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Holland America adds new cruises for celestial events in 2026

Tuesday, July 30 by ABC News

(NEW YORK) -- Holland America has created some picture perfect cruise itineraries for travelers with celestial events on their adventure bucket list such as seeing the northern lights or a total solar eclipse from the high seas.The Seattle-based cruise line announced a new slate...

Royal Caribbean launches industry-first loyalty status match program for cruises

Saturday, June 1 by ABC News

(NEW YORK) -- Mega ship cruise line Royal Caribbean International is making waves rolling out an industry-first status matching program for loyalty members.The company announced Thursday that members of Royal Caribbean’s Crown & Anchor Society, Celebrity Cruises’ Captain’s Club and Silversea’s Venetian Society will...

Travel Tuesday boasts savings on flights, hotels, cruises and more: how to score the best deal

Tuesday, November 28 by ABC News

(NEW YORK) -- Travel Tuesday is taking off, and that next great vacation could be just a click away."We're expecting to see more deals available today than on Black Friday and Cyber Monday combined," Hayley Berg, lead economist for the travel app Hopper, told...

‘Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One’ cruises into top spot at box office

Monday, July 17 by ABC News

Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One has cruised into the top spot in its opening weekend at the box office, securing $56.2 million between Friday and Sunday and $80 million since its Wednesday opening.Although Mission: Impossible landed atop the box office, the Tom Cruise-led film fell slightly below the...

‘Avatar’ sequel star Kate Winslet on beating Tom Cruise’s record by holding her breath for more than 7 minutes

Friday, December 16 by ABC News

When Tom Cruise set a personal record for holding his breath underwater for six minutes while filming Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation, most thought besting that feat would an impossible mission of its own. Enter Kate Winslet. The multiple Oscar winner not only beat Cruise, but bested her own record...

‘Top Gun: Maverick’ zooms past $800 million to become Tom Cruise’s biggest ever hit

Friday, June 17 by ABC News

Just shy of his 60th birthday on July 3, Tom Cruise officially has the biggest hit of his career in Top Gun: Maverick.Riding high on a 97% Rotten Tomatoes score, the film has flown past $800 million worldwide, besting...

‘Top Gun: Maverick’ poised to be Tom Cruise’s biggest U.S. box office hit ever

Friday, June 3 by ABC News

At 59 years old, Tom Cruise is about to have the biggest domestic hit of his blockbuster-filled career, and Top Gun: Maverick is just taking off.

Chloe Kim cruises to second straight Olympic gold in Beijing

Thursday, February 10 by ABC News

(BEIJING) -- American snowboarding queen Chloe Kim was crowned with gold for the second straight Olympics.The 21-year-old took first place in women's halfpipe, followed by Spain's Queralt Castellet, who claimed silver, and Japan's Sena Tomita, who took home the bronze.It took just one run...

COVID live updates: Avoid cruises regardless of vaccination status, CDC says

Friday, December 31 by ABC News

(NEW YORK) -- As the COVID-19 pandemic has swept the globe, more than 5.4 million people have died from the disease worldwide, including over 824,000 Americans, according to real-time data compiled by Johns Hopkins University's Center for Systems Science and Engineering.About 62% of the...

Tom Cruise’s helicopter lands in UK family’s yard

Wednesday, August 25 by ABC News

A family in Warwickshire, England got an unexpected visit from Tom Cruise when his helicopter landed in their garden -- or as we'd say in the U.S., their yard.The 59-year-old actor, who's in the U.K. filming Mission Impossible 7, needed to use the family's...

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