Asia & Australasia

Former Holland America Group executive Tony Archbold has taken up the role of VP sales APAC for Crystal Cruises.

On Board Tasmanian Expedition Cruises’ 12-passenger catamaran Odalisque III will sail from Hobart next Monday on an inaugural five-day ‘Port Davey Expeditions’ round cruise.

Chris Catanzariti is Norwegian Cruise Line’s new business development manager for New South Wales, the Australian Capital Territory and South Australia.

Silver Spirit called at Hong Kong this week, marking the return of international cruises to the city after a three-year pandemic pause. Domestic cruises to nowhere did operate periodically during this time.

Coral Expeditions will operate 12 Tasmania voyages between January and March - a record number of sailings by the cruise line to the island state.

Australia routinely monitors for biofoul to prevent the introduction of potentially harmful non-native species and an official said Viking cooperated in the recent incident that kept its Orion from docking for a stretch of six days.

The former Dream Cruises ship World Dream reportedly drew little interest at auction in Singapore, sources told Seatrade Cruise News.