Crystal Cruises has offered a sneak-peek at its 2024 World Cruise, a 105-night adventure aboard Crystal Serenity, scheduled to operate for Miami to Rome, visiting 22 countries and making 49 port calls.

Crystal Cruises has released its alternative 2022 World Cruise after pulling the pin on the previously scheduled January departure due to the pandemic.

Ultra-luxury cruise operator Crystal is parting ways with its intimate 62-guest yacht, Crystal Esprit. Constructed in 1991, but only joining the Crystal fleet in 2015, the 31-cabin ship operated primarily in the Mediterranean (Adriatic, Greek Isles, Seychelles and Egypt) and featured a two-person submarine, zodiacs, water skis, wakeboards, jet skis and other water sports equipment.

Crystal River Cruises resumed its European river cruise operations on Sunday [29 August 2021] as Crystal Ravel sailed from Vilshofen on a seven-night Danube itinerary. It was Crystal’s first river departure in nearly 18 months. The voyage was followed on Monday with the return of Crystal Debussy on a week-long sailing from Basel.

Crystal Cruises will deploy Crystal Symphony to the Caribbean for a series of departures between late November 2021 through until March 2022.

Crystal has launched its 2022 River Atlas, a comprehensive 184-page digital guide detailing the award-winning line’s 2022 season of all-inclusive European river cruises for all-balcony Rhine Class ships Crystal Bach, Crystal Debussy, Crystal Mahler, and Crystal Ravel, as well as Crystal Mozart. The guide details day-by-day itineraries for destination-rich river cruises on the Danube, Rhine, Moselle and Main.

Crystal Expedition Cruises has added two new impending departures for its new ultra-luxury polar class ship, Crystal Endeavor.

Crystal Expedition Cruises has offered its first glimpses of the interior of its brand new 25,000 gross tonne Polar-class expedition ship, Crystal Endeavor.

Crystal Expedition Cruises’ Crystal Endeavor departed the MV Werften shipyard in Stralsund, Germany on Saturday [10 July 2021], bound for the Baltic Sea for her inaugural sailing this coming Sunday.

Crystal Cruises has resumed its ocean cruise operation, with Crystal Serenity setting sail from the Port of Nassau on its week-long Luxury Bahamas Escapes voyage exploring the islands of The Bahamas. Crystal Serenity will now homeport in The Bahamas through until November.

Crystal has today opened reservations for the entire 2023/early 2024 deployment of its purpose-built expedition ship, Crystal Endeavor. Headlining the local program are two $52,627 per person three-week explorations of Antarctica from Australia and New Zealand.

The International Association of Antarctica Tour Operators (IAATO) has welcomed six new provisional operators into its fold this month, including four high-end cruise brands.