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Celebrity Cruises Announces Plans For UK Base
 Tue, 18th Nov 2008
Celebrity Cruises have announced it is to base one of it's new 2, 850 passenger ships in Southampton in Summer 2010.
At 122, 000 tonnes ship Celebity Eclipse will sail to the Mediterranean & Northe...
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Ruby Princess Latest
 Tue, 11th Nov 2008
In a "ruby red" themed ceremony celebrating romance, Princess Cruises
named its newest ship, Ruby Princess, yesterday in Fort Lauderdale. America's reigning
reality couple, Trista and Ryan Sutter...
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Carnival Dream Flows Into Action
 Tue, 11th Nov 2008
Carnival Cruises’ latest vessel floated out of the Fincantieri shipyard in Italy earlier this week to enter the next phase of its construction.
The 130,000-ton Carnival Dream is due to enter servic...
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Escape To Africa With Costa Cruises
 Tue, 11th Nov 2008
Costa Cruise are inviting families to join them in celebrating the release of the new animated movie ‘Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa’.
The cruise line has created an itinerary that takes in destinatio...
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Princess Cruises Has Best Itineraries
 Tue, 11th Nov 2008
Princess Cruises has been voted the best cruise line for itineraries for the fifth consecutive year.
Readers of industry magazine Recommend were polled to find their favourite cruise lines and a ma...
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NCL Cuts Fuel Surcharge
 Tue, 4th Nov 2008
Norwegian Cruise Lines (NCL) has axed fuel supplement charges on all new bookings made on or after November 10th.
Website cruisecritic.co.uk reported the news, noting that NCL’s new policy follows ...
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Top Caribbean Cruises
 Tue, 4th Nov 2008
A range of large Caribbean cruise companies and smaller lines have been recommended for holidaymakers looking for a taste of life on the waves.
Major Caribbean specialists including Royal Caribbean...
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Celebrity Cruises Take Delivery Of Celebrity Solstice
Fri, 31st Oct 2008
Celebrity Cruises has officially taken delivery of the newest member of its fleet, the Celebrity Solstice.
The cruise line welcomed the ship earlier this week, with a traditional ceremony in Emshav...
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Crystal Cruises Win "Best Large Ship Cruise Line"
 Fri, 31st Oct 2008
For an unprecedented 15th year, the discerning readers of Condé Nast Traveler magazine have voted Crystal the Best Large-Ship Cruise Line. No other cruise line, hotel or resort in history has ever rec...
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Royal Caribbean Announces Dubai Cruises On Brilliance Of The Seas
 Fri, 31st Oct 2008
Royal Caribbean International is pleased to announce a seven-night roundtrip inaugural season sailing from Dubai on sale from Monday 3rd November. Guests can choose among 13 sailings, from January thr...
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Ocean Village To Be Phased Out
 Fri, 31st Oct 2008
Ocean Village, the line that coined the motto ‘cruises for people who don’t do cruises’, is being shut down.
The Carnival UK brand’s two ships are to be transferred to Australia in 2009 and 2010. ...
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Construction Starts On Britains Newest Ship
 Tue, 28th Oct 2008
A ceremony marking the keel-laying for the newest superliner for P&O Cruises will be held today at the Monfalcone shipyard of Fincantieri near Trieste, Italy. One of the two largest ships ever built f...
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Royal Caribbean Axes Fuel Supplements
 Tue, 28th Oct 2008
Royal Caribbean Cruises has announced plans to cut fuel supplements on all cruises booked on or after November 10th 2008, for cruises departing on or after January 1st 2010.
The cuts will also appl...
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Ruby Princess Sets Sail
 Tue, 28th Oct 2008
Princess Cruises’ newest vessel, the Ruby Princess has set sail for Fort Lauderdale, ahead of its official launch next week.
The impressive 3,080-passenger ship is due to be christened on November ...
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Black Prince To Be Retired From Service
 Tue, 21st Oct 2008
Fred. Olsen Cruise Lines has announced it will retire its vessel Black Prince in October 2009. The 441 passenger ship, which was built for the company by Flender Werft in Lubeck in 1966, will opera...
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The First Of Two New Ships In 2009
 Wed, 15th Oct 2008
Costa’s spectacular new flagship, Costa Luminosa, will be inaugurated on 4 June 2009, welcoming your clients with special lighting effects and elegant atmospheres, large airy spaces and precious works...
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QE2 Returns To Roots
 Wed, 8th Oct 2008
The QE2 has come home to the place where she was originally built.
This week saw the liner head for Belfast and then the Firth of Forth with thousands turning up to say goodbye to the 70,327 ft shi...
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Cruise Liner Boost For Antigua
 Tue, 7th Oct 2008
Antigua could be set for a boost in cruise tourism with the arrival of a number winter ships at the West Indian island.
Following a relatively slow summer tourism season, the sector is preparing fo...
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Ocean Village Singer Hits Big
 Tue, 7th Oct 2008
Passengers who have travelled aboard either of U.K. line Ocean Village's ships (Ocean Village or Ocean Village Two) may recognise this face.
Classical singer Will Martin, 24, was performing aboard ...
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Carnival Adding Balconies To Three Ships
 Tue, 7th Oct 2008
For a number of passengers sailing on Carnival cruises, the view is improving dramatically. The line is in the midst of a dry-dock program that includes the addition of 48 balconies in total to Carniv...
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Disney Cruise Line To Move Ship To Europ in 2010
 Tue, 7th Oct 2008
Disney Cruise Line, a unit of Walt Disney Co., said Monday that it will move one of its ships to Europe in 2010 and lengthen some of its Caribbean trips.
Some cruise companies have started to build...
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Cruise Lines Promote Value Of All Inclusive Holidays
Tue, 7th Oct 2008
Cruise operators are doing their best to convince travellers that cruises are good value for money, as the global credit crunch continues to affect demand.
Although 14 new cruise ships are set to ...
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Crystal Cruises Offer Great Value Luxury
Fri, 3rd Oct 2008
Luxury cruise provider Crystal Cruises offers passengers impeccable service and excellent dining facilities, it has been reported.
Telegraph reporter Jane Archer – who enjoyed a seven-night voyage ...
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Holland America Line Launches Scandinavian Cruises
 Fri, 3rd Oct 2008
Luxury cruise provider Holland America Line has announced plans offer two new Scandinavian itineraries.
Launching in July 2009, the sailings will last for six days and depart from the Netherlands, ...
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Spectators Gather To See Celebrity Solstice Set Sail
Wed, 1st Oct 2008
Thousands of spectators gathered over the weekend to see Celebrity Cruises’ latest vessel leave the Meyer Werft shipyard in Germany and make its way down the River Eems.
The Celebrity Solstice is n...
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Hong Kong Goverment To Finance New Cruise Terminal
 Wed, 1st Oct 2008
Hong Kong, one of the world's iconic port cities, said on Tuesday it would finance a new HK$7 billion ($900 million) cruise terminal to avoid further delays after an earlier failure to find suitable i...
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Baby Boomers, Seniors Can Get Top Value On MSC Cruises
 Wed, 1st Oct 2008
Added Savings with 'Kids Sail Free' Offer.
MSC Cruises is celebrating the winter Caribbean season by offering a special value for Baby Boomers and Seniors.
Boomers and Seniors can save at least...
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Cruise Entertainment Is Perfect
 Tue, 30th Sep 2008
The amount of entertainment offered onboard cruise ships is "just right", according to the majority of passengers.
A recent survey by Cruise Critic found that 76 per cent of people are happy with t...
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Britons Spend Billions In Search Of Winter Sun
 Tue, 30th Sep 2008
British holidaymakers are set to spend more than £8 billion on trips abroad this winter, new research has revealed.
A study carried out by Abbey found that 15 million Britons are planning to take a...
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Queen Mary 2 Prepares For 100th Transatlantic Voyage
 Tue, 30th Sep 2008
The Cunard Line’s Queen Mary 2 is preparing to make her 100th journey across the Atlantic.
Departing from Southampton on September 21st, the luxury liner will arrive in New York on September 27th, ...
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Celebrity Solstice makes River Transit
 Mon, 29th Sep 2008
Celebrity Solstice departed from its Papenburg, Germany shipyard today as nearly 100,000 onlookers looked on. The ship, as is custom for all vessels built at Papenburg's Meyer Werft, traveled down the...
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Fred Olsen to go (almost) Smoke Free in 2009
 Thu, 25th Sep 2008
Fred. Olsen is kicking the habit in the New Year. The U.K.-based cruise line has announced that it will introduce a totally smoke-free environment -- at least indoors -- on all five of its vessels in ...
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Cruise Holidays Set To Increase In Popularity
 Thu, 25th Sep 2008
The past year has already been hugely successful for the cruise industry and the trend looks set to continue into 2009.
According to one of our sources, approximately 1.55 million Britons will take...
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Holland America Line Plans Entertainment Upgrade
 Thu, 25th Sep 2008
Holland America Line has announced plans to make a series of enterainment upgrades to five of its vessels, as part of its Signature of Excellence programme.
The ms Statendam, ms Maasdam, ms Ryndam,...
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ROYAL CARIBBEAN ENCORES WORLD-CLASS ENTERTAINMENT ON OASIS OF THE SEAS
 Tue, 16th Sep 2008
The curtain has been raised on another neighborhood aboard Oasis of the Seas, Royal Caribbean International’s newest and highly anticipated ship set to launch in November 2009. Entertainment Place, a ...
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National Cruise Week Sets Sail
Thu, 11th Sep 2008
National Cruise Week, the world’s largest cruise campaign, launched on Sunday 7 September with more than 2,000 travel agencies in Britain holding events to highlight the world of cruising.
A recor...
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Unprecedented Number Of Brits Expected To Book Oasis Of The Seas
 Mon, 1st Sep 2008
The percentage of Brits booking the world's largest cruiseliner Oasis of the Seas are expected to be unprecedented, according to associate vice-president and general manager Royal Caribbean Cruise Lin...
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MSC's Two Newest to Sail the Mediterranean This Winter
 Sun, 31st Aug 2008
MSC Cruises announced this week that the two newest additions to their fleet, the MSC Fantasia and MSC Poesia, will spend this winter sailing in the Mediterranean.
After her December christening i...
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Vitality At Sea Spa & Fitness
 Wed, 27th Aug 2008
A place to soothe mind, body and soul, this state-of-the-art setting designed for the healthy lifestyle, combines the most advanced spa and anti-aging therapies, the latest fitness equipment and healt...
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New Superliner, Ruby Princess, Gears Up For Its Maiden Voyage In November
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