Year: 2020 - Page 5

In the week we went back to our roots to launch Shore Stays, there can be no better time to share our interview with Derek Wilson, the man who helped create Bolsover Cruise Club – or Bolsover Travel, as it was originally known – all those years ago. Read on…

With the stats continuing to stack up, we’re all taking sustainability seriously and that includes the cruise industry. At a time when the likes of David Attenborough and Greta Thunberg are shining a spotlight on climate change, both river and ocean cruise lines are reassessing the ways we can all…

We interviewed Seabourn Senior Manager of Expedition Operations & Planning Robin West to talk all things Seabourn and cruising Antarctica. With Seabourn already leading the way for luxury cruising in Antarctica, and now with voyages sailing to Alaska there are exciting times ahead for Seabourn. Being tasked with planning and…

Shortly after Holland America Line last night confirmed it is to sell four ships, Fred Olsen has confirmed it has purchased Amsterdam and Rotterdam from the cruise line.  The vessels will be renamed MS Bolette and MS Borealis, with the purchases coming as Fred Olsen looks to modernise its fleet. …

Hello, As Managing Director of Bolsover Cruise Club, the past four months have been both unprecedented but also remarkable as my team have grappled with the unfolding events of this once in a lifetime crisis. As we reach, what to me now seems a mid-point in this defined period of…

Hurtigruten has announced that the world’s first hybrid expedition cruise ship, MS Roald Amundsen, will embark on a series of short break expedition cruises in UK waters in September 2020. Hurtigruten will be the first expedition cruise ship to depart from a UK port, since the country entered Coronavirus lockdown in…

MSC Cruises’ newest ship, MSC Grandiosa is to star alongside The Nolans in a new TV series ‘The Nolans Go Cruising’. The eight-part series will air for the first time on Tuesday 7th July at 10pm on Quest Red and dplay . Filmed on board MSC Grandiosa, the series shows four of…

P&O Cruises has announced that the popular Oceana will leave the P&O Cruises fleet later this month. P&O Cruises president Paul Ludlow said: “Whilst we and many of our guests will miss Oceana, her departure will allow us to focus on our remaining ships in the fleet, as capacity expands…

Royal Caribbean International has confirmed that the launch of new ship, Odyssey of the Seas, will now be postponed until April 2021.  The first Quantum Ultra Class ship, Odyssey of the Seas had been scheduled for debut in November, however a combination of cruise suspensions and supply chain issues at…

It’s a case of ‘remember, remember, the 5th of November’ for fans of over 50s cruise line, Saga, with the date scheduled for the first sailing of new ship, Spirit of Adventure.  Saga paused all cruise operations in March as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic, with sailings aboard the…