Latitudes: the NCL points system explained – how to earn them, how to use them and how to climb faster
Sail NCL once and you're a member whether you asked or not. Where the loyalty scheme starts paying properly, the…
Rebuilding Is the New Building: Why Your Next ‘New’ Ship Will Probably Be Twenty Years Old
In one week, Holland America, NCL and Carnival have all announced or completed major rebuilds of twenty-year-old ships. With no…
The £70 Billion Question: The World Is Building 80 New Cruise Ships — and Almost None for the Lines Britain Sails
Eighty ships and $87bn sit on the global orderbook — but not one for P&O, Cunard, Fred. Olsen, Marella or…
Like a Newbuild at a Fraction of the Cost: Carnival’s Refit Wave Is Spreading — Could P&O and Cunard Be Next?
The AIDA Evolution refit programme worked so well that Holland America gets a $500 million version next — and Carnival…
Small-Ship Northern Lights: How Hapag-Lloyd’s Expedition Winter Compares to Britain’s Big-Ship Aurora Cruises
While UK lines chase the Northern Lights with big ships from Southampton, Hapag-Lloyd is running its 230-guest HANSEATIC nature deep…
Southampton Cruise Parking: Every Option Compared (2026 Guide)
CPS valet, ABParking, park-and-ride, city car parks or a hotel package? Every Southampton cruise parking option compared, with 2026 prices…
How the Middle East Conflict Has Redrawn the Cruise Map — and What It Means for British Cruisers
AIDA's cancelled Gulf season is the clearest signal yet of how the Middle East conflict has redrawn cruising's winter map…