All articles by Surendra Prasad Peravali

Surendra Prasad Peravali

Saga’s new-build cruise for its over-50 year old customers

Saga has embarked on a new-build programme for the first time in its history. Andrea Valentino meets Saga’s new-build director, David Pickett, to talk fuel efficiency, leveraging existing partnerships and the challenges of building a ship with the over-50s in mind.

Celebrity Cruises’ cutting-edge entertainment

Over the past three years, Celebrity Cruises has shaken up its entertainment offering. CEO Lisa Lutoff-Perlo and associate vice-president of entertainment Becky Thomson-Foley discuss what the changes have meant for the brand, and explain how the new Edge class of ships is poised to create still more industry disruption.

AIDA’s latest cruise hits water

After a protracted construction period, AIDA Cruises’ new ship, AIDAperla, is finally on the water. Boasting a new dual-fuel engine room, slender hull and foil-covered domes, the vessel was worth the wait, as Christian Schönrock, the group’s director of new builds, tells Ross Davies.