2010-08-10 16:23
Here at www.idealcruising.co.uk we have just surveyed all our customers who sailed on MSC this summer. We wanted to know what UK customers thought of the Italian cruise line, as some custome… Read More
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2010-08-05 13:37
A hot topic of debate in the office this week is over pre-paid gratuities. Royal Caribbean/Celebrity Cruises are on a mission to get cruise agents to get a higher percentage of customers to… Read More
2010-07-30 12:36
Travelling this September, 11 nights including 3 free nights and NYC and upgrade from Outside to Balancy on the wonderful Holland America. I'm thinking of going on this one, it's so good. My… Read More
2010-07-30 10:35
For anyone looking for a unique experience on a cruise, I'd strongly recommend an itinerary that includes Havana, capital of Cuba, not just the biggest island in the Caribbean but by far the… Read More
2010-07-15 15:06
With the style and class of a Gerorge Clooney movie, the organisation a German football team, the relaxed atmosphere of a Sanctuary Spa and the gastronomic options that even Michael Winner w… Read More
2010-07-13 15:30
Watching the World Cup Final on Sunday night reminded me of my night on board MS Niew Amsterdam when we watched Holland's semi-final win over Uruguay in of all places the Culinary Arts Cente… Read More
2010-07-13 15:12
The adjective "amazing" is often over used, but not this time. It's rare that something like this comes along, and it's only on offer until 15 July 2010. A seven night five star plus Azamara… Read More
2010-07-09 11:12
Just as the celebrity chefs fight it out on TV over who's the best, so it appears that cruise lines are competing hard on dining options on board their ships. The bar just seems to keep goin… Read More
2010-06-30 21:23
A recent survey of 3000 cruise customers asked them to compare cruise line brands with high street retailers. Some obvious analogies came out, for example P&O likened to M&S, Celebri… Read More
2010-06-25 13:52
The feedback keeps coming in from our team who were on the Epic yesterday. Let's start with dislikes first - mainly the bathroom arrangements in the standard cabins, where the wash basin is… Read More
2010-06-24 10:22
Well it was an epic night for all England football fans everywhere last night. Perhaps it's a sad indictment that we are going crazy after a one-nil win over Slovenia, but the relief was eno… Read More
2010-06-22 14:51
There's a real buzz in the office at Ideal Cruising ( http://www.idealcruising.co.uk/) today as loads of the team are off to stay overnight on NCL's new baby - the Epic. Laura has just turne… Read More
2010-06-22 14:44
Royal Caribbean have just announced that their new VP and MD for the UK and Ireland will be Dominic Paul. Dominic is currently COO of airline bmi. I think it's good to have someone coming in… Read More
2010-06-20 11:12
Just back from a trip courtesy of easyJet to Alicante. Outbound flight 5 hour delay. No communication from easyJet, and no apology until we were finally on board when the captain had the dec… Read More
2010-06-06 10:46
Azamara, the niche upmarket cruise line from RCCL anchored the ship "Journey" at Greenwich in the Thames last week for two days, and I was fortunate to be invited on board for a quick look a… Read More
2010-05-27 17:16
The Sunday Times Rich List proclaimed recently that the rich are getting richer, and the Passenger Shipping Association have verified it with their latest stats. Luxury cruising is booming… Read More
2010-05-21 13:55
Are you a 1 in 10? UB40 the reggae-pop band recorded a big hit in the eighties called One in Ten, referring to the ratio of unemployed people, but I'm not writing about that, I'm on about th… Read More
2010-05-20 16:11
A revamped version of the only decent football song ever recorded "Three Lions" by Skinner and Baddiel has just been released with a celeb touch to it with contributions from football mad Ro… Read More
2010-05-19 11:24
The Passenger Shipping Association which is the recognised authority on the UK cruise sector yesterday issued statistics that showed that the average price of a cruise in 2009 fell to levels… Read More
2010-05-18 15:33
Some would argue that cruise holidays are the original All Inclusive holidays, with all your meals included in the package price, but of course this is technically Full Board, something you… Read More
2010-05-18 15:13
At http://www.idealcrusing.co.uk/ we had over 100 customers due to fly out on fly-cruises this morning. Most were fly due to fly from Gatwick to Venice and Verona, some with BA and others wi… Read More
2006-06-07 11:16
Royal Caribbean's WOW Campaign finished yesterday, and from Ideal Cruising's perspective it was a big hit. So many marketing campaigns drag on and on and on. How often do you see the "book n… Read More
2006-06-07 11:16
Did you know we are 3 days in to National Cruise Week? There seems to be a national this day and national that week for just about everything it seems. The idea of course is to concentrate a… Read More
2006-06-07 11:16
I met with the new UK boss of Royal Caribbean, Dominic Paul, last week. Dominic comes from the airline industry and had never been on a cruise until 2 weeks ago, when he tried Royal Caribbea… Read More
2006-06-07 11:16
Yesterday TUI announced a drop in it's margins across a generally weaker summer holiday market. Today it was the turn of the other travel giant Thomas Cook to report softer trading condition… Read More
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