Edgar Alan Poe called it the “imp of the perverse”, that little voice in your head that grabs you as you stand on a cliff edge or on a train platform that sometimes says, “Jump”. My imp is talking to me as I stand peering at the sea from my eighth-floor balcony onboard Holland America’s MS Noordam.
Superyacht Australia will now have a greater voice when it comes to protecting the World Heritage listed Great Barrier Reef.
It’s that time of year when MSC Cruises reveals their 2012-2013 Australia and New Zealand program. And it’s bound to get you excited. Their remarkable fleet now boasts 13 ships, with the addition of the state-of-the-art MSC Preziosa. With even larger family cabins, more value offers and the introduction of some beautiful international ports, MSC [...]
MSC Cruises is offering savings of up to 64 per cent on its 2012 September to November Mediterranean itineraries through a hot mid-year 48-hour sale. In urging passengers to “grab the passport and get cruising”, the leading cruise line will hold the sale from Tuesday, July 24, with fares beginning at $300 per person twin [...]
For one special evening, the bustling French seaport of Marseille provided a perfect stage and backdrop for a Hollywood-style launch – the naming of the new MSC Divina, the latest jewel in the crown of MSC Cruises’ ever-expanding fleet. And there in the limelight to cut the ribbon for the smashing of the champagne across [...]
MSC Cruises Australia has launched its 2012 Signature Series of European packages. The product offering includes flights, land product and accommodation designed to take the hassle out of the booking process while taking advantage of MSCs’ fantastic partner rates. MSC Cruises Managing Director, Lynne Clarke said the overload of options available on the web meant [...]
Where better to escape with a brace of breeding females than the ocean – millions of uninhabited islands to choose from, fresh water and unlimited food. What better way to ride out a zombie apocalypse or just the end of the world as we know it and get away from the madding and possibly murderous and brain eating crowd?
But wait I hear you ask – what about that apartment I just bought in that nuclear missile silo in Missourah?
As my sergeant used to say, “a bunker is a grave’’.
Book an 11-night cruise from Venice to Copenhagen and the second person cruises free, prices for this MSC Cruises special starting from $1512 a couple – a nudge under $70 per guest per night. The hot two-for-one offer applies to the May 22, 2012 sailing aboard MSC Magnifica, ports-of-call including Bari, Tunis, Gibraltar, the Portuguese [...]
MSC Cruises is offering passengers the chance to “move up the world” with a free upgrade on a selected number of its Grand Mediterranean cruises. Furthermore, the family-owned cruise line is offering complimentary transfers between Venice and Genoa to link the back-to-back seven-night Eastern and Western Mediterranean cruises which make up the Grand Mediterranean package. [...]
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Perched atop the Metropolitan Tower, overlooking Suzhou's heritage-listed gardens, famed Grand Canal and the majestic Taihu Lake is the Shangri-La…
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