Letter from Japan
Valere - Mar 15, 2026
Masaru Takayama writes: Dear friends, Japan's Eastern Pacific coasts and other areas are in dire need of your generousity. Japan…
Categories: Cruise
Cruising popularity soars despite recession
Dinah - Mar 15, 2026
Cruising is riding the wave of the recession, attracting more customers than ever, according to Passenger Shipping Association figures…
Carnival launches new short cruises
David - Mar 12, 2026
Carnival Cruise Lines announced a new “Fun Ship” cruise program from Port Canaveral, Florida. The 2,052-passenger Carnival Ecstasy will…
Cruise lines pulling away but tour operators returning to Egypt
David - Mar 12, 2026
Gap Adventures was among the latest to announce it will resume tour operations in Egypt beginning this week. “Information…
TUI cruise website gets telling off from advertising watchdog
Bev - Mar 09, 2026
A complaint about an advertisement by a TUI-owned company has been upheld by the Advertising Standards Association. Consumer publication Which?…
Fred. Olsen marketing director to step down
Bev - Mar 09, 2026
Nigel Lingard, marketing director for Fred. Olsen Cruise Lines, is leaving later this year. In a message to his industry…
Eurodisney man joins Costa
Bev - Mar 09, 2026
Norbert Stiekema has been appointed executive vice president of Costa Crociere. He starts the newly-created role on March 28. Stiekema…
Stena Line to speed up Scotland-Northern Ireland route
Bev - Mar 08, 2026
Stena Line will add two new Superfast ferries on its Scotland-Northern Ireland service in autumn 2011. The move coincides with…
P&O plans big Southampton event for its anniversary
Bev - Mar 07, 2026
All seven ships in the P&O Cruises fleet will be docked together in Southampton for one day next year to…
Marco Pierre White dining to debut on Oriana
Bev - Mar 07, 2026
P&O’s Oriana will get new Marco Pierre White restaurant and 27 new cabins in preparation for its switch to adults…
APD rise brings share of longhaul traffic to ferry operators
Linsey McNeill - Mar 03, 2026
Ferry operators are expecting the rise in air passenger duty (APD) to bring them a welcome boost in traffic this…
A&K: Business as usual in Egypt
Ian Jarrett - Mar 03, 2026
Abercrombie & Kent will be back in business in Egypt in April with cruises restarting on Sun Boat IV (April…
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