With the Chinese market finally set for a broader reopening, Cruise Industry News looks at the status and the restart plans for the brands that historically have a presence in the region. Blue Dream Cruises Fleet: Blue Dream Star (former Olympia Explorer, Glory Sea) Status: In service Service Resumption: May…
Viking has already sold 49 percent of its 2024 ocean cruise capacity and 31 percent of its global river capacity, according to Torstein Hagen, chairman, who spoke at the christening of the Viking Saturn in New York this week. As for the company’s 2023 capacity, 89 percent of its ocean…
The former Viking Sun became the first cruise ship to perform homeport operations in Shanghai following the restrictions of the COVID-19 pandemic. Marking the end of a 1,156-day hiatus, the luxury vessel, which currently sails for China Merchants Viking Cruises as the Zhao Shang Yi Dun, arrived at the Chinese…