Windstar Cruises, which specialises in travel to the Greek Isles, Turkey, the Caribbean and hidden harbours, hgas won the Conde Naste Reader’s Travel Award for best small ship in two categories for cruise lines. Conde Naste Traveller, the premier travel magazine for upmarket tourists also awarded Windstar honours in the areas of staff and service, [...]

Royal Caribbean, the Miami-based cruise company, is the official owner of the world’s largest luxury liner – for the time being at least. The Independence of the Seas is based in Florida but is seasonally ported in Southampton, allowing British travellers direct access to what is a gargantuan spectacle. The 160,000 tonne liner can carry [...]

The renowned Pinnacle Award, given to top-level agencies that show promotional excellence in the ‘Fun Ship’ experience, has been won by Interval International, a premiere global provider of travel and vacation services. The Senior Vice-President of Member Services for the group, Mr Raul Estrada, said “We’re very proud to receive this honor, because it acknowledges [...]

A tourism conference has revealed that colour changing rooms, giant cruise ships and even robot sex will be part of the future travel. The recent forum identified some of the changes set to be rolled out in a rapidly altered tourism landscape. Tourism ‘futurologist’ Ian Yeoman, from New Zealand’s Victoria University, yesterday gave a glimpse [...]

A new UK based cruise company, Cruise & Maritime Voyages, announced this week it will launch in January 2010. In a week where Voyages of Antiquty head Gerry Herrod announced their pending launch, UK holiday makers have suddenly found themselves with an abundance of cruise options. Cruise Critics News states that the Cruise & Maritime [...]

Mr. Carver’s daughter disappeared on an Alaskan cruise in 2004.  Since then he has made it his mission to push the multi-billion dollar cruise industry to support new federal safety regulations on their ships. Recently, the cruise lines’ lobbyists have backed legislation that will put into effect new safety measures to prevent possible incidents in [...]