Luxury Cruise and Travel

Cruise lines

Grouped by tier, because the gap between ultra luxury and premium is mostly what the fare covers rather than what the brochure says.

Ultra luxury

  • Crystal

    Relaunched under A&K ownership with Serenity and Symphony reconfigured to lower guest counts and higher space ratios.

    2 ships

  • Regent Seven Seas Cruises

    Markets itself on the broadest inclusions in the industry, with shore excursions and flights inside the fare.

    6 ships

  • Seabourn

    Small all-suite ships with an open-bar model and no charge for speciality restaurants.

    6 ships

  • Silversea Cruises

    Door-to-door fares bundle flights and transfers; all-suite fleet split between classic ocean tonnage and ice-class expedition ships.

    8 ships

  • The Ritz-Carlton Yacht Collection

    Yacht-scale tonnage under the Ritz-Carlton brand, marina platform and suite-only accommodation.

    3 ships

Luxury

  • Azamara

    Destination-immersion positioning with late departures and overnight port stays; four near-identical R-class ships.

    4 ships

  • Emerald Cruises

    Scenic Group's value marque; the yacht-class ships Azzurra and Sakara carry 100 guests with a marina platform.

    2 ships

  • Explora Journeys

    MSC Group's luxury marque, launched 2023, all-suite with an explicitly no-formal-night dress policy.

    2 ships

  • Oceania Cruises

    Built its positioning on food; speciality restaurants carry no surcharge and the fare bundles vary by campaign.

    7 ships

  • Windstar Cruises

    Mixed fleet of motor-sail yachts and small power yachts; the sail ships are the distinguishing asset.

    1 ships

Expedition

  • Atlas Ocean Voyages

    Small-ship polar-class expedition line bundling flights and transfers into the fare.

    0 ships

  • Hurtigruten

    Norwegian coastal service dating to 1893, now split between the working coastal route and expedition voyages.

    0 ships

  • PONANT

    French-flagged expedition operator; Le Commandant Charcot is the only passenger vessel with PC2 polar class and LNG hybrid propulsion.

    1 ships

  • Scenic Luxury Cruises

    Positions on all-inclusive discovery yachting; Eclipse-class carries submersibles and helicopters.

    2 ships

  • SeaDream Yacht Club

    Two 112-guest yachts with a marina platform, open bar and a deliberately unstructured onboard style.

    0 ships

  • Swan Hellenic

    Revived British cultural-expedition brand with an onboard lecture programme as the core proposition.

    0 ships

Premium

  • Saga Cruises

    Over-50s British operator; the door-to-door chauffeur transfer included in every UK fare is its signature inclusion.

    2 ships

  • Viking Ocean Cruises

    Adults-only, no-casino, Scandinavian-design fleet of near-identical sister ships with one included excursion per port.

    1 ships