Cruise news (River Cruises-tagged)

Viking Cruises launches new ship for Mekong River
Viking River Cruises announced it will launch a new ship in summer 2021 for its "Magnificent Mekong" cruisetour. Currently under construction, the...
July 16, 2020
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CroisiEurope resumes river cruises on July 13
CroisiEurope - One of the world's largest river cruise companies - confirmed its restart dates for this year, following months of suspension due to...
July 10, 2020
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Viking extends cruise suspension fleetwide through September 30
Viking Cruises will not start back up again until the fall of 2020, the company announced on Wednesday, July 8. In a letter published on the...
July 10, 2020
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Phoenix Reisen names new river ship MS Andrea
As part of an intimate ceremony, on June 30, Phoenix Reisen officially christened a new riverboat in Bonn Germany. Like almost all fleetmates...
July 7, 2020
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Budapest’s "Whale" complex to be turned into cruise passenger terminal
Budapest City’s Balna (Whale) complex might be turned into a cruise passenger terminal for Danube riverboat passengers, head of the Hungarian...
July 3, 2020
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Viking Cruises opens for booking Mississippi River cruises 2023
Viking Cruises announced that new 2023 itineraries on Mississippi River are now on sale. The company's first custom-built ship (to be operated...
July 2, 2020
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US river lines push back plans to resume cruises
USA's river cruise companies continue to push back plans to resume sailings. On Tuesday, June 30, AQSC-American Queen Steamboat Company said its...
July 2, 2020
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Scenic Cruises announces 2021 European River Cruises
Scenic Cruises released its 2021 European luxury river cruises. New features include visits to WWI sites in Passchendaele and Ypres, as well as a...
June 30, 2020
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A-Rosa River Cruises successfully restarted voyages
Following the successful restart of the brand's Douro River cruises (in Portugal), A-ROSA Cruises recently announced the restart of Rhine River...
June 25, 2020
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Rule changes force ACL-American Cruise Lines to cancel June 20 sailing
ACL-American Cruise Lines, which planned to restart passenger shipping services in the USA on June 20th, announced that a last-minute change in...
June 19, 2020
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American Queen Steamboat Company resumes sailings on July 20
AQSC-American Queen Steamboat Company announced its new timeline for restarting domestic river sailings. While the line's American Duchess is due to...
June 19, 2020
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Uniworld launches 2021 preview collection
Uniworld - one of the world's largest river cruise companies - announced that its preview itinerary collection is coming earlier than previous years...
June 15, 2020
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International cruise lines resuming operations earlier than expected
The Norwegian passenger shipping company Hurtigruten is one of the first of the major cruise lines to resume service - on June 16th. Hurtigruten...
June 12, 2020
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German river cruise company starts voyages with nickoVISION ship
A German river cruise shipping company restarted operations, also giving the world a sneak peek into what ship cruising might look like following the...
June 9, 2020
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CroisiEurope rolling out a plan for gradual resumption of sailings
The French river cruise company CroisiEurope announced that it was looking at a “progressive return to normal” by early July 2020 within...
June 8, 2020
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