P&O Cruises’ Pacific Sun took centre stage on Sydney Harbour today for the city’s Australia Day celebrations, with the cruise ship dressed with two of the biggest Australian flags ever displayed on the harbour.

Star Cruises, the leading cruise line operator in Asia-Pacific, is pleased to announce that Star Cruises was recently named “The Best Asia Cruise Experience” in Porthole Cruise Magazine’s 2012 Editor-in-Chief Awards.

Combining stays in Rome and Sorrento with a week-long Mediterranean cruise is an MSC Cruises’ 14-night fly, tour and cruise package - from under $10,000 a couple.

Emphasising a “perfect dedication to safety”, Royal Caribbean International president Adam Goldstein has announced the cruise company will undergo changes to update and improve on board safety procedures.

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Specialist garden tour company Botanica’s brochure for 2013 focuses on garden-theme cruises of the British Isles, Europe and the Mekong River that can be linked to the company’s popular stand alone small group land tours.

Celebrity Cruises offers free upgrade to balcony cabin and amazing savings for early bookings for 2012-2013 summer

The International Cruise Council Australasia has announced that television host Lisa Wilkinson will MC its annual awards which will be held at the Hilton Sydney on Saturday February 11.

Two more bodies have been found overnight on the half flooded Costa Concordia, bringing the confirmed death toll up to 15.

Carnival Australia has appointed Ainsley Pope as Public Relations Manager to help drive communications in Australia and New Zealand for its cruise lines.

P&O Cruises’ Pacific Sun will take centre stage for Australia Day celebrations in Sydney on Thursday, with the cruise ship ‘dressed’ with two of the biggest Australian flags ever displayed on the harbour.

Late last week Costa Cruise’s parent company Carnival Corporation & plc confirmed that it would undergo a complete safety audit and review of all its cruise lines to counteract any future incidents.

Working directly with the trade and supported by a media campaign, Orion Expedition Cruises is conducting a series of ‘Oriontation’ information events designed to attract new prospects

Australia’s pioneer of small-ship expedition cruising Coral Princess Cruises is offering discounts of up to 35% on their 11-night Cape York and Arnhem Land expeditions departing during March and April 2012.

When ultra-luxury Silver Shadow berths at the Overseas Passenger Terminal Circular Quay on Friday morning she will be gearing up for a major lunchtime fashion launch onboard of the Kiargo Swimwear Collection.

Passengers on board the Costa Concordia can expect to be compensated for the ordeal they faced earlier this week when the ship began to sink after coming in contact with rocks off the coast of Isola del Giglio, Italy.

The Moorings luxurious Crewed Yacht Charter holiday option in Tahiti is now available aboard the spacious Moorings Signature 58-foot catamaran.

The travel industry and cruisers around Australia can rest assured that cruising is still one of the safest means of travel, according to the International Cruise Council Australasia (ICCA).

19 night Sydney to Hawaii package onboard Rhapsody of the Seas. Departs 24 Apr 2013

Let Captain Cook Cruises take care of your every whim with their Drop Anchor Sale, offering 20% savings on all three, four and seven night Murray River Cruises.

Five more bodies were retrieved from the half sunken Costa Concordia overnight, bringing the total death poll up to 11.

The Pacific Jewel turned its engines around and returned to Sydney earlier this week after a missing woman was declared lost at sea near New Caledonia.

To celebrate the 175th year of its heritage, British cruise line P&O Cruises is calling on Britons who migrated Down Under on one of its ships to tell their favourite stories about their journey to Australia.