I have been in the travel industry for over 18 years and became a cruise specialist 8 years ago. I have a wide range of knowledge of all the cruise lines from River cruising with APT to 6* cruising with Silversea. I have sailed on-board with Royal Caribbean, Norwegian Cruise…
Saga sees annual profits leap by a quarter, and today announces work is underway to design and build a next generation Saga cruise ship due for delivery in 2019. Now for the first time you can book your Saga cruise with Cruise.co.uk Saga has released figures showing overall trading profit…
Regent Seven Seas Cruises has announced an order for a new ship, set to be delivered in 2020. The ship will be the sister vessel to Seven Seas Explorer which launches in July this year. Making the announcement, parent company Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings, said a deal had been struck…
A resort-style port of call being created in Belize by Norwegian Cruise Line is due to open in November. Harvest Caye will feature on western Caribbean itineraries for Norwegian and sister lines, Regent Seven Seas Cruises and Oceania Cruises, on selected Caribbean sailings. Itinerary Example (below). The purpose-built island resort…
Royal Caribbean International will base eight ships in Europe in 2017, with two ships sailing from Southampton. Navigator of the Seas and Independence of the Seas will once again sail out of Southampton, the same two ships sailing from the UK this year. The ships will sail to the…
Royal Caribbean’s newest ship, Ovation of the Seas, is due to be completed earlier than planned giving UK customers an additional sailing. A new, three-night inaugural cruise will sail out of Southampton on 14 April 2016 on a round-trip to Rotterdam, Netherlands. The original 5 nights sailing on 17th April…
Less than 12 months old, Royal Caribbean's Anthem of the Seas has been struck by Atlantic storms. The ship left Cape Liberty (New York) to Port Canaveral, but had to turn back around due to such sever weather conditions. Passengers on-board will be compensated. Images posted online by passengers…
A $125 million fleet-wide refurbishment plan has been outlined for ships in the Regent Seven Seas Cruises fleet. The aim is to bring the vessels in line with new ship, Seven Seas Explorer, which is due to enter service this summer. The two-year upgrade will start with the luxury line’s…
Hello and once again welcome to my four-nightly blog. This week I am asking the question "Should Cruise Lines Stop Visiting Ports in Turkey? We all know about the unrest in the Eastern part of the Mediterranean, and especially in countries neighboring Syria, like Turkey. So we have a decision…
Cruise.co.uk is the only travel firm to feature in the latest Sunday Times Fast Track 100 list of private companies with the fastest-growing sales. We appear in 54th position in the latest league table, notching up average sales growth over three years of 60.51%. Compiled by Fast Track 100 and published…
Cruise.co.uk has had a record breaking year in 2015, and where better to celebrate than on our annual Christmas Conference on-board Fred Olsen's Balmoral. Last Saturday we jumped on-board Balmoral and embarked on an unforgettable 3 night 70's cruise. With over 125 staff on-board we had meetings, presentations, motivational speakers,…