Scenic Group is readying to launch a new cloud-based version of its booking platform, ExpressBook, which will include heightened levels of security.

The new ocean-going super yacht Emerald Azzurra from Emerald Cruises was floated out for the first time last weekend at The Halong Shipbuilding Company in Vietnam, marking just over a year until guests will be able to set sail on the upmarket vessel.

Scenic Group’s six-year-old Emerald Waterways river cruise brand, a sister company to the Australian deluxe holiday brand Evergreen Cruises & Tours, has this week marked its Australian entry.

Scenic Group used its annual travel partner awards event last weekend, the ‘Night of Stars’, as the platform to reveal its next move in the oceangoing cruise segment. Company Chairman and Owner Glen Moroney announced a new super yacht for the Evergreen Cruises brand would launch from July 2021.