Seabourn has established new Health and Safety Guidelines for its 2022 European voyages and is encouraging all guests to take a viral COVID-19 test prior to departing home.

Seabourn has indicated full confidence in the rebound of Canada and Alaska’s cruise industry, unveiling plans to resume sailing in North America for the first time in two years. The ultra-luxury cruise line is intending to sail the coastline of British Columbia and New England’s waterways starting this northern summer and autumn.

Seabourn Encore has resumed operation this week, with the 600-guest ultra-luxury ship now sailing the waters of the Mediterranean and Canary Islands after a 23-month COVID pause.

Seabourn has stepped in to offer assistance to guests impacted by the temporary pause of Crystal’s global ocean, river and expedition operations. Crystal’s suspension currently impacts ocean and expedition voyages through until April 2022.

Carnival Corporation, the parent company of ultra-luxury cruise line Seabourn, has celebrated the official opening of Dubai Harbour Cruise Terminal – the new main cruise port in the emirate. Several of Carnival Corporation’s executives joined developer, Shamal Holding, for a walk-through of the facility.

Seabourn has trimmed the elapsed time between voyage check-in and suite entry with the introduction of a streamlined embarkation process. Designed to have guests in their suites quicker than ever before, Seabourn is now utilising electronic and mobile boarding passes, as well as assigned embarkation times.

Seabourn has unveiled the 2023 deployment schedule for its two new purpose-built expedition ships, Seabourn Venture and Seabourn Pursuit. The program includes Seabourn’s first-ever voyages to the Northeast and Northwest Passages in the Arctic.

Seabourn has launched The Suite Life Event, offering special deals on select summer 2022 and winter/spring 2023 voyages across its ultra-luxury fleet, including Seabourn Venture, the line’s first ultra-luxury purpose-built expedition ship launching in April 2022.

Housekeeping tends to be one of those topics often shied away from by hospitality companies and cruise lines. It’s the not-so-glamourous, yet essential tasks carried out every day, normally behind the scenes. Housekeeping may be viewed as mundane and not overly interesting, let alone “exciting”. That is unless you’re speaking with Gerald Mosslinger, Seabourn’s Senior Vice President of Guest Operations. Then housekeeping – especially since Seabourn restarted operation back in July – offers an increased level of guest interaction.

A series of innovations, refinements and enhancements now offered by Seabourn have been wowing guests since the ultra-luxury cruise line restarted operations in Greece in early July this year.

Seabourn has relaunched services in the United States with the arrival of Seabourn Ovation into PortMiami, Florida on Thursday [18 November 2021] last week. The vessel arrived after a 12-day Atlantic crossing.

Seabourn has released a collection of new Seabourn Journeys in Europe and Asia for 2022 and 2023. The Seabourn Journeys are pre- and post-voyage land-based packages designed to be an extension of a Seabourn cruise.