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Holland America Line Debuts First Lipstick Blending Bar at Sea

10/09/2025

You’ll have a bright lip for your stylish ship! Holland America Line’s new ‘Blend Bar’ onboard experience allows guests to design their own customized lipstick or gloss – the first aboard any cruise ship. So you’ll have the perfect shade to reflect your cruise vacation mood. 

The exclusive, hands-on lipstick lab is guided by an expert beauty consultant and offers a...

This Overwater Pickleball Court is Causing a ‘Racket’

08/22/2024

The pickleball craze continues! Not content to dominate community parks around North America, the sociable, ‘tennis light’ paddle sport is taking root in holiday destinations – not just on land resorts and hotels, but also at sea, and, in the latest twist, overwater! 

Pickleball on the Rivers of Europe

AmaWaterways made waves when it became the first river cruise line to introduce...

One COVID Change of Plans Continues a Heart-Warming Legacy for this Cruise Line

08/26/2020

Holland America Line Changes the Name of its Newbuild and Designates it the New Flagship

Travel has taken a beating by COVID-19. But there’s one way it’s giving us something to celebrate.
Like all cruise lines, Holland American Line has been hit very hard by COVID. HAL has announced its operations are paused through the end of this year.
 
The company...

In it for the Long Haul: Cruise Line Marks 147 Years of Sailing History

04/24/2020
These historic photos and delightful vintage posters trace one of the longest journeys of any cruise line. Holland America Line commemorates its 147th anniversary in April 2020. 
While 147 years is not the round number milestone that usually marks big anniversary celebrations, this anniversary takes place while travel has paused globally and HAL cruise operations have...

Cruise Company Offers Ships as Floating Hospitals During COVID-19

03/27/2020

For some members of this family of cruise lines, serving during great times of need is part of the company DNA.

Carnival Corporation’s family of cruise lines includes some of the world’s most historic, like the British luxury line Cunard and also Holland America Line.

History of Service


Holland America’s roots go back to the 1870’s as a shipping and passenger line providing...

3 New Cruise Line Private Islands

03/22/2019
It used to be that private islands were the playgrounds of the ridiculously rich and fabulously famous. Then cruise lines got into the game. Now, cruise lines are competing with each other to build exclusive tropical enclaves in the Caribbean for their guests to experience not just a day on the beach, but create travel memories they can't get anywhere...

8 Facts About the Panama Canal

01/24/2019

Panama is one of the fastest-growing destinations in Central America, and the Panama Canal is the country's star attraction. Although it's on everyone's list of things to experience, the canal is more important as a global shipping transit than tourist experience. 

Whether you sail the canal on your next cruise or watch in action from land, here are 8 things you...

Video: Play for a Day on Holland America Line's Caribbean Private Island

06/18/2018

Think only the super rich and celebrities get the privileges of private islands?

Guests aboard Holland America Line cruises in the Eastern Caribbean can get a taste of private island lifestyle too.

HAL's private island is Half Moon Cay in the Bahamas, and it's the featured port of call on the Oprah Winfrey Girls' Getaway cruise.

BestTrip.TV has already been to this fantasy...

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