Silversea Cruises has named Felicity Aston MBE as the Godmother of its new expedition ship, Silver Endeavour.

Silversea Cruises will shelve the helicopter and submarine experiences offered aboard the former Crystal Endeavor, and add new suites, the cruise line’s President and CEO, Roberto Martinoli, has confirmed.

Silversea is expanding its expedition fleet with the ultra-luxury cruise line to begin operating Crystal Cruises’ Crystal Endeavor later this year. The move was widely expected after Silversea had registered the name Silver Endeavour in the US a few weeks ago.

Luxury expedition cruise specialist, Mark Spillane, has returned to the division, revealing this week that he has joined Seabourn as its US-based Director – Expedition Sales.

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.

Luxury cruise operator, Crystal, is suspending voyages for its Ocean and Expedition ships through 29 April 2022, while its River cruise operations for 2022 will be suspended until the end of May. The action comes after Crystal’s parent company, Genting Hong Kong Ltd, filed to wind up the company, seeking to appoint provisional liquidators in a court in Bermuda this week.

Crystal has added a series of 10- to 15-night voyages visiting spectacular ports in Antarctica, South America, and Europe to Crystal Endeavor’s schedule for spring 2022.

Crystal Expedition Cruises’ first sailing to Antarctica for its luxury expedition ship, Crystal Endeavor, is mid-journey to the White Continent having departed Ushuaia last Thursday [18 November 2021]. The expedition is the first in a series of eight round-trip 11- to 19-night sailings aboard the 200-guest vessel.

Crystal Expedition Cruises is now providing round-trip chartered air flights between Miami and Ushuaia, Argentina for guests booking on Crystal Endeavor’s inaugural sailings to Antarctica.

Crystal Cruises has become the first cruise line to resume cruising from New York City, with Crystal Symphony sailing to Bermuda as part of a series of nine week-long roundtrip voyages from the Big Apple.

Crystal has extended its mandatory vaccination requirement for all guests (12 and over) and crew through 2022 for its ocean and expedition cruising. The extension applies to Crystal Serenity and Crystal Symphony, and the ultra-luxury cruise line’s newest vessel, Crystal Endeavor.

Crystal has launched its 2022 River Atlas, a comprehensive 184-page digital guide detailing the award-winning line’s 2022 season of all-inclusive European river cruises for all-balcony Rhine Class ships Crystal Bach, Crystal Debussy, Crystal Mahler, and Crystal Ravel, as well as Crystal Mozart. The guide details day-by-day itineraries for destination-rich river cruises on the Danube, Rhine, Moselle and Main.