Hi, I'm Trevor Smith and I joined the travel industry in 2001 as a part time travel consultant. Over the years and as the industry took a grip of my career I have moved through the ranks. Going full time in 2002 I soon went into management, training and development.…
I have just had the pleasure of spending a night and day on NCL's newest ship, The Breakaway and what a pleasure it was. NCL is a Freestyle cruise company which means there is no need to feel the obligation to be dress formally at any time and meal times are based…
Well it's been a fun few days recently and lived upto expectation with the launch of the Oasis of the Seas 2014 in Europe. The Oasis is coming over for a refit and will do a few itineraries. As many of you know she will only be doing 3 cruises in…
It's all go in the business world and in their attempt to keep ahead of the game BA have responded to Air China's merger with Pot Noodles. In the early hours of this morning it was announced that British Airways and Cadburys would be merging. A spokesman for BA said…
Thought I’d share some exciting family news with you all. Currently my niece is in a maternity hospital bed waiting to give birth to her first child and it’s all very exciting, well for me it is, I’m sure she is a little nervous. She is expecting a little boy…
Treadful news coming out of the Canaries this week was the deaths of 5 ship staff on board the Thomson Majesty. Whilst doing a routine lifeboat test disaster struck as 1 lifeboat fell into the water instantly killing 5 of the crew inside that vessell. It just goes to…
So less than a year into the Vantage Fare campaign P&O and Cunard slash prices on 31 cruises, fantastic news.... Or is it? What happened to the Vantage Fare being the best deal to the customer? When I questioned this with a P&O account manager there response was 'by…
Winter has finally arrived and with all the snow it has brought for some great fun, for others it is a holiday nightmare. The snow clouds only need to sneeze over our airports and there is runway panic resulting in flight delays and even complete cancellations. Devastating for those with…
Over the last few months I have been meeting lots of new clients and continue to meet more, this week 1 of my colleagues left us and I have now been given the responsibility to look after all her clients, past and present, with that I welcome you all and…
Saga have just announced that Their ship, The Saga Ruby has had to delay it's final World voyage yet again. The 40 year old ship was due to set sail on the 7th January, a welcome relief for her many passengers as the tempratures in the UK plummit whilst…
2012 has been another great year for the cruise industry with more passengers sailing from the UK than ever before. With a choice of Liverpool, Harwich, Greenock, Tilbury, Dover, Portsmouth, Southampton to name a few and then all the fly cruises it's no wonder the cruise industry is growing. Over…