When mid-sized to large ships receive approval from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to restart cruising from U.S. ports, will travel advisors see a robust promotional campaign by the cruise industry as a whole—akin to what the dairy industry created …

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The new expedition line Atlas Ocean Voyages plans to launch its first ship, the 196-passenger World Navigator, with all-inclusive fares that cover even emergency medical-evacuation insurance. Celebrity Cruises will unveil the 2,918-passenger Celebrity Apex — a sister to the well-regarded Celebrity Edge — along …

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Space is getting crowded. In addition to NASA’s Artemis and China’s Tianwen-1, private spaceflight is — finally — almost here. Once the preserve of science fiction, soon people with no formal astronaut training will be able to buy a ticket on a …

Tom Cruise, Yusaku Maezawa, and you: How 5 private missions will change space travel Read more »

It was surely only 19th-century prudishness that prevented the collective noun for boobies being something rather more descriptive. Instead, we’ve been left with congress – a congress of boobies. Perhaps that’s not the worst alternative, but as I watched 200 …

Pandemic or not, cruising is still the best way to see the Galapagos Islands Read more »