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Cruises

June 2024

  • Two huge cruise ships in a large sound with tree-clad mountains in the background

    Seascape: the state of our oceans
    Alaska limits cruise ship passengers in capital city after 1.6m visitors last year

  • P&O cruise liner Pacific Eden is seen docked at White Bay in Sydney

    Budget cruising isn’t dead – but the closure of P&O Cruises makes market sense

  • Cruise ship casino

    Onboard gambling: what law applies in a cruise ship casino miles out to sea?

  • P&O Cruises Australia's ship the Pacific Explorer

    P&O Cruises Australia to shut down early next year

May 2024

  • Maybe just buy a postcard instead?

    Be a better tourist! 28 ways to have a fantastic holiday – without infuriating the locals

  • a large white cruise ship in a body of water

    Seascape: the state of our oceans
    Cruise ship arrives at New York City harbor with dead whale caught on bow

April 2024

  • The Norwegian Jewel, owned by Norwegian Cruise Line, in June 2005.

    Norwegian Cruise captain refused to let eight passengers who were late reboard ship

    Passengers, who have since rejoined vessel, missed scheduled departure time from São Tomé and scrambled to reunite with ship

March 2024

  • A stethoscope beside a travel insurance claim form

    Your problems, with Anna Tims
    Travel agent won’t cancel my sick mother’s holiday

  • It's complicated
    How cruise ships became a catastrophe for the planet – video

February 2024

  • Havila images for Kevin Rushby piece on Norway Havila aurora, Norway

    ‘It is magical to swim surrounded by the Arctic winter in all its brutal glory’: an eco cruise in Norway’s far north

    Our writer travelled on a low-emission ship to the top of Europe in winter to experience the northern lights, cross-country skiing and a freezing plunge in the sea
  • Flight Centre retail store

    Flight Centre records strong half-year financial result as customers ‘revenge travel’

    Travel agency’s revenue from leisure arm now exceeding pre-pandemic levels as head predicts ‘watershed’ year after four years of disruptions
  • a huge cruise ship passes skyscrapers in New York City

    America's dirty divide
    ‘An ominous presence’: New York City bill aims to restrict cruise ship pollution

    Proposed legislation would crack down on diesel-powered liners by requiring them to connect to city’s power grid when docked

January 2024

  • The Celebrity Edge in Florida in 2021

    ‘A crushing blow’: what happens if your cruise changes to have too much sea and not enough sight-seeing?

  • A huge ship, with hundreds of crew members seen as tiny figures on the many decks, approaching a US city

    Seascape: the state of our oceans
    ‘Biggest, baddest’ – but is it the cleanest? World’s largest cruise ship sets sail

  • ‘Two months in and we now have a boat full of influencers who are trapped together on the high seas’: TikTok’s new favourite reality show.

    Explain it to me quickly
    TikTok’s nine-month cruise: what is it and and why can’t I stop watching?

  • Cruise liner the Ruby Princess docks at Circular Quay in Sydney

    Cruise bookings sail above pre-Covid numbers as industry employs aggressive pricing

December 2023

  • The MS Maud

    Norwegian cruise ship MS Maud loses power in North Sea during storm

    Hundreds of passengers and crew safe but navigation systems and radars are no longer working after a rogue wave shattered windows on the bridge
  • Bora Bora volcano and lagoon.<br>Aerial view of Bora Bora island, French Polynesia

    The price of paradise?
    Paradise divided: French Polynesia wrestles with lure of mass cruise tourism

    Sought-after Bora Bora limits visitor numbers to protect environment while national government pushes for more tourists
  • The MV Gemini.

    I spent half a million dollars on a three-year cruise, but the ship never turned up. Still, always be positive

    Meredith Shay
    I sold most of my possessions and gave up my home in anticipation of my departure, says retired flight attendant Meredith Shay

November 2023

  • Southampton docks, with cruise ships moored

    Cruise firm Carnival UK withdraws threat to fire and rehire more than 900 staff

    Operator of P&O Cruises and Cunard fleets agrees to consult with seafarers’ union over any proposed changes to employment contracts
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