Saga’s Spirit of Adventure naming ceremony will take place in Portsmouth on August 19, 2020. Saga chose Portsmouth for its dramatic harbour, maritime heritage, and wider regeneration plans and the event will be the first time a cruise ship has been christened in port. Nigel Blanks, Managing Director of Saga…
Read More Keep Reading2020 has only just begun and we can’t believe that last night we took to the stage at the star-studded UK Cruise Awards 2020 to receive the Top Agent award for the 33rd consecutive year in a row for P&O Cruises. Guests were dressed to impress for an evening of…
Read More Keep ReadingPrincess Cruises has revealed its second round of celebrities who will speak on board Crown Princess as she sails from Southampton this year. Further to the first round of celebrities who were announced in late 2019, the following will also join the speaker programme: · Judge Robert…
Read More Keep ReadingSailors will be given a high-tech wearable experience on their Virgin Voyages cruise. Virgin Voyages wearable device Virgin Voyages are doing away with the traditional wearable device and have created a modern “bracelet” to manage the entire on board experience for guests. Virgin Voyages have teamed up with partner Bionic…
Read More Keep ReadingSriracha, Poke and Gyros top the list of food items Brits can’t pronounce One in ten UK adults actually refuse to try new food and drink items when abroad due to being unable to pronounce them Veganism, being a fussy eater, and fears around trying new things were also cited…
Read More Keep ReadingCelebrity Cruises has cut the first piece of steel at the Chantiers de l’Atlantique shipyard in Saint-Nazaire, France for the third-in-class Edge series ship, Celebrity Beyond. Richard D. Fain, Chairman and CEO, Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd said: Celebrity Beyond is the perfect natural next-step in the Edge Series. The Edge Series…
Read More Keep ReadingWhen Celebrity Apex is christened on March 30, 2020, it will be Celebrity Cruises first ship to be launched in the UK in over a decade. Celebrity Apex Features Sister ship to Celebrity Edge, Celebrity Apex will include the floating Magic Carpet, The Retreat, Infinite Verandas, two-story Edge Villas and…
Read More Keep Reading‘Don’t just book it – Thomas Cook it!’ The fact that we’re all familiar with the seven-word slogan sums up the status Thomas Cook held as the OG of the travel agent business. So, when news broke on 30 September 2019 that the pioneers of leisure travel had ceased trading…
Read More Keep ReadingGirls just want to have fun. And a little luxury. Perhaps a couple of cocktails and a spot of shopping. Fortunately, a short break on Cunard’s Queen Mary 2 promises all that and more. Rebecca Martin sailed from Hamburg to sample high life and high tea on a new, altogether…
Read More Keep ReadingMSC Cruises and Chantiers de l’Atlantique sign firm contracts for construction of third and fourth LNG-powered MSC World Class ships. World Class LNG-powered ships MSC Cruises’ third and fourth LNG-powered MSC World Class ships will be delivered in 2025 and 2027. The first of the initial two ships in the…
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