Destinations
Pacific region take top city and country for Lonely Planet’s Best in Travel 2022 list
Start planning your local travel itineraries, because the travel trend overlords at Lonely Planet have just released their picks for the year.
Cruise
Norwegian Cruise Line unveils new European brochure
Are your clients itching to cruise their way over to Europe? Well, browsing this brochure will do you no harm at all.
Cruise
Norway mulls 200-passenger cap on Arctic cruises
by Ali Coulton
Meanwhile, Travel Weekly’s deputy editor reckons her oldefar would turn in his grave if he knew how many times she used Google Translate for this story.
Cruise
Lindblad Expeditions unveils new itineraries to NZ and beyond
The expedition cruise line is returning to travel with a stack of new itineraries, which are summed up in this neat little article.
Destinations
Scandinavia ranked world’s most sustainable tourism region
Sweden takes top spot as the world’s most sustainable tourism destination. However, it still retains the wooden spoon for coronavirus herd immunity strategy.
Destinations
Aussie travellers will need a visa waiver to travel Europe in 2022
Post-pandemic travel is going to look very different from what we’ve become accustomed to. Exhibit A: this new requirement for Aussies seeking a European jaunt.
Cruise
First cruise to resume sailing in Caribbean reports COVID-19 cases
The cruise line was forced to halt its first trip in the area after reportedly recording as many as seven cases of the virus on board.
Cruise
Why did Tom Cruise just charter two Hurtigruten ships?
Get ready to have the Mission: Impossible theme song stuck in your head for the rest of the day, because apparently the ships were hired for the latest movie in the franchise.
News
“Why is our way of living ‘fake news’?”: Norwegian ‘time-free zone’ leader responds to media backlash
The founding father of a time-free zone proposal has insisted the endeavour is not, in fact, a PR stunt, despite providing a textbook PR headshot of himself.
Destinations
Norwegian tourist destination wants to remove time to make use of endless daylight
Residents of a quaint little Scandinavian island popular with tourists are reportedly lobbying for big changes to the way the island measures time, namely by removing the concept entirely.
Cruise
Investigation launched into dramatic Viking Sky rescue
by Ali Coulton
Meanwhile, one woman managed to live Tweet the whole rescue mission and found the time to add in some spicy political commentary.
Cruise
WATCH: Viking cruise ship reaches port safely after terrifying sea-rescue off the coast of Norway
by Christian Fleetwood
An engine failure during a Viking Ocean Cruises voyage off the coast of Norway prompted an incredible rescue on the high seas, caught on video by onlookers.