Crystal Reveals Over 70 Sailings For 2025
Crystal revealed their latest 2025 itineraries, offering over 70 unforgettable voyages across numerous destinations aboard Crystal Serenity and Crystal Symphony from North Cape to Ushuaia and beyond. ITINERARIES Hong Kong to Tokyo FEBRUARY 3 – 14, 2025 | 11 NIGHTS Cast off from Hong Kong, sa
Crystal Cruises Celebrates Crystal Symphony’s Inaugural Voyage
Crystal Cruises’ Crystal Symphony departs from Athens, Greece, today, on its inaugural voyage. In an exciting new journey, the ship will set sail for Santorini, Istanbul, Abu Dhabi and Mumbai. Crystal Symphony is expected to welcome up to 606 guests and offer all new travel amenities and spacious
Crystal Serenity Returns, Opening a New Era in Cruising
Crystal Cruises has relaunched Crystal Serenity, under the guardianship of A&K Travel Group. She comes complete with re-designed suites, award-winning speciality dining restaurants, and restorative public spaces. Crystal Serenity will be casting off from Marseille, France. The ship accommodates
Crystal Cruises Shares Plans For Four New Ships in Six Years
A&K Travel Group CEO, Cristina Levis, announced that Crystal Cruises is working with its advisors, lenders, and export credit agents to sign a memorandum of agreement with two European ship manufacturers to build four new vessels and two new expedition ships! “We have ambitious growth pl
Crystal Cruises Names Dalila Roglieri As Brand’s Head Nutritionist
Today, Crystal Cruises has named Dalila Roglieri as Head Nutritionist for the cruise line! Roglieri will help the brand enhance the fleet’s holistic and exceptional wellness experience! “As Crystal enters this next chapter of excellence, Dalila’s wealth of knowledge and enthusias
Crystal Serenity Completes Sea Trials
Today, Crystal Cruises’ Crystal Serenity has completed sea trials in preparation for her inaugural cruise from Marseille, France, on July 31, 2023! Crystal Serenity is currently at the Fincantieri shipyard in Trieste, Italy, undergoing final stages testing the ship’s navig
Crystal Cruises’ Crystal Serenity To HomePort In Port EverGlades
Today, Crystal Cruises has announced Port Everglades as the homeport for Crystal Serenity in November 2024. This summer, Crystal Cruises is rebranding under the control of A&K Travel Group with a new name and creativity to the company’s plans, with a voyage called Crystal Exceptional at Sea. C
Crystal Cruises Announces Return OF onboard leaders
Crystal Cruises has shared the news of several onboard leaders returning to the brand to help prepare for Crystal Serenity and Crystal Symphony’s inaugural season. Herbert Jaeger and Josef Matt will once again lead the preparation for Crystal Symphony, while Huber
Riverside Luxury Cruises Acquires Four Former Crystal Cruises Ships
Today, the new cruise operator, Riverside Luxury Cruises, announced the expansion of the brand’s river fleet by purchasing four new ships, MS Bach, MS Ravel, MS Mahler, and MS Debussy. All four of the ships were originally operated by Crystal Cruises. “We are thrilled by the expansion of
A&K Travel Group Buys Crystal Cruises’ Brand, 2 Ships
One of the biggest storylines to emerge from the COVID-19 pandemic was the demise of luxury cruise operator Crystal Cruises. Long considered one of the top high-end cruise brands, the cruise line left behind a fleet of river and ocean ships that many believed would be scooped up by other cruise line
Crystal Cruises Returns to European River Cruising
One of the top names in river cruising made their return to the waterways of European yesterday with another ship scheduled to sail today. Crystal Cruises set sail from Vilshofen, Germany on board their ship Crystal Ravel on a seven-night itinerary on the Danube River and Crystal Debussy w
Crystal Endeavor Embarks from Reykjavík on Maiden Voyage
One of the most anticipated expedition cruise ships in recent memory embarked on her maiden voyage over the weekend. Crystal Endeavor, the new ship from Crystal Cruises set sail from Reykjavík, Iceland on a ten night circumnavigation of the island. The itinerary is the first of five&
Crystal Cruises Announces New Bermuda Sailings
There’s no shortage of fabulous islands in and around the Caribbean, but one that often gets overlooked sits a little bit North of your favorite Caribbean hot spots. It’s been around 500 years since the first European settlers set foot on the uninhabited island of Bermuda, but since then
Crystal Cruises Resumes Ocean Operation from Nassau
Over the weekend, Crystal Cruises became the latest cruise line to resume operation when their ocean vessel Crystal Serenity set sail from the Port of Nassau in the Bahamas. The embarkation was Crystal’s first since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic in March 2020 and was the start of Cry
Crystal Cruises to Require COVID-19 Vaccination for Guests
One of the most common questions we get asked these days is will passengers need a COVID-19 vaccination to sail when cruise lines resume operation. There wasn’t a concrete answer previously, but one major cruise line has come out and made the issue black and white. Crystal Cruises will require
Galley Superstars
Buzzy Burgers Carnival cruisers find their bliss at Guy’s Burger Joint, a spirited roadside burger shack reimagined and brought to sea by Food Network personality Guy Fieri. Follow the poolside scent to score sizzling patties and golden hand-cut fries. Purists may prefer Plain Jane cheeseburgers;
Crystal Cruises Expands Booking Confidence Program
One of the world’s foremost luxury cruise lines is giving their guests the confidence to book a cruise vacation with an updated booking confidence program. Crystal Cruises new Crystal Confidence 2.0 now offers extended no-money-down deposits until January 5, 2021 for new and existing
Crystal Clean
Already renowned for luxurious accommodations and signature butler service (voted best onboard enrichment and service in our 2019 Readers’ Choice Awards), Crystal River Cruises can trumpet that their attention to detail extends to the environment, too. Each of Crystal’s river ships, introduced i
CRUISE RECIPE: Crystal Cruises’ Cream of Forest Mushroom Soup
Hungry to Sail Again Face it. During this pandemic, there’s certainly not much to splurge on. Nobody’s really thinking about redecorating, buying an expensive pair of designer shoes or theater tickets. So why not take that money and order some morels—those rich, earthy and fragrant
Growing Up Cruising
We’ve been asking cruising from all over the world to share their cruise stories and our readers have emailed, tweeted, commented and videotaped themselves sharing their favorite cruise memories from over the years and many shared a positive outlook for the future of the industry. The stories and
