MSC Cruises to run flash sale for autumn 2015 sailings
MSC Cruises to run flash sale for autumn 2015 sailings
MSC Cruises is to run a limited 96-hour flash sale this weekend, discounting a selection of seven-night autumn fly-cruises. The promotion will run between Friday 5 June and Monday 8 June and prices will start from £449 per person, based on two adults sharing an inside cabin. All deals will include a free upgrade from
June 2015
PONANT releases its winter 2016-2017 Antarctica expedition cruises
PONANT releases its winter 2016-2017 Antarctica expedition cruises
French cruise line PONANT Yacht Cruises & Expeditions has opened bookings for its Antarctica 2016-2017 cruises, 18 months prior to the first departure date. Guests can explore the world’s extreme regions in five-star comfort aboard Le Boréal, Le Soléal and brand new ship Le Lyrial. From November 2016 to February 2017, PONANT is offering four
June 2015
X-Factor’s Sam Bailey to sail on Saga Sapphire cruise
X-Factor’s Sam Bailey to sail on Saga Sapphire cruise
Following news earlier this month that TV presenter Michaela Strachan is to cruise to Iceland, Saga has now revealed X-Factor’s Sam Bailey is to sail on a cruise to the Baltic. Sam Bailey, a former prison officer who won the tenth series of The X-Factor in 2013, will join Saga Sapphire’s music-themed St Petersburg and
May 2015
Hurtigruten adds more direct flights from the UK for early 2016
Hurtigruten adds more direct flights from the UK for early 2016
Hurtigruten has added 24 new direct flight options from seven departure airports between January and March 2016 to enable more customers to book fly-cruise sailings. Direct flights have been arranged from London Gatwick, Manchester, Bristol, Bournemouth, Newcastle, East Midlands and Dublin airports. The five- or six-day ‘Arctic Highlights’ is one of Hurtigruten’s most popular itineraries and
May 2015
Thomson Cruises to acquire Mein Schiff 1 and 2 from TUI Cruises
Thomson Cruises to acquire Mein Schiff 1 and 2 from TUI Cruises
Thomson Cruises is to add Mein Schiff 1 and Mein Schiff 2 to its fleet from German sister-line TUI Cruises in a bid to modernise the UK cruise operations. The announcement was made in the ‘Interim Results for the six months ended 31 March 2015’ document published yesterday by the TUI Group. No exact dates
May 2015
Cruise to the fjords cut short by outbreak of stomach bug
Cruise to the fjords cut short by outbreak of stomach bug
P&O Cruises’ Azura was not the only ship spending an unexpected day in Southampton last weekend. Fred Olsen’s Balmoral returned early from a cruise to the Norwegian fjords after a large number of passengers were affected by a “gastro-enteritis type illness.” The ship was given a deep clean before leaving last night as scheduled for
May 2015
Autistic Alan designs Viking Ocean Cruises show garden at RHS Chelsea
Autistic Alan designs Viking Ocean Cruises show garden at RHS Chelsea
Viking Cruises has secured a Main Avenue show garden at RHS Chelsea to highlight the launch of its ocean venture and garden designer Alan Gardner has used his unique skills to create The Viking Ocean Cruises Show Garden after ‘forensically’ studying architectural drawings and images of Viking Star. Viking Star, a 930-passenger luxury ship complete with infinity
May 2015
Laura-Jane’s video cruise blog from Anthem of the Seas
Laura-Jane’s video cruise blog from Anthem of the Seas
Laura-Jane Parker hopped aboard Royal Caribbean’s latest cruise ship Anthem of the Seas at Southampton for a couple of nights to film a video blog – or ‘vlog’ for short. The video features footage from around the cruise ship together with footage of Laura-Jane tackling RipCord by iFLY, the bumper cars in SeaPlex, and enjoying
May 2015
Virtual video tour of Carnival Vista
Virtual video tour of Carnival Vista
Carnival Cruise Lines has released a video tour of their upcoming cruise ship Carnival Vista. Carnival has continued the personification of Carnival Vista that was first seen on the ship’s own dedicated Twitter account which has the description “What’s 133,500 tons, has 15 decks, no thumbs and is setting sail May 2016? Me. Hi, I’m
May 2015
Construction begins on MSC Meraviglia
Construction begins on MSC Meraviglia
MSC Cruises has revealed the name of their first ‘Vista Project’ mega ships as MSC Meraviglia, Italian for “wonder”. The announcement was made at a steel cutting ceremony which saw construction work on building the new 167,600 gross ton cruise ship officially begin. MSC Cruises Executive Chairman Pierfrancesco Vago said “MSC Meraviglia will be the
April 2015
Royal Caribbean names Anthem of the Seas in Southampton
Royal Caribbean names Anthem of the Seas in Southampton
On Monday Royal Caribbean hosted a naming ceremony for their latest ship Anthem of the Seas while she was docked in Southampton. Emma Wilby, the Godmother of Anthem of the Seas, officially named the ship in a ceremony attended by over 1,300 guests. The ceremony started with a procession of VIP’s before DJ Womso took
April 2015