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Seabourn is trading island-hopping for a slow push up the Amazon—30 days from Miami, an overnight in Manaus, a river con...
09/09/2026

Seabourn is trading island-hopping for a slow push up the Amazon—30 days from Miami, an overnight in Manaus, a river confluence at Santarém, and a Caribbean harbor most ships can't reach, all sailing in the line's 40th-anniversary year. https://www.theluxurycruisereview.com/seabourn-charts-a-new-route-deep-into-the-amazon/ Seabourn Cruises

A 30-day voyage trades island-hopping for a slow push upriver, with a night in Manaus built into the schedule Seabourn has opened bookings for its first purpose-built Amazon itinerary, sending Seabourn Quest on a 30-day round trip from Miami that swaps the line's usual

A boutique 30-guest yacht is pushing deeper into Australia's wildest, least-mapped coastline and Indonesia's most remote...
09/09/2026

A boutique 30-guest yacht is pushing deeper into Australia's wildest, least-mapped coastline and Indonesia's most remote islands, unlocking orangutan sanctuaries, Komodo dragon islands and ancient Aboriginal rock art that few travelers get to see. https://www.theluxurycruisereview.com/pearl-expeditions-charts-a-wilder-course-through-australia-and-the-indo-pacific-for-2028 Pearl Expeditions

A boutique ship built for places big ships can't reach Guests aboard Pearl Expeditions' m/y Paspaley Pearl spend as much time watching the horizon as checking the day's plan. There's a reason for that: with room for just 30 people, the yacht can nose into channels, reef

Would you ever leave a suite with its own private gym and two spa treatments a day, on tap? Regent's new Skyview Regent ...
07/09/2026

Would you ever leave a suite with its own private gym and two spa treatments a day, on tap? Regent's new Skyview Regent Suite says you won't need to. Full story on the wellness overhaul coming to Seven Seas Prestige: https://www.theluxurycruisereview.com/regent-seven-seas-cruises-turns-deck-four-into-the-largest-wellness-retreat-it-has-ever-built Regent Cruises

A snow room, a salt room, and a spa the size of a small resort Regent Seven Seas Cruises has unveiled its largest wellness space yet, though guests won't set foot in it until Seven Seas Prestige sails her maiden voyage this December. The

Seabourn is sending Seabourn Quest on a 138-day world cruise from Miami to Lisbon—58 ports across 31 countries, and stop...
03/09/2026

Seabourn is sending Seabourn Quest on a 138-day world cruise from Miami to Lisbon—58 ports across 31 countries, and stops most ships can't reach, from Easter Island's moai fields to a private after-hours evening at Cape Town's Zeitz MOCAA gallery. https://www.theluxurycruisereview.com/seabourn-quest-sets-a-138-day-course-from-miami-to-lisbon-by-way-of-nearly-everywhere/ Seabourn Cruises

Five continents, 58 ports, and no reason to hurry between them By the time Seabourn Quest reaches Nuku Hiva, tucked deep in French Polynesia's Marquesas Islands, she will already have crossed from Lima to Easter Island and on into the hush of Bora Bora's

SeaDream Yacht Club hasn't launched a new yacht in 25 years. Now SeaDream III is bound for six continents, 73 countries ...
03/09/2026

SeaDream Yacht Club hasn't launched a new yacht in 25 years. Now SeaDream III is bound for six continents, 73 countries and 364 ports in her first two years alone, including a 180-night voyage that circles nearly half the globe. https://www.theluxurycruisereview.com/after-25-years-seadream-yacht-club-builds-a-third-yacht-and-gives-her-the-whole-world-to-sail/ SeaDream Yacht Club

A quarter century of two yachts, and now a third SeaDream Yacht Club has run its business on a simple refusal for 25 years: no matter how the rest of the industry has scaled up, the Palm Beach-based, family-owned line has never added a third ship to

A century-old pearling dynasty bet that travelers wanted fewer fellow passengers and more remote horizons. One year an...
10/08/2026

A century-old pearling dynasty bet that travelers wanted fewer fellow passengers and more remote horizons. One year and a wave of repeat bookings later, North American travelers are starting to discover Pearl Expeditions and its 30-guest yacht, Paspaley Pearl. https://www.theluxurycruisereview.com/one-year-after-her-maiden-voyage-paspaley-pearl-proves-the-case-for-boutique-expedition-cruising/ Pearl Expedition Cruises

A quiet debut that has become hard to ignore A year ago this week, a 30-guest yacht slipped out of Broome, on Australia's remote northwest coast, and into the tidal maze of the Kimberley, carrying the first paying passengers of a brand-new cruise line. That ship, m/y

Crystal has confirmed a third ultra-luxury ocean ship, set for delivery in May 2034—cementing a fleet expansion that beg...
07/08/2026

Crystal has confirmed a third ultra-luxury ocean ship, set for delivery in May 2034—cementing a fleet expansion that began with 2028's Crystal Grace and continues with a 2031 sister ship. https://www.theluxurycruisereview.com/crystal-confirms-a-third-ultra-luxury-ship-locking-in-a-2034-delivery Crystal Cruises

A third ship confirms Crystal's long game Crystal has made effective the construction contract for a third next-generation ocean ship with Italian shipbuilder Fincantieri, the line announced this week. The vessel—covered by an option Crystal exercised in 2024—is scheduled for delivery in May 203...

Crystal has a new captain for its flagship Serenity—and he's already steering the line's boldest chapter yet. Meet the f...
05/08/2026

Crystal has a new captain for its flagship Serenity—and he's already steering the line's boldest chapter yet. Meet the four-decade mariner set to command both a cruising icon and the brand's first new ship in 25 years.

A four-decade mariner steps onto the bridge Crystal has appointed Captain Placido Libro as master of Crystal Serenity, effective August 14, 2026. He succeeds Captain Birger J. Vorland, who recently closed out nearly five decades with the brand.

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