Juliette’s ‘Taylor’ Made Cruises

A 57-year-old man has been kicked off a cruise for flicking a cigarette butt over the side of a boat during a dream holiday with P&O Australia. Mark O'Keefe and his wife Debra left on the twelve day cruise to Bali from Freemantle on June 6. The couple, based in…

Thomson Cruises has confirmed the purchase of Legend of the Seas from Royal Caribbean International. The news comes nine days before the launch of the line's latest ship TUI Discovery -- another former Royal Caribbean ship and a sister to Legend, Splendour of the Seas. The 1,832-passenger ship will join…

I was lucky enough to be rewarded with a place on Harmony of the seas, the worlds largest cruise ship on the inaugural voyage. From the moment I stepped on board I knew she was going to be amazing and she did not disappoint. The ship features The Ultimate Abyss…

The appeals trial is to begin in Italy of the captain held responsible for the Costa Concordia cruise ship disaster in 2012, in which 32 people were killed. Francesco Schettino was given 16 years in jail last year, after a court found him guilty of manslaughter, causing a maritime accident…

This is an interesting topic- safety is the most important factor in holiday destination choice for the majority of consumers, a new study reveals. As many as 80% rate safety as the determining factor in the wake of terrorist attacks in countries such as Egypt, Tunisia, Turkey, France and Belgium. The…

Thomson Cruises is reintroducing ex-UK cruises from Newcastle in 2017. This is something I have been asked about by several customers, so it will be a welcome move. The line said the move was the latest step to ensure customers were given a “wider-than-ever” choice of itineraries and destinations to…

A British holidaymaker was rescued from the Atlantic after apparently trying to swim to a cruise liner while carrying her handbag, Susan Brown, 65, was pulled from the ice-cold waters off the coast of Madeira shortly after midnight on Sunday with severe hypothermia after more than four hours swimming a third…

Crystal Cruises is to build what it claims will be the world’s first purpose-built polar class mega-yacht. The luxury line’s first-ever expedition ship, Crystal Endeavor, is due to enter service in August of 2018. Measuring 600 ft long, the 25,000 gross ton vessel will carry 200 passengers in 100 suites.…

A luxury cruise ship which spent decades crossing the sun-drenched waters of the Caribbean and the Mediterranean could be en route for Sweden’s chilly Baltic coast to be converted into an asylum centre. Sweden’s Migration Agency is close to signing a deal with charter company US Shipmanagers to bring the…

Norwegian Jade will arrive in Europe looking resplendent after a two-and-a-half-week dry dock to begin her regular cruises from Southampton on 12 May 2017 with a series of seven-night Western Europe itineraries visiting Hamburg, Amsterdam, Zeebrugge (Brussels/Bruges) and Le Harve (Paris), offered from 12 to 26 May and from 17…