About Me

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…

Posted on Jun 4, 2019
Cruise and Maritime’s Columbus Ship Cancels Cruise

Cruise and Maritime ship Columbus departed from Amsterdam on Friday and was sailing to the Norwegian Fjords when trouble stuck. It was reported the 1300+ passenger vessel was hit by a foreign object, however after some investigation and inspections by surveyors and divers she was cleared to sail. The ship then…

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Posted on May 22, 2019
Virgin Voyages New Scarlet Lady will call at Dover and Liverpool

Virgin Voyages brand new ship Scarlet Lady, currently being built in Italy, will call at Dover and Liverpool. Set to home-port in Miami next year, Scarlet Lady will leave Genoa in February and is set to hit the UK later that month. She will then do a series of 4…

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Posted on May 22, 2019
Virgin Voyages New Scarlet Lady will call at Dover and Liverpool

Virgin Voyages brand new ship Scarlet Lady, currently being built in Italy, will call at Dover and Liverpool. Set to home-port in Miami next year, Scarlet Lady will leave Genoa in February and is set to hit the UK later that month. She will then do a series of 4…

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Posted on May 7, 2019
Perfect Day at CocoCay is Now Open!

Royal Caribbean new revitalised $250m private island CocoCay is now open The amazing private island in the Bahamas has been transformed with a 135-foot-tall waterside, helium balloon ride, a wave pool and a lagoon. Among the 13 water slides it also boasts  the tallest waterslide in North America and the largest…

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Posted on Apr 23, 2019
Cruise and Maritime Voyages Looking to Expand its Fleet of Ships to Seven!

Cruise and Maritime are looking to buy a seventh ship to join the fleet, with further plans to launch in 2020. CMV (Cruise and Maritime Voyages) considered buying P&O ship Oriana, however this was sold to a joint venture between China Travel Service and China Ocean Shipping Group Company. Ships…

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Posted on Apr 11, 2019
Face Identity Trials For Royal Caribbean

Royal Caribbean is working with IDEMIA to speed its disembarkation process using IMFace a 3-D face capture technology. Trails have begun at Cape Liberty, New Jersey, and Miami, where it will go into production. How does MFace work? The new technology compares the facial identities of passengers disembarking with the identities…

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Posted on Dec 21, 2018
Merry Christmas To All!

Firstly I would like to wish a very merry Christmas to all my customers, who have been fantastic throughout the year! Just last week I was on-board Cruise and Maritime for our annual conference. The figures shown was tremendous and we keep growing year on year, this is down to…

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Posted on Nov 16, 2018
My Experience with Croisi Europe on the River Seine!

This week I was fortunate enough to be invited on-board Croisi Europe ship MS Renoir. Sailing from Paris to Honfleur with historical stops including Les Andelys and Rouen along the way. MS Renoir has undergone a full refurbishment earlier this year, and she is in excellent condition. The decor is…

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Posted on Sep 4, 2018
Royal Caribbean add UK Based Independence of the Seas to Smartphone!

Royal Caribbean has added Independence of the Seas to the list of ships supported by the cruise line's new smart phone app. While the app store updates do not list Independence of the Seas, the app itself lists Independence among the list of supported ships. You can use the app…

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Posted on Jun 12, 2018
Magnificent Rocky Mountaineer a Bucket List!

For our 8th Wedding Anniversary, we wanted something special, something amazing, something spectacular, a Bucket List, and we found exactly that on-board Rocky Mountaineer. Flying direct with Air Canada from London Heathrow  we traveled from Calgary to Vancouver whilst also staying in Banff and Kamloops. We got to experience the…

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