DREAM Cruises will operate outside of Asia for the first time in 2019/2020, with parent company Genting Hong Kong yesterday unveiling a series of 21 seven-day Australasian voyages for the newly transformed Explorer Dream (CW breaking news).

SUSAN Bonner, regional vice president of Royal Caribbean Cruises, has issued a plea for the Australian cruise sector to prepare for what she described as “the big ship challenge,” in order to allow ever-larger vessels to homeport locally in the future.

CELEBRITY Cruises has released “Last Minute Luxury” savings for an upcoming nine-night Celebrity Solstice cruise ex Sydney on 20 Oct, with fares leading in at $999 – celebritycruises.com.au.

SEABOURN’S newest ship, Seabourn Ovation, will return to Asia in 2018/19.

EUROPEAN Waterways is offering a range of golf-themed charters through France, in the lead-up to the country’s hosting of the Ryder Cup tournament.

APT Cruises has launched its 2019/20 Vietnam and Cambodia brochure featuring select river cruise itineraries that can be combined with journeys in China & Myanmar.