Explora Journeys launched an advertising and branding campaign presenting ocean cruises as five-star hotels at sea, "where the boundaries of land-based luxury are elegantly surpassed." Language in ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Explora Journeys views its ships as high-end hotels that just happen to be on water (pictured: Explora I) - Ivan Sarfatti If you ...

Attending the steel-cutting of the Explora VI were, from left, Explora Journeys president Anna Nash, MSC Cruises director of site offices Mimmo Lubrano, MSC Cruises executive chairman Pierfrancesco ...

As small-ship cruising grows, so too does the number of cruise lines getting into the business. MSC Group’s luxury brand has quickly found success, but it remains less familiar to the U.S. market.

Luxury is no longer enough. Maritime transportation regulations are getting harsher, and luxury travel customers seem to believe that environmental concerns should be addressed. The new Explora II is ...

Explora III offers up even more luxe comfort on the water than its siblings. (It’s also the first in the fleet to be powered by liquid natural gas, a.k.a. LNG, which can reduce its emissions by up to ...

Explora Journeys is celebrating a key construction milestone for its new ship, Explora IV. Today, the ship’s troncone was transferred from land to water for the first time at Fincantieri’s Palermo ...

I spent a night on Explora Journeys' first cruise ship, the $560 million Explora 1. Explora is MSC Group's newest cruise line, joining its eponymous MSC Cruises. If it keeps growing, I'm convinced ...