CRUISE NEWS

Upscale cruise line Regent Seven Seas has launched its 2023-2024 Voyage Collection. And it features 15 new ports of call, including Vanuatu’s Mystery Island, the Greek island of Syros in the Cyclades, the dramatic Lofoten Islands in Norway, and colourful Puerto Banus in Spain. The “world’s most luxurious fleet” will embark on

139 new voyages, with itineraries encompassing Africa and Arabia, Alaska,

Asia, Australia and New Zealand, the South

Pacific, Canada and New England, the Caribbean and Panama Canal, the Mediterranean, Northern Europe, and South America. And there will be trans-oceanic crossings too. Plus there are four Grand Voyages including Grand Arctic Adventure, a

78-night sailing from New York to Barcelona, Grand European Sojourn, a

62-night journey from Stockholm, Sweden to Athens, Greece, and the 59-night Grand Asia-Pacific Journey from Sydney, Australia to Tokyo, Japan. rssc.com

Viva Italia! From

Aug 27-29 Manchester’s Cathedral Gardens will be hosting Festa Italiana. Celebrating the best of Italy, there will be food galore including a banquet, cooking demos, food stalls and a pop up cinema showing classic Italian films. festaitalianauk. com