Meyer Werft Delivers AIDAnova

After a delay which canceled its first scheduled sailing, Meyer Werft delivered AIDAnova at Bremerhaven today. At 183,900 gross tons, it's AIDA's largest ship, and the largest Meyer has ever built, but what's more important about it is that it is the world's first LNG-powered (Liquified Natural Gas) ship that can operate on the clean-burning fuel both at sea and in port.

The complete story appeared in the December 12 edition of Cruise News Daily.

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Changing the Approach

Canyon Ranch is Cunard's spa operator, and Canyon Ranch has always had a quite different approach to spas than what you find on most ships. Cunard has partnered with Canyon Ranch to develop the Mareel Wellness & Beauty concept which Canyon Ranch will be rolling out slowly across the Cunard fleet.

The complete story appeared in the December 11 issue of Cruise News Daily. 

Other Things You'll Want to Know - December 11, 2018

CND subscribers also read about:

• A passenger apparently going overboard from MSC Preziosa
• Galveston having their 10 millionth cruise passenger board

Details appeared in the December 11 edition of Cruise News Daily. 

Forwarding Address: Miami

Until this week MSC Armonia was homeported in Havana for European passengers, but MSC Armonia arrived in her new home port of Miami today, where she will be one of three MSC ships homeported there this winter, two of which (including MSC Armonia) will remain year round. But she won't be any stranger to Havana.

She will be a weekly visitor to Havana on her weekly western Caribbean itinerary where she will spend two full days (Saturday and Sunday) giving passengers plenty of time to explore this port of call new to US citizens.

The complete story appeared in the December 10 edition of Cruise News Daily. 

California, Get Your Cameras Ready, and Look Up!

The Carnival Airship, famous in the Southeast after tying up traffic as it flew over major cities earlier this year, is going to California in January to promote the impending arrival of Carnival Panorama on the West Coast.

Like its swing through the Southeast, Californians who look up and snap a photo of the Carnival Airship, they could win prizes, including a Carnival cruise.

Details appeared in the December 10 issue of Cruise News Daily.