Sydney home-porting by a further five weeks. The news follows last month’s announcement that extra cruises would be added to the new ship’s upcoming 2016/17 season. (cruisecritic.com)
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The NSW Environment Protection Authority (EPA) in Australia has fined Carnival Corp. $15,000 after one of its P&O Cruises ships, the Pacific Jewel, breached new low sulfur fuel regulations in Sydney Harbour, said the EPA in a prepared statement. (cruiseindustrynews.com)
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Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings Senior Vice President and Managing Director Asia Pacific Steve Odell has been appointed as the new chairman of Cruise Lines International Association (CLIA) Australasia. (cruiseindustrynews.com)
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More than 500 industry members from across Australia and New Zealand joined Cruise Lines International Association (CLIA) Australasia in celebrating a massive year of cruising at the 15th Annual Cruise Industry Awards at The Star Event Centre in Sydney on Saturday. (etbtravelnews.com)
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A busy weekend with six ships in Sydney capped off a huge week of cruising for the harbour city — and there’s more to come. (cruisecritic.com)
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For the first time in history, two modern cruise ships will share the Overseas Passenger Terminal (OPT) at the Quay for the day in Sydney, an event made possible by the size of the vessels, Ponant’s 200-guest Le Soleal and the 686-guest Azamara Quest. (cruiseindustrynews.com)
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More than 150 passengers and crew have been struck with gastro on a cruise ship that docked in Sydney on Thursday morning. (news.com.au)
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Darling Harbour has been dropped from Sydney’s White Bay Cruise Terminal city ferry schedule due to greater demand for trips to and from Circular Quay. (cruisecritic.com)
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The Royal Caribbean International cruise ship Explorer of the Seas arrived at Sydney’s Circular Quay about 6am this morning, where NSW Ambulance paramedics were on standby.
(9news.com.au)
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A viral bug is the likely cause of an outbreak of gastroenteritis on a luxury cruise liner, New South Wales health authorities say. (abc.net.au)
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