CARNIVAL Australia is gearing up for a record season, revealing it will generate an estimated $500 million in economic activity and make 696 calls across 38 Australian ports.

LINDBLAD Expeditions’ Australian sales have stabilised and the business is now in the process of “building them back up again,” the company’s president & ceo Sven-Olof Lindblad told CW.

CUNARD has unveiled its new Insights Program, featuring a range of experts who will deliver educational programs on the cruise line’s Queen Elizabeth Alaskan itineraries in May 2019.

P&O Cruises Australia has partnered with charity Rural Aid to offer drought-affected farmers and their families free cruise trips.