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Cruising
Preventing Sea Sickness – Top Tips
Photo: Joseph Barrientos on www.unsplash.com
Sea sickness is a major concern for first-time cruise passengers and some people are event reluctant to take to the high seas for fear of feeling ill. However, there are many ways to combat this debilitating condition.
1:00 AM 4th April 2024
Cruising
Fred Olsen Offers Newcastle Seasonal Sailings
Fred. Olsen Cruise Lines is the first cruise operator to have departed from Newcastle this year, offering a variety of sailings to warmer climes. Smaller ship Balmoral set sail on her first cruise of the season from the Port of Tyne, taking guests on a nine-night ‘In Search of the Northern Lights’ cruise.
1:00 AM 21st March 2024
Africa
No Valentine? It Doesn’t Matter, Solo Travel Is Booming
Photo: Ibrahim Rifath on www.unsplash.com
Many couples will be enjoying a romantic Valentine getaway today, however, having a partner isn’t essential when it comes to travel. Taking a solo holiday, or “soliday”, is the latest travel trend that has been increasing in popularity over recent years.
1:00 AM 14th February 2024
Americas
Three Top Sailing Destinations To Guarantee Peace and Quiet
Are you yearning for peace and tranquillity? Then a private yacht charter might just be the answer. Here is a meticulously curated list of top destinations for sailing enthusiasts seeking to escape the crowds, unwind, and relish in a peaceful boating experience.
12:00 AM 27th January 2024
Cruising
Significant 2024 Sailings For The Northern Lights
With the Northern Lights at the top of many bucket lists, this year is probably one of the best times to see the vivid aurora displays since 2024 marks the ‘solar maximum’ giving travellers the best possible chance of spying Norway’s dancing skies. Fred.
1:00 AM 18th January 2024
Africa
Cruising – The New Ambition
If the people you meet onboard ship, as much as the ports you visit, are a measure of a cruise line’s overall quality, then Ambassador has to sit alongside many of its more expensive counterparts.
12:00 AM 5th January 2024
Africa
Grandma’s Wisdom And Globetrotting In 2024
Group Travel Editor for the P.ublished.com Media Titles, Phil Hopkins, takes a brief look back at 2023 and overviews where he’ll be visiting in the first quarter of 2024. So, sit back and take some inspiration from our very own resident globetrotter!
1:00 AM 2nd January 2024
Cruising
'Fred' Gets New CEO
Fred. Olsen Cruise Lines will soon welcome new CEO Samantha Stimpson, who has more than 25 years of commercial, operational and executive experience in the travel and hospitality industry. She joins the company from FTI Touristik, where currently serves as Chief Commercial Officer.
1:00 AM 31st October 2023
Cruising
Have A Drink On Us!
Fred. Olsen Cruise Lines is offering guests a free drinks package on a selection of 2024 itineraries. Running until 31st October, the drinks package will be available free of charge on cruises ranging from five to 32 nights on board Bolette, Borealis and Balmoral.
1:00 AM 13th October 2023
Cruising
Double On Board Cruise Spend – Any Destination
P&O Cruises has announced double on board spending money on applicable new Select Price holidays departing before December 31, 2024 when booked by October 2, 2023. It can be used for a variety of experiences including dining in the speciality restaurants, spa treatments, shore experiences or retail outlets.
12:20 AM 23rd September 2023
Cruising
Acropolis Tourist Limits Present New Opportunity
Phil Hopkins
Group Travel Editor & Theatre Correspondent
The recent implementation of visitor number limits at the Acropolis in Athens, Greece – designed to mitigate the negative aspects of tourism – could present an opportunity for people to get their ‘Greek Experience’ from other parts of the country. That’s the message from yachting holiday specialist, HELM, who include holidays to Greek islands within their portfolio.
1:00 AM 16th September 2023
Cruising
Havila Increases Access To Norwegian Fjords
Phil Hopkins
Group Travel Editor & Theatre Correspondent
Havila Voyages two ships, Polaris and Pollux, begin sailing on Norwegian waters this week, promising cruisers an awe-inspiring trip down some of the country’s breathtaking fjords.
1:02 AM 23rd August 2023
Cruising
Cruising With Kids – Making The Right Choice
Parents taking their little ones on a cruise need to be aware of certain things that could make their life on the ocean waves a little less stressful. Here are some handy hints from Panache Cruises:
1.On-board kids club
Before booking, make sure the ship is kid-friendly and able to cater for children. Is there a kids club on-board and does it need to be booked in advance?
8:20 AM 11th August 2023
Cruising
Barbie Joins P&O Cruises Arvia And Iona For The Summer Holidays
As Barbie mania sweeps Britain, P&O cruises are getting in on the act with the launch of family zones across its five family-friendly ships……….and Mattel’s 1959 iconic fashion doll is invited!
1:00 AM 9th August 2023
Cruising
A Homemade Lunch In Lisbon Anyone?
A new P&O Cruises shore experience will allow travellers to rub shoulders with a Michelin star inspired chef, whilst shopping for and preparing the food they will eat the same afternoon in Portugal’s capital, Lisbon.
1:00 AM 11th July 2023
Cruising
A COVID Note From Ambassador Cruises
The Chief Operating Officer for the Ambassador Cruise Line, Nick Hughes, has issued the following statement to anyone travelling on one of the company ships: “All COVID-19 vaccination and testing requirements have now been lifted! "We are pleased to advise that from Thursday 22nd June 2023, we lifted all COVID-19 vaccination and testing requirements.
2:43 PM 3rd July 2023
Cruising
Cruise Line’s Sustainability Ambitions
Phil Hopkins
Group Travel Editor & Theatre Correspondent
Havila Castor in the Geirangerfjord
Havila Voyages has launched its first ever sustainability and human rights report highlighting the company’s ambitious goal of carbon neutrality by 2028 and for an emission-free coastal route by 2030. All ambitions, it says, can be achieved with its current fleet.
1:00 AM 3rd June 2023
Cruising
Seven Hacks To Avoid Overweight Baggage Fees
Savvy holidaymakers hoping to avoid hefty fees for overweight baggage charges are being offered top hacks before they head off on their travels. Low-cost airlines are notorious for stinging passengers exceeding suitcase or hand luggage allowances, with large fees. To some, they have become a key revenue earner, even trumping the actual flight cost.
1:00 PM 23rd April 2023
Cruising
Plain Sailing Cruise Guide For Novices
Phil Hopkins
Group Travel Editor & Theatre Correspondent
Photo: Shutterstock
With many luxury and ultra-luxury cruise lines expecting a record number of passengers this summer, first-time cruisers are being offered top tips on how to make the most of their experience. The extent of choice and information available within the cruising sector can be daunting for those embarking on their first journey afloat so pre-planning is advised.
1:00 AM 15th April 2023
Cruising
Foods To Avoid Before Heading Off On Holiday
photo credit Pexels
Holidaymakers have been warned to avoid certain foods before they embark on their travels to guarantee plain sailing and a comfortable trip. Panache Cruises have researched the foods most likely to bring on feelings of travel sickness, so holidaymakers can steer clear.
2:00 AM 18th March 2023
Cruising
Cruise Line Launches Spring Offers
Ambassador Cruise Line is offering free cabin upgrades across a range of itineraries – along with other seasonal offers – on bookings made between now and April 3rd.
7:00 AM 12th March 2023
Cruising
Roll Up! Roll Up! Circus On Board Cunard!
Luxury cruise line Cunard has announced a world first partnership with contemporary circus company, Circa, culminating in a 6-week residency on board the Queen Elizabeth whilst the ship sails Australian and New Zealand waters in early 2024.
7:00 AM 9th February 2023
Cruising
Russia Loses £100m In 2022 Cruise Revenues
The war in Ukraine has led to a boom in tourism to eastern European sea ports as cruise ships find alternative destinations rather than visiting Russian ports. It means as much as £100m could have been lost from the Russian economy in 2022 with tourists spending their money in Estonia and Latvia instead according to an analysis by luxury cruise retailer Panache Cruises.
7:00 AM 22nd January 2023
Cruising
Fred Olsen Unveils Cruise Sale
Fred. Olsen Cruise Lines has unveiled its Cruise Sale, with sailings from Newcastle starting from £749 per person, plus a choice of a free all-inclusive drinks package or on board spending credit, when booked by 31st January inclusive. The offer features 25 sailings, with durations ranging from five to 23 nights, with each cruise including Fred.
3:00 AM 21st January 2023
Cruising
No Mobiles On This Holiday!
Phil Hopkins
Group Travel Editor & Theatre Correspondent
Thousands of Britons are going to the ends of the earth in search of a ‘digital detox’ and a return to those times when phones didn’t haunt every moment of your life! Luxury cruise experts Panache Cruises are reporting an increase in demand from those seeking to escape to locations beyond the reach of mobile phone signals and the internet.
7:00 AM 9th January 2023
Cruising
New Year Cruise Line Offers
Phil Hopkins
Group Travel Editor & Theatre Correspondent
Ambassador Cruise Line is helping travellers tick off bucket list destinations with a variety of new offers, valid for bookings made from now up to 31st January 2023.
7:00 AM 27th December 2022
Cruising
It’s A Girl! Viva Cruises Announces 2023 Ship Christening
Phil Hopkins
Group Travel Editor & Theatre Correspondent
River cruise specialist, VIVA Cruises, has announced its expansion with the pending launch of its second build ship next March. VIVA TWO, which will be christened in its home port of Düsseldorf, sets off on its maiden voyage from Frankfurt to Passau on 1st April. It has a total of 95 cabins for up to 190 passengers, making it the new flagship of the VIVA Cruises fleet.
7:00 AM 23rd December 2022
Cruising
New Liner To Be Named In World-First Beachside Event
Phil Hopkins
Group Travel Editor & Theatre Correspondent
P&O Cruises will tomorrow officially name its newest ship Arvia in a spectacular beachside ceremony in Barbados. The event, which will include some of Britain’s most contemporary, popular performers and presenters, will be broadcast live online to a global audience.
3:00 AM 15th December 2022
Cruising
Barcelona, Bocadillos & Barlow!
It was the first time I had shared dinner with a retired Crown Court judge. The fact that it had taken me 61 years to achieve this notable milestone and that we were both sailing the Mediterranean, was incidental. Still, something told me it was going to be an entertaining evening! “I was always telling him to wear his wig,” said his better half, “but he’d invariably take it off.
12:00 AM 25th November 2022
Cruising
A Rum Affair On The High Seas!
P&O Cruises has partnered with a Jersey-based rum brand to launch the world’s first on-board rum distillery. The Tidal Rum will produce Golden Tide on board the line’s newest ship, Arvia, which takes to the seas in December.
7:00 AM 21st November 2022
Cruising
Havila 'Battery' Ship Beats Norwegian Eco Deadline
Havila Voyages’ two ‘electric’ cruise liners have sailed into the World Heritage fjord of Geirangerfjord, using battery power almost four years ahead of Norway’s tough CO2 deadline.
6:54 PM 13th September 2022
Cruising
Iceland’s King of Cool
An outing to the Titanic Belfast visitor experience may not be the most auspicious way to begin a journey to the Arctic Circle, however, it does serve to demonstrate how far cruising has come since that fateful day in April 1912.
2:00 AM 20th August 2022
Cruising
VIVA Cruise Bonus For May & June
Phil Hopkins
Group Travel Editor & Theatre Correspondent
VIVA Cruises’ first new build ship, the VIVA ONE, has launched and, to celebrate, the river cruise specialist is offering a free cabin upgrade and reduced single cabin surcharge on all May and June 2022 departures The offer is available on all ships.
3:00 AM 22nd May 2022
Cruising
EU Sanctions Hit Havila Ship Building Programme
Phil Hopkins
Group Travel Editor & Theatre Correspondent
EU Sanctions Hit Havila Ship Building Programme
7:00 AM 19th April 2022
Cruising
EU Sanctions Hit Havila Ship Building Programme
The extension of EU sanctions against Russian companies may soon affect Havila Voyages’ shipbuilding programme. GTLK, owner of the leasing company in Hong Kong that has financed Havila Capella, is among the sanctioned companies.
7:00 AM 19th April 2022
Cruising
New Hand-Crafted Sailings For Summer 2023 – Fred Olsen
Phil Hopkins
Group Travel Editor & Theatre Correspondent
Fred. Olsen Cruise Lines has unveiled a new programme of cruising for summer 2023, offering a host of scenic sailings, cultural discoveries and port calls that coincide with special events ashore.
7:00 AM 7th April 2022
Cruising
Fred Olsen Cruise Reports January Recovery
Fred. Olsen Cruise Lines has enjoyed a bumper January, with sales returning to pre-pandemic levels across its small-ship ocean fleet. The strong start to 2022 was reflected in new bookings across the line’s 2022 and 2023 programme currently on sale, with last minute bookings for late winter and early spring proving particularly popular.
7:00 AM 16th February 2022
Cruising
New Travel Ready Service Top & Tails The Paperwork
Fred. Olsen has launched a new Travel Ready Service, meaning guests can look forward to their cruise safe in the knowledge that all paperwork and tests will be sorted by the cruise line before they travel.
7:00 AM 28th January 2022
Cruising
Antarctica Fly-Cruises To King George Island
Scenic Eclipse is set to resume the first of its scheduled sailing programme since the beginning of the pandemic, and will be among the first ships in the world to return to Antarctica next month.
7:00 AM 29th December 2021
Cruising
Ambassador Cruise Line launches New Year Saver Fares
The first British cruise line to launch in the UK in over decade has today unveiled its “New year Saver Fares” . Ambassador Cruises’ discounted sailings including spring in the Fjords, exploring the Baltics and summer in Iceland and Greenland. Offers are available until 8pm Tuesday 1st March 2022.
1:00 AM 27th December 2021
Cruising
Greece’s Corinth Canal: Scene For Second Record Breaker In 2023
Phil Hopkins
Group Travel Editor & Theatre Correspondent
Braemar Corinth Canal Transit
Fred. Olsen Cruise Lines is giving adventurers the chance to relive history, by joining small ship Braemar for a repeat of its record-breaking transit of the Corinth Canal in May 2023. In 2019, 22.52-metre-wide Braemar made history when she became the largest ship ever to traverse the 6.4-kilometre-long Corinth Canal in Greece, just 24-metres wide at its narrowest point.
7:00 AM 24th December 2021
Cruising
Ambassador Deal
Phil Hopkins
Group Travel Editor & Theatre Correspondent
Ambassador Deal Hi Phil I hope you are well and festivities have truly set in! Ahead of the new year we wanted to share with you some of the most aspirational cruises and itineraries from Ambassador Cruise Line, the first British cruise line to launch in 10 years. We are sure these bucket list adventures will whet travellers appetites and inspire their next adventure for 2022/23!
3:31 PM 23rd December 2021
Cruising
New Year Bollinger On A Boat!
See in the New Year in style, with the benefit of the Mediterranean climate! All aboard Sunborn GIbraltar, a 5* superyacht hotel moored in Gibraltar marina. Expect a bumper festive season of events, all in-line with government precautionary measures, for a safe and relaxed party environment.
8:00 AM 20th December 2021
Cruising
Emerald Set To Sparkle In 2022
Phil Hopkins
Group Travel Editor & Theatre Correspondent
Emerald Cruises is preparing for a landmark 2022 with the inaugural season of the line’s new river cruise Star-Ship, Emerald Luna, and the first of the brand’s ocean-going luxury superyachts, Emerald Azzurra, launching in the Spring.
7:00 AM 18th December 2021
Africa
Eco-Friendly Tips To Minimise Your Travel Carbon Footprint
Life is constantly on the move, none more so than when we are packing our bags for that well-earned holiday. But have you ever considered the 'footprint' ramifications of your leisure time on the environment? When it comes to choosing our mode of transport, duration is usually our primary concern, and we tend to select the option that gets us from A to B in the shortest amount of time.
7:00 AM 1st December 2021
Cruising
Black Friday Travel Deals
Award-winning cruise line, Emerald Cruises, has exclusive offers today for those looking to sail on a European river cruise or luxury yacht cruise in 2022.
1:00 AM 26th November 2021
Cruising
Homecoming For Fred. Olsen Cruise Lines
Fred Olsen Cruise lines has made its first voyage to Norway – it’s ‘Head office’ country – since the line resumed sailing in summer. New ship, Borealis, set sail earlier this month in search of the Northern Lights, the natural phenomenon after which she is named.
7:00 AM 24th November 2021
Africa
Seychelles Named As Maiden Voyage Destination
The inaugural sailing season of Emerald Cruises' new yacht, the Emerald Sakara, has been announced as it prepares to join its sister vessel, the Azzurra in 2023. Emerald Sakara’s maiden voyage will be the 11-day Tropical Charms of the Seychelles itinerary, taking guests on a round-trip from Victoria, Mahé Island, the capital of the Seychelles.
7:00 AM 3rd November 2021
Cruising
Scenic Reveals Inaugural Wonder Savings Event
Small ship specialist, Scenic has unveiled a raft of offers across its portfolio of river cruises and expedition voyages for travellers looking to secure their preferred suite, itinerary and sailing date for less.
7:00 AM 26th October 2021
Cruising
One Bloomin’ Good Sail To Holland
Phil Hopkins
Group Travel Editor & Theatre Correspondent
Holland’s once-in-a-decade horticultural display – Floriade Expo 2022 - begins in six months and luxury all-inclusive river cruise line, Scenic, are set to take you there.
4:00 AM 17th October 2021
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