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The combined effects of a slowdown in the North American economy and the post-September 11 crisis have failed to halt growth in the cruiseship market in the Caribbean and the [...]

Visiting the Leaning Tower of Pisa one day and waking the next to sip fruit cocktails on the beaches of Monte Carlo is an experience that only a Mediterranean cruise [...]

Although the turquoise waters and white sands of the Caribbean are traditionally associated with relaxation, for the region's duty-free port retailers the past few years have been anything but a [...]

Few in the travel industry could claim to be on course for another record-breaking year at the end of 2003 in the face of simultaneous threats from terrorism, SARS and [...]

For many years, the cruise industry has had a negative image in people's minds regarding environmental issues--one of a polluter, spilling oil and dumping garbage at sea. Cruise ships do [...]

2000 was a record year for leisure travel in America. More people boarded aircraft, checked into hotels and resorts, rented cars and took cruises than ever before. And specific trends [...]

The first and busiest two months of the year are now over. For me, my mainstream cruise bookings have been sluggish and I am about 5% down on last year, [...]

* Economic impact of the cruise industry to Atlantic Canada was #57 million, a 10% increase over 2011. * Halifax, Nova Scotia welcomed its 3,000,000 passenger and the province welcomed [...]

Specialist cruise operators are expecting business to grow at more than double the rate of the sector as a whole in 2008. Kathryn Beadle, Hurtigruten head of commercial, told the [...]

Richard Fain, chairman and chief executive officer, Royal Caribbean Cruises, tells Bill Becker and David Mott how the company has addressed the global market with new brands, onboard services and [...]

Sign up for Ace and boost your ability to sell cruise, says Mark Pilkington Cruising is fast becoming as popular a mainstream holiday choice as any other sector of the [...]

Whether it's a conference or a bunch of friends going away together, a group cruise booking offers excellent earning potential. Robin Searle asks specialist agent Larry Sylvestre and a cruise [...]

ROBIN SEARLE TRIESTE, ITALY CARNIVAL UK managing director David Dingle insists the company has largely ridden out the difficult summer market, but rival line NCL has admitted it is finding [...]

EasyCruise has revealed it wants up to 20% of its sales to come through agents by 2009. The line has also said that it is considering basing a ship in [...]

More cruise lines are catering for an ever-growing demand for sailings to unusual destinations. Sara Macefield reports PASSENGERS are increasingly looking for unusual cruise itineraries, according to independent agency Cumbria [...]

Small cruise lines fear the orders for ever-bigger ships by major companies could be damaging the sector as a whole. Chris Gray reports The cruise industry's move to 'mega-ships' could [...]

The number of people taking ex-UK cruises rose by nearly a fifth last year - and voyages starting from Britain now account for more than a third of the market. [...]

IT WAS agreed that not only was the market up year-on-year, but it was more stable, with fewer pronounced peaks and troughs than previously. Deborah Aylward, Thomas Cook's groups and [...]

Dellar said agents were discounting at high levels because demand for cruising is strong, but a lack of knowledge meant many agents were selling on price. 'The number of people [...]

Dellar said he thought cruise lines would alter commission structures only if they were asked to by agents. 'I don't believe it is something that lines have an issue with [...]

Silversea Cruises is running its first round-the-globe voyage next year. The four-month World Cruise on Silver Shadow will leave from Fort Lauderdale in January 2007 and visit 61 ports including [...]

Princess diverts cruise from Kusadasi and man arrested for plotting attack on Israeli ship. Simon Crawshaw reports Security fears over the Turkish port of Kusadasi forced Princess Cruises to divert [...]

Direct cruise customers are migrating from the phone to the web - but agents' share of business remains constant, according to Carnival sales boss Giles Hawke. 'We have a direct [...]

Agents look set to ride the continuing wave of cruising's popularity after the Passenger Shipping Association revealed more than one million Brits took an ocean cruise in 2004. The total [...]

LOUISE PRIOR UK agents have been slammed for not having the drive or savvy to take advantage of the cruising conference and incentives market. Luxury cruise operator SeaDream Yacht Club, [...]