Oceania Cruises will eliminate the port of Myanmar, which was severely damaged by a cyclone, from the Nov. 18, 2008 repositioning cruise of the 680-passenger Nautica.  The ship, which was originally scheduled to spend three days in Yangon, Myanmar, will instead visit the Indian ports of Goa and Mangalore plus Penang and Port Klang in Malaysia.  In [...]

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While sampling the local cuisine and wine enriches the travel experience, few cruise passengers have the opportunity to indulge in local specialties, especially during a Europe cruise.  Oceania Cruises offers a solution with the new “Epicurean Immersions”, a roster of shore excursions focusing on Europe’s best food and wine in Italy, France and Greece. 
Noted wine experts, cookbook authors, and critically acclaimed food [...]

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While the Homeland Security folks have a tarnished reputation, they outdid themselves yesterday in Miami.  A little birdy told me the bizarre details.
This week the Seatrade Conference, an annual confab of cruise line executives, journalists and travel agents, is taking place in Miami.  Oceania Cruises’ Regatta paid one of her rare visits to Miami so that travel agents and travel writers [...]

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Oceania Cruises doesn’t have to announce that its new Oceania-Class ships, scheduled to debut in 2010 and 2011, have rock-climbing, croquet, fencing or bowling to grab my attention.  When someone inquires about my favorite ships, this cruise line is at the top of the list.  So, new ships with more single open seating restaurants — sans surcharge of course [...]

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The New York investment company Apollo Management has purchased Regent Seven Seas Cruises from Carlson Company for $1 billion.  Apollo previously purchased a hefty chunk of Oceania Cruises and has created a division for the two cruise lines: Prestige Cruise Holdings. 
The Oceania and Regent brands will remain separate and Mark Conroy will continue as president [...]

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