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Fred Olsen is adding Portsmouth to its embarkation port list from next year, joining Dover, Southampton, Newcastle, Liverpool, Leith and Greenock. The Portsmouth cruises will be offered on Boudicca, ...
Norwegian Cruise Line’s Norwegian Jade is just the latest cruise ship to be based in Southampton and she arrived on Saturday in her new home port. Until this weekend she has been cruising around the ...
The Queen will visit Southampton on Monday to bid farewell to the world's most famous liner. While on board, the Queen will unveil a new painting of QE2 and will meet serving crew members who vo...
Regent Seven Seas, has begun the process of receiving bids to build a brand new ultra-luxury cruise ship for its line. The new vessel will have a projected capacity of about eight hundred passengers ...
What exactly does it mean to be the largest cruise ship in the world? Well, Independence of the Seas is a record breaker in many ways. The vessel: • Has 4,375 berths • Cost £400 million •...
If you have children under two, you need to be aware that minimum age policies vary considerably from one cruise line to another and facilities may be both age related and development related (eg som...
Island Cruises is the latest cruise company to be receive a Thomas Cook PROUD award, given to trade partners that support Thomas Cook’s company values. The PROUD award is designed to encapsulate ...
Holidays don't always go without a hitch and cruise holidays can be more fraught with unexpected happenings than many others, but it’s amazing what people actually claim for on their holiday insuranc...
If you’ve ever fancied seeing ‘Ancient Treasures’, then this Costa cruise of Greece and Turkey could be just right for you. It’s a seven night experience on Costa’s newest vessel, Serena. Fly to ...
What can you expect on your plate if you sail on the newly launched Ventura? Well to begin with there’s plenty to do and see apart from eating and drinking. She has more than 7,000 items of art, a 3...
Fred Olsen's most recent acquisition is the cruise liner Balmoral and since the first of May she’s been sailing out of Civitavecchia which is the port for Rome. The 1,340 ship is making five cruises...
Like most superliners, Independence of the Seas has a range of facilities including the by now almost standard ice rink, a surfing simulator and a whole street of boutiques and restaurants. The rece...
Fred Olsen Cruise Lines has just launched a brochure for a second season of these unusual cruises. Civilisations is an add-on package on selected cruises, that offers a more in-depth experience by g...
Those innovative people, the Japanese, are copying ancient Vikings, by choosing to cremate their departed loved ones on crematorium ships and getting a cruise out of it, to boot. The Nippon Founda...
P&O Cruises is a uniquely British line, offering a profoundly UK-centred cruising experience, which makes it even more surprising that in 2009, for the first time, P&O is offering a round Bri...
People from, or visiting, Australia will have an almost unique opportunity to sail the historic waters of Anzac Cove on the Gallipoli Peninsula next year. Dawn Princess will be visiting Turkey as par...
Following the successful launch of MSC Poesia this spring, MSC are delighted that cruise sales have more than doubled since the launch. Apparently, during the busiest period, the MD and Chairman had ...
Royal Caribbean Cruises has gone beyond just having a green space on cruise ships. The first of the next generation of RCI ships will have a whole tropical garden based on New York's Central Park wi...
P&O Cruises claims to have made has made a breakthrough in attracting younger passengers to take their cruise holidays, at least on the Ventura. The average passenger age for this newest P&O...
The Madeiran capital and cruise port, Funchal, which has been a popular cruise destination since at least the 1950s, is set for a massive renovation. Starting this month, the port will increase its c...
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