About Me
Hi and welcome to me. I got into the travel industry straight from leaving college in 2003 and have never managed to get out as I have become hypnotized and fallen in love with finding people their dream holidays, especially cruises. I worked my way up the ranks in the retail travel…
Posted on Dec 4, 2017
Hello December.
Well November drew to a close and was a busier month than I expected. This time of year tends to be very quiet for us in the travel industry with the small matter of Christmas seemingly taking over everything. I know in my household we popped the tree up on…
Posted on Nov 20, 2017
Regent Seven Seas name their new ship.
Luxury cruise line, Regent Seven Seas have revealed the name of their newest ship and brand new sister ship to their Seven Seas Explorer. As part of the naming process, Regent Seven Seas Cruises sought suggestions from its valued travel agents, loyal guests and employees for the ship’s name in a…
Posted on Nov 6, 2017
Prague part 2.
Having been back for a fortnight now, we have already decided that we are going to return to Prague next October half term with our daughters as we haven't really shut up about it, I just know they will love exploring and riding the trams! The picture above is of…
Posted on Oct 23, 2017
My little break to wonderful Prague.
So I returned in the early hours of this morning from a 3 night break to my new favourite city, Prague. My lovely other half booked it and managed to keep it a surprise until my birthday back on the 6th and we flew out on Thursday morning after off…
Posted on Oct 9, 2017
What a month!!
Well, I got into the travel industry 15 years ago and have come up against numerous issues in the past, which have been 'testing to say the least.' The likes of the Icelandic volcano eruption was one of the biggest challenges faced with thousands of travellers plans disrupted. The value…
Posted on Sep 25, 2017
Cunard announce a 4th ship to join the Queens.
Cunard have today announced they have ordered a 4th Queen to join the fleet!! She will be the 1st new ship to join the fleet in 12 years since the Queen Elizabeth was ordered. Early details are quite limited, however 1 thing is quite refreshing. She will be 113,000 tonnes…
Posted on Sep 11, 2017
Hurricane Irma – Cruise lines get involved with the devastation.
With Hurricane Irma tearing through the Caribbean and causing billions of pounds worth of damage to some of the cruise industries most visited ports, both Royal Caribbean and Norwegian Cruise Lines have scrambled some of their fleet, very generously to help with delivering supplies and also rescue stranded tourists and…
Posted on Aug 28, 2017
This made me chuckle! Royal Caribbean try to aid Big Ben silence.
Royal Caribbean has come up with a genius and rather funny way of conquering the silence that will be left over London for the next 4 years, while Big Ben undergoes major works and the famous bell is silenced. The cruise line has sent a letter to Speaker of The House of…
Posted on Aug 14, 2017
Vancouver reaching capacity!
A top official in the cruise industry has warned that Alaska super hub, Vancouver, is not going to be able to deal with the volume of tourists using the port and the start/end point of their cruise. As the start/end point of a large amount of Rocky Mountaineer tour, the city…
Posted on Jul 31, 2017
Back to normality! Boooo!!
So after having 10 days out of the office, I have had to log on for the first time today since our rather lovely trip to France. There are very few down sides to my job, however, 456 unread emails is a bit of a killer after relaxing my typing…
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