Tropics & Exotics: Oceania Cruises to Visit New Ports of Call in 2024, 2025
With more than 150 itineraries, featuring 123 cruises with overnight stays and 70 Grand Voyages spanning the globe, there’s a lot of choice for your Tropics & Exotics cruise with Oceania Cruises. Fear not, we’ve dissected the collection and had a good look inside. We’ve chosen the newest destinations for each corner of the Tropics & Exotics Collection and placed them under the spotlight…
5 Reasons to Visit French Polynesia
Needle in a haystack, search the South Pacific for long enough and you’ll find exactly what you’re looking for. French Polynesia, in the blueness of its lagoons, the ferocity of its volcanic mountains, and the charm of its local population could, and should, be your next cruise destination. This article explores exactly the reasons why...
What's Hot for Luxury Cruising in 2023?
This article explores the prevailing trends for luxury cruising in 2023. It promises to be an exciting year for a burgeoning industry, and this article explores which cruise categories, which destinations, which cruise lines, and what cruise lines are doing for the environment in the coming year...
What is a Christmas Cruise like?
A time for self-indulgence, pampering, and doing whatever you want at a speed that suits you. An opportunity to spend time with your favourite people, purely focused on good wholesome fun. Christmas or a cruise? Same vibe, same energy. Now imagine a Christmas cruise...
The Retreat: A Ship Within a Ship by Gary Buchanan
We live in an open-minded society, where social exclusivity has no place – except on certain cruise ships where it’s easy to become an A-lister. Gary Buchanan talks us through The Retreat, Celebrity Cruises' exclusive ship-within-a-ship concept on Celebrity Beyond...
Our Seabourn Moment: A Panache Love Story
Seabourn ultra-luxury cruises are known for their Moments. Whether it’s a fruity cocktail being brought to you poolside or a kayak experience with seals in the Arctic, it’s these little moments that make your cruise an experience. We’re thrilled, excited, and proud to share a Seabourn Moment that’s better than most...
Mediterranean Intrigue Aboard Oceania's Riviera
Connoisseur Diane was lucky enough to be invited aboard Oceania’s Riviera ship. Setting sail from Civitavecchia in Rome, the Riviera would make a few stops before finally docking at Palma de Mallorca, Spain. In this piece, Diane takes us around the ship's facilities, gives us a taste for The Finest Cuisine at Sea, and talks us through her excursionary adventures...
Going with the Floe by Gary Buchanan
The most expensive expedition ship ever built, Silver Endeavour is introducing a new echelon of experiential luxe. Panache Ambassador, Gary Buchanan extols the rapture of an expedition voyage to Antarctica and reports on Silversea’s latest trailblazer...
Wine Cruises: Wine Tasting Around the World
Wine producing is a fast-growing market here in the UK. Until we are well-established, why not explore the many beautiful wine producing regions around the world? Many of them you can visit during a luxury and ultra-luxury cruise. Our Sophie has been fortunate enough to visit some of these vineyards and I would like to share her experiences with you...
Silversea Cruises: Rome to Monte Carlo on Silver Dawn
Another luxury cruise with Silversea? Oh yes! Last week Sales and Operations Director Clare was invited on board the beautiful Silver Dawn for a little three-day taste of Silversea's newest luxury cruise ship...