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P&O Cruises Opens Agent Prize Draw for Select Price Bookings
Five runners-up will receive fifty-pound retail vouchers, and another ten agents will get one hundred Shine Rewards Club points for qualifying spins.
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Queen Victoria to Add New Cabins During 2026 Drydock
Queen Victoria will add eight Britannia staterooms, including three Deluxe Oceanview cabins with floor-to-ceiling windows, for voyages from November 11, 2026.
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Southampton Study Links Cruise Pollution to Lung Inflammation
Researchers measured air quality at six sites and found the highest concentrations near the cruise terminal area, with vanadium the most enriched element.
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TUI River Cruises Orders Two 94-Cabin Ships for 2028
TUI has not yet identified vessel names, a shipyard, deployment rivers or financial terms for the pair, after TUI Luzia's planned 2027 Douro debut.
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Fred. Olsen Becomes First Cruise Line With Silver Carbon Literacy
Fred. Olsen said the program now reaches 40 percent of its workforce and is tied to digitalized shipboard services and artificial intelligence-powered food-waste monitoring on Bolette.
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Paul Ludlow to Become Cunard President in Carnival UK Restructure
The changes consolidate oversight across P&O Cruises’ seven ships and Cunard’s four Queens, while formal consultation will shape team structures.
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Cunard Delays Queen Anne Boarding for Enhanced Cleaning
Cunard said staterooms may not be ready immediately and did not connect the Southampton delay to any confirmed shipboard illness.
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Oceania Opens First Fully Gluten-Free Ocean Cruise Bookings
The sailing will include food-label vetting, galley walkthroughs, venue assessments and pre-vetted gluten-free excursions in each port.
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Nieuw Statendam Becomes Largest Cruise Ship to Visit Lough Foyle
It was Holland America Line’s first Lough Foyle call since Prinsendam in 2018, and the line has return visits scheduled for 2027, 2028 and 2029.
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Rough Weather Delays Liberty of the Seas Return to Southampton
Royal Caribbean told guests the Southampton terminal would stay closed for embarkation until 2:30 p.m., with all passengers checked in and onboard by 6:30 p.m.
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Liberty of the Seas Resumes Service From Southampton After Refit
The first post-refit voyage was a two-night cruise to Le Havre, and a mid-October repositioning will precede year-round Caribbean sailings from Galveston.
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Ambassador Renews ORCA Partnership for 22 No-Fly Cruises
Ambience is assigned 13 sailings and 193 days at sea, while Ambition has nine sailings and 115 days under the shipboard education and citizen-science program.