Royal Caribbean International’s Vice President for EMEA has been appointed the new chair for cruise body Clia UK and Ireland. Beginning his two-year tenure later this month Bouldin will work with Clia to support it 4,000 travel agency members and more than 50 cruise lines as cruising restarts in the
Due to the UK government’s delay to ‘Freedom Day’ until 19th July, cruise lines must stick to the lowest of 50% capacity or 1,000 passengers, these limits were due to be relaxed from 21st June. P&O Cruises confirmed it has approached “a number of guests” booked on several sailings on
An iconic day for the cruise industry’s next iconic ship took place on Monday, 14th June when Royal Caribbean International marked the start of construction on its first Icon Class ship. To celebrate the milestone, the world’s largest cruise line held a steel-cutting ceremony at Finnish shipyard Meyer Turku, where
Virgin Voyages has put its sailings on sale through to spring 2023 onboard its third ship, Resilient Lady. Resilient Lady will operate around the Greek Islands, sailing from Piraeus next summer, will be based in San Juan, Puerto Rico, from winter 2022 through to spring 2023. Resilient Lady is going
Following the Scottish government’s decision to ban passenger vessels from calling into their ports, Saga has been forced to change to UK cruises on Spirit of Discovery. A Scottish government spokesperson said the country’s cruise ship ban would be lifted once Scotland had reached the lowest Covid restriction level. MSC
The ongoing uncertainty continues over travel and in the early hours of Saturday morning, Tui has announced several changes and cancelled all holidays to the following destinations: Up to and including 28th June: Zante Up to and including 4th July: Aruba Croatia Cyprus Greece – Crete (Chania), Kavala, Kefalonia, Mykonos,
