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Essex-based cruise line, Cruise & Maritime, have recently made a bold statement that Brexit has been good for them since the announcement that Britain had voted to leave the EU back in June of this year. The line, who will offer departures from 11 UK ports in 2017 (plus Dublin), have stated that its passengers are attracted to the fact that its on-board currency is sterling, rather than US dollars or euros. Cruise & Maritime claim that the demand for the traditional British cruise experience is still very high, which is perhaps down to concerns over the ease to travel within Europe in the near future due to the nation’s decision to leave the EU. Another cruise line that was championing the ‘Keep Calm And Sail On’ ethic straight after the vote was Fred Olsen who also stressed their sterling prices on-board: ‘The only point that we make to our guests, as we did 4-5 years ago, is that we have sterling prices on-board, so when the exchange rate is against us it doesn’t have the same impact as taking a holiday in Spain, for example, or those cruise lines that price in dollars on-board’. A spokeswoman for P&O stressed ‘No concerns’ at the time of the vote and several other cruise lines made sure to release statements of reassurance as sterling fell to its lowest level in 30...