Cruise News UK

Gills Cruise Cease Trading

cruises — Fri, 15 Jul 2011 19:23:06 +0000

Gill’s Cruise Centre (company name “E. & M.E Gill Ltd”), a family owned cruise specialist from Cardiff, ceased trading yesterday following 55 years of trading. Gill’s Cruise Centre were ABTA bonded which means customers with forward bookings should have their bookings protected. ABTA number 31649 ATOL number 10178 I have a booking made through Gill’s [...]

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Thomson Cruises Promo Code

cruises — Fri, 28 May 2010 10:41:32 +0000

CRUISE DEAL ALERT ! Updated : 19th January 2011 – We just wanted to let cruise news readers know about a lucrative new promo code that has been released by Thomson Cruises (Thomson.co.uk) to provide customers £50 off all cruise bookings to the value of £1000 or more when booked online at Thomson.co.uk/Cruises £50 Thomson [...]

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Cruise.co.uk launch affiliate programme

cruises — Thu, 29 Apr 2010 20:30:24 +0000

Cruise.co.uk have launched an affiliate programme through Affiliate Future who are a specialist in affiliate programmes for the travel industry. Here’s an example of the creative that affiliates can add to their websites. What is an affiliate scheme? An affiliate scheme online is normally where a website owner (“publisher”) puts adverts on their website and [...]

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P&O Azura Cruises

cruises — Thu, 08 Apr 2010 08:25:01 +0000

After many months of preparation and anticipation, P&O is thrilled to announce that their newest ship, Azura, has arrived in her home port of Southampton. At 116,000 tonnes and 290 metres in length Azura has a great deal to offer. Her ‘signature’ features include a restaurant by Michelin-starred chef Atul Kochhar, and a wine bar [...]

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Growth for DFDS Denmark Route

cruises — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 20:09:04 +0000

DFDS Seaways is reporting strong growth on their Port of Harwich (Essex, UK) to Esbjerg (Denmark) route which operates up to four times a week. For the year 2009, which was of course a struggle for many holiday companies, DFDS Seaways managed passenger growth of almost 10%. DFDS transported 93000 people in the period and [...]

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Most popular cruise destination areas

cruises — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 20:11:50 +0000

Mediterranean cruises - most popular for the Brits (38% market share, 22% growth). The main reason the Med is such a popular cruise destination is the availability of short 2-7 night package from UK/Europe, the rich history and wide range of ports of call meaning people can take many seperate Mediterranean cruise before they have [...]

What is the growth rate of the cruise industry

cruises — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 05:19:06 +0000

The cruise industry is the most exciting growth category in the entire leisure market. Since 1980, the industry has had an average annual passenger growth rate of 8.1% per annum, while this has slowed since the global economic downturn the cruise industry as a whole has many new and large ships on order and under [...]

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Cruise Agency Gillett Travel Bankrupt

cruises — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 19:55:52 +0000

Gillett Cruises Ceases Trading – What Now ? G & B Travel LTD which traded as Gillett Travel and Gillett Cruises has ceased trading. I booked a cruise with Gillett Travel. Have I lost my money? The small Bolton based travel agency was, thankfully ABTA bonded and acted as agent for ATOL holders so cruise [...]

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Thomson Dream – New ship 2010

cruises — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 11:33:06 +0000

Thomson Dream will become the flagship for the Thomson cruises fleet when she launches in May 2010 with itineraries from Palma, Mallorca. In June and September the ship will be exclusively for adults and all year round there will be an adults only section on board. Have a look at this video for a sneak [...]

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How big is the cruise industry?

cruises — Sat, 29 Aug 2009 04:57:27 +0000

CLIA (the North American based Cruise industry body) reports that the cruise industry’s total economic benefit to the U.S. economy was $35.7 billion in 2006. The cruise industry generated nearly 348,000 American jobs, and direct spending by cruise lines and passengers on U.S. goods and services totaled $17.6 billion Globally consolidated- 19 major cruise operating [...]

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