The inaugural season itineraries for Oceania Cruises’ new Riviera have been announced and travelers who book by Aug. 31 will receive a free hotel stay and bonus savings of up to $3,000 per stateroom. Fares begin at $1,999 per guest and include free round-trip Economy Class air from 22 North American cities.
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12 July
When writing about new ships I try to avoid superlatives and take a more even-tempered approach. But after a three-night cruise aboard Oceania Cruises new Marina following the ship’s christening, this is what I think: Marina is the most beautiful cruise ship I’ve ever seen and the food is the best I’ve ever tasted at [...]
10 February
Oceania Cruises’ new ship Marina departed from Barcelona Saturday, Jan. 22 at 6:00 pm (local time) on her Maiden Voyage. The 13-day passage to North America will call at Malaga, Spain; Casablanca and the Canary Islands before crossing the Atlantic. Seven days at sea will give guests time to explore Marina from stem to stern [...]
24 January
While the biggest cruise ships get the most publicity, I’m personally more interested in the best ships. For this cruiser, a ship designed for foodies really gets my attention.
While execs at Oceania Cruises go to great lengths to never use the word luxury to describe their ships, the brand new Marina sounds pretty ritzy to [...]
11 January
If fine dining is a prerogative, I suggest checking out Oceania Cruises’ 2011 Alaska cruises where guests will dine on the finest Northwestern cuisine. The 684-passenger Regatta will be provisioned locally to ensure that guests regularly dine on the finest delicacies like fresh halibut, Alaska King Crab and Alaska Salmon, prepared with other local ingredients.
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23 June
Oceania Cruises has launched a multi-million dollar initiative to update and enhance its fleet of three 684-passenger vessels as it readies to greet it’s newest ship, Marina, scheduled to enter service in January, 2011.
Called “Pillars of Distinction”, the program centers on the three hallmarks of the Oceania Cruises experience: comfort, cuisine and [...]
09 June
If you let a bunch of foodies run a cruise line what you end up with is Oceania Cruises. The company’s top execs — CEO Frank Del Rio and President Bob Binder — were in town to announced that renowned chef Jaques Pepin will have his own restaurant on Oceania’s Marina, a 1258-passenger cruise ship [...]
28 November
As the whole world knows, on Sunday, Nov. 31 Oceania Cruises‘ 684-passenger Nautica was fired upon by pirates in the Gulf of Aden . When officers spotted the small boat, Nautica increased speed and easily left the pirates in the dust — er, in the water. From start to finish, the incident lasted five minutes, [...]
02 December
Oceania Cruises took the first step in building a ship at the ceremony commemorating the cutting of the first piece of steel and announced the new vessel’s name: Marina. The first of two new ships to enter the fleet will set sail September, 2010. The 66,000-ton Marina will carry 1,252 passengers in elegant creature comforts.
Oceania will continue its policy of single open [...]
04 August
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 [...]
09 June
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