Crystal Cruises is offering more seven-day options than ever for 2010 European cruises. Six itineraries in the Mediterranean, Northern Europe, Baltic and British Isles are shorter than Crystal’s more prevalent 11- and 12-day European cruises.
This winter, TUI Cruises will start its seven-day cruises from the port of La Romana, Dominican Republic, through March. The port of La Romana will replace Santo Domingo, also in the Dominican Republic, as the port of departure and arrival of Mein Schiff.
Royal Caribbean International celebrated the floating out of Allure of the Seas, the sister to the 225,000-ton Oasis of the Seas that just debuted in Fort Lauderdale.
With several of the largest, flashiest cruise ships ever designed making their debuts over the next few years, cruise lines are investing in their older ships to keep them competitive.
The Oasis of the Seas is hurting pricing for other ships owned by Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd., according to equity research firm Majestic Research.
SeaDream Yacht Club has announced new routes for 2011. Among them, the company will offer its Elegant but Casual Holiday Experience cruises in a new region: Northern Europe, Scandinavia, the Baltic and the Atlantic Coast of France, Spain and Portugal.