Year: 2020 - Page 4

P&O Cruises has taken official ownership of Iona at a handover ceremony with the Meyer Werft shipyard in Germany. Delivered on Friday, Iona becomes to largest cruise ship ever built for the UK market and the most technologically advanced in the P&O Cruises fleet. At 185,000 tonnes, 345m in length…

Saga Cruises has taken delivery of its second new build ship, Spirit of Adventure, from the Meyer-Werft shipyard in Emden, Germany this weekend. The ship had been meant to join the fleet in August, but uncertainty created by the global pandemic has seen its launch delayed until February 2021. Spirit…

Hello, With another month passed comes another update. Like September more generally, this one brings a mixture of emotions for me, not least because I begin with news that our Meadowhall store, The Cruise Holiday Shop, will not reopen. It had always been an aspiration of mine to open a…

Our Culinary Corner recipes have brought you many a signature dish in the last few months. This one, a Cunard breakfast favourite, is by popular demand. It’s best prepared in advance, so although not quite as simple as ordering breakfast in bed on board, it’ll set you up for a…

The UK Chamber of Shipping, the trade association for the UK shipping industry, has released details of a new Framework designed to pave the way for a return to cruising. The association has worked closely with the cruise industry for over six months developing new Framework documents for cruise ship…

Fred. Olsen Cruise Lines’ brand new World Cruise aboard its new ship Borealis has gone on sale, giving cruisers the opportunity to set sail from either Liverpool or Southampton in January 2022. Borealis’ S2202 ‘Around the World’ sailing, which will include transits of both the Suez and Panama Canals, visits to America, Hawaii, Papua New Guinea,…

The latest addition to Saga’s ocean cruise fleet, Spirit of Adventure, was officially handed over today in Emden, Germany, by shipbuilder Meyer Werft. Spirit of Adventure is Saga’s second purpose-built boutique cruise ship, joining Spirit of Discovery which became part of the Saga Cruise fleet in July 2019. Spirit of…

Cunard has revealed a summer of all-new sailings for Queen Elizabeth in 2021 and itineraries are on sale next week. Queen Elizabeth will make her return to UK and European waters in March 2021, before returning to Australia in December. The long-awaited new season programme will see her call at…

Princess Cruises has announced that its newest vessel, Sky Princess, will sail from Southampton next summer following deployment changes for 2021. A series of alterations sees 10 British Isles voyages moved from Crown Princess to Sky Princess, with departure dates remaining the same. Sky Princess is the further Royal Class…

Have you heard the one about the cruising cockatoo? Or the one with Ed Sheeran and the windowless crew cabin? In the name of brightening a grey day on the rollercoaster that is life in times of Coronavirus (aka the Coronacoaster) here are three cruise news stories that prove stranger…